Mac Pro Sleep/Wakeup Issue in Windows 7 x64

I have experienced two issues related to sleep in Windows 7 x64 on my Mac Pro 3,1 with Bootcamp 3.2 for a while. From search results it seems several people also experienced similar issues, but no solution/workaround yet.
The first issue is that sometimes the Mac Pro won't wake up from sleep. If I made it to enter sleep, then it (almost) always wake up. But if it enters sleep itself, then there's a chance (around 25%) that it won't wake up. The fans and HDDs are running, but the screen is black, mouse/keyboard no response and I can't ping it. After forcing it to shutdown and restart it, there will be an "HAL Error" in Eventlog ("The platform firmware has corrupted memory across the previous system power transition. Please check for updated firmware for your system"
). Some folks experienced the same issue in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11839029
The second issue is that if I disable Hybrid Sleep with the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard connected, the Mac Pro will not sleep with the HDDs shutdown but fans running at full speed. If I removed the batteries from the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, it goes to sleep and wakes up normally. Whether the Magic Mouse is connected or not doesn't make a difference.
I can't reproduce either issues in OS X.
Would really appreciate if someone can share some insights or workarounds. Thanks!

Yes, almost the same problem!
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