MacBook doesn't recover from Save to disk/RAM

Recently discovered I have an issue with my MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011: When it turns itself complete off due to low battery, it saves everything to RAM (or disk?). However, if I reattach power and try to resume, it starts up, shows the progress bar in the bottom, but only lights up the first one or two bars and then stops working completely. I've waited for several hours the first time, but it just stopped. Closing the lid and reopening will switch of the display, but otherwise have no impact. The power LED will light up if closed, will otherwise be off. Restarting it by pressing the power button (hard reset) gets it to work again, and Lion boots with my recently opened programs as well (even though I specified it shouldn't do that).
Normal sleep mode, putting the MBP to sleep and resuming by closing/opening the lid, works fine! (As long as the battery is charged).
I swapped the HDD for an SSD a while ago (Corsair Force GT, not Apple) and upgraded the RAM to 8GB. Not sure whether the issue occoured previously or not, but am not experiencing any issues with the system otherwise.
Running Lion, 10.7.1.

If http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) does not work, take your MBP to your local AS or an AASP for FREE diagnostic testing.

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"this system doesn't beep three times."
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"I am able to complete the installation by using the DVD in my Mac Pro in Target Disk Mode with a FireWire cable"
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"I recently installed a new HDD and formatted it from a Mac Pro via Target Disk Mode."
Partitioned to GUID?
"disk spins up and stops about three times, then ejects and a folder icon with a question mark appears"
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http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
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