MacBook Pro freezes when I put it to sleep

I've had my mac for almost two months and this has happened several times. When I log out and put it to sleep and come back to it, the cursor is gone and I have to restart my computer. I see the log on screen but there is nothing I can do because its frozen. Another thing that just started to occur is that my screen turns black while I walk away and I also have to restart it.
This is really getting on my nerves because I have not even had my mac for 1 year! I NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!
Thanks

Well, both of you could start with some basic repairs.....
Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Disk Utility's Disk Repair is not perfect and may not find or repair all directory issues. A stronger utility may be required to finish the job.
After that Repair Permissions.
No need to report Permissions errors....we all get them.
 DALE

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