MBP 10.8.2 with external display freeze on wake up.

The external screen is black, when i open the lid the mouse pointer is in "thinking" mode, and i can't do anything but power off/on.
Any help will be appreciated.

someone?

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    Hey, I had something similar happening with my i5 going to a Dell U2410, but my connection was via HDMI. When I got that distortion however I could not recover from it and had to reboot my laptop. I switched to an analog connector & noticed the occasional flicker to black, almost like my cable was loose and got bumped, but it recovered fine each time. I'm testing now with a dvi cable, and so far no issues *knock on wood*. Sorry, no fix, but maybe try a different connection and see if it improves things for you.
    Cheers!

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