My MacBook doesnt sleep/wake properly. EXTREMELY URGENT!!!

Hello,
I've got my MacBook, and sometimes a close its lid to leave sleeping while I'm doing other stuff. When I open his lid again, 1 of these 2 things happens:
1.- The display doesn't power up
2.- It wakes up but just as I had turn it on. that means hearing the horn, watching the grey Apple, the rotating gear, the sound of the optical/harddrive.
What can I do?! My other MacBook running Tiger never did this to me; now I've got a new one with Leopard, 2Gb of RAm and SuperDrive, but this occurs to me.
HELP PLEASE!!!

Try resetting your SMC and your PRAM.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
-Bmer
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