Qosmio X775-Q7170 freezes after sleep or idle mode

Hello,,
I have a Qosmio X775-Q7170, Part Number PSBY5U-03N01P<ES5.0>, running the factory installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Operating System (Service Pack 1).  I have run and installed all Microsoft Updates as recommended (set for automatic download and install).  I run Norton 360 Premier Edition for anti-virus, internet security, performance management/optimization, and back up.
In the last 2 months, my computer has begun freezing up when I wake it from sleep or idle mode.  When this happens, I must perform a hard reboot (by holding down the power button until the device shuts down.  I have tried uninstalling unused programs, I have tried reducing the number of programs that run at start-up.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled my internet security software as well as running Symantec's Power Eraser Root-kit Utility.  I have tried disabling my internet security suite and running other anti-virus scans and registry scans and not found any problems.  I have tried running disk clean up and disk defragmenter.  Viewing my performance monitor, I see that I am running about 43% physical memory usage (6 GB of installed RAM).  I don't typically see high CPU usage.  
Please help me.

Qosmio X775-Q7170
Downloads here.
Thank you for all the information. One of the common reasons for that sort of thing is a little corruption in the video driver. So let's replace those first. Reboot after installing each.
   Intel Display Driver
   nVidia Display Driver
If the problem continues, see whether the Power Troubleshooter helps.
   Open the Power troubleshooter
And this troubleshooting article applies to Windows 7 (NT 6.1) as well as Vista (NT 6.0).
   How to troubleshoot performance issues with standby, hibernate, and resume in Windows Vista
-Jerry

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