Sleep Resume Problems

After I updated the firmware on my MacBook Pro today (2.2GHz i7 17") I am seeming to have a new problem.
Whenever I plug my computer into my Cinema Display (with the computer closed) it won't wake up fully. The status light will come on, any external hard drives will spin up, but the display won't turn on and the computer will go back to sleep.
I have to restart the computer manually to get it to work normally, and if I disconnect it while it's between the sleep and wake mode and try to open it, the backlight will come on but the screen will remain black, causing me to have to force restart it.
This is in addition to my first problem with the backlit keyboard not coming on automatically after sleep, which was temporarily fixed by resetting the SMC, but it goes back to the problem after a week or so.
What could be causing either of these problems? Could it have something to do with BootCamp since I have it installed, or is there a defect?
I would bring it back to Apple, but there's a small dent in the front right corner, and I'm afraid they would deny any problem I h

I am having the same problem since the latest updates. Dell U3011 and 2011 17" MBP 2.3ghz. Never such problem before the updates.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3038754?tstart=0
There is another thread for this issue.

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I have read your post on how your notebook computer is experiencing an issue with waking up from sleep mode, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Unfortunately I could not fix the problem so I wiped my system and loaded all new drivers before I found this posting.
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