Upgraded RAM MBP 2010 Boot good but won't wake up!

Question

I orderd 8 gig's of RAM from Apple.  Installed it per the instructions.  Now, the MBP with Lion boots up and runs fine from off, the activity monitor aknowledges the 8 gig's.  Runs well.
When I close it and then open it back up, the screen stays black and the sleep light goes out.  Also, sometimes it won't boot, the light blinks and it makes a beeping noise over and over until I do a hard shutdown.  Also, a couple of times, I was using it and the graphics went totally screwy and were blinking and whatnot until I did a hard shut down.
Any idea's?  Can I return the memory (a shame because it is better with it when it works).
Software  Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)
Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 288 MB
Memory  8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Processor  2.53 GHz Intel Core i5
17-inch, Mid 2010

Answer 1

I experienced the same issue once on my late 08 Macbook Uni when I upgraded to 8GB.  What I did might not apply to you but it's worth a try.
When I heard a lot of beeps on boot with nothing showing on the screen, I shut it down and opened the back and took the RAM that I installed off and slowly put it back in and made sure it was seated right.
After I've done that, everything worked fine for me.
Hope that works for you.