1) This is not uncommon. Sometimes it's related to memory training. It's not harmful.
2) I'm guessing this is a USB powered headphone? If you disable USB power during sleep or off power states I believe this should fix your issue. IIRC this is in the onboard devices section and you shouldn't need to enable erp.
3) Confirm your display isn't still waking from sleep. If it's slow to wake either because of the display itself or because the board isn't sending a signal quickly enough then that could just be blank. Anyway, I think you should find several options to tweak in the Boot section. You could try disabling Fast Boot to see if that allows you to see anything.
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