2011 macbook pro won't sleep

[Nein01]

my computer won't go to sleep on its own. it only sleeps when i manually click sleep from the apple menu bar or if i shut the lid.

i have called apple support numerous times and even taken my laptop into the apple store for help, but the problem persists. even after installing os 10.7 a week ago this is still happening. i have thought about it being application related (maybe smc fan control or gfxstatus) but i still have this problem on a test user account.

is anyone else having this problem or have any idea how to properly diagnose the issue? i am sick of calling apple; they don't seem to know how to help.

 

[Prodo123]

Try going to System Preferences -> Energy Saver and check your settings there. Make sure "Put hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" is checked and the sliders are not at "never."

 

[Nein01]

check and check

i have always had my hdd set to sleep when possible and my cpu sleep settings set at 15 minutes.

i should also add that this problem seems to have a factor of randomness to it... sometimes my mbp might sleep after 30 minutes, or 3 hours, or sometimes never, when it is always set to sleep after 15 minutes.

 

[Prodo123]

Reset PRAM?
Hold CMD + Option + P + R before chime at boot up

I don't know what else to tell you, sorry

 

[Nein01]

already done that over the phone numerous times with apple geniuses...

but that's ok. hopefully someone else will have more insight.

 

[kevincredible]

Do you have logmein installed? That caused my Pro to not sleep and unistalling resolved the issue

 

[Nein01]

i used to have remote tap installed but already thought of that a while back and uninstalled it, thinking that was the problem, but still won't sleep...

another client i used at one time was remoter vnc, but i can't seem to find any files related to that application to delete.

 

[JB Tipton]

Rainy Day

Are you using WeatherBug? WeatherBug Mac prevents the MacBook Pro from sleeping. If you are very patient, it will go to sleep after a minute.

I reported this to them 2 years ago, but they were very nasty about it, and were adamant that they would not fix it. I don't know why. I've never encountered an attitude like that before. The implication was that there weren't enough Macs in the field for them to bother with.

I can prove it; I still have the e-mails.