Macbook won't sleep

[RollTide]

Ok so my wife's macbook has the lid closed and is constantly waking itself up. Nothing is plugged into the macbook. It is on the charger and receiving full power.

I have tried to put it to sleep using Apple>sleep> off etc. and after about 3 seconds it wakes back up with the lid open. All night we hear the dvd rom booting up and the Mac wakes up. Any suggestions???

 

[MrM]

You don't have Bluetooth enabled by any chance, do you?

 

[RollTide]

It does this with Bluetooth on and off. Thanks though, I really hadn't thought of it.

 

[MrM]

It does this with Bluetooth on and off. Thanks though, I really hadn't thought of it.

Weird. Do you have the latest software updates? 10.5.7 came out today.

 

[rgarjr]

well maybe it aint sleepy..

 

[Odid]

Same problem. I also can hear the DVD booting up on and off. When I open it up, it's very hot. I got scared that it might harm the CPU so recently have been shutting it down.

I don't use bluetooth as mentioned by the other poster so I don't understand what would be the problem other than the superdrive. or something else.

 

[Beanlok]

The sound from the super drive is simply the sound it makes when waking from sleep. There must be something waking your computer bluetooth, usb peripherals, or network. I had the same problem I'm sure the fix wont matter as you said it does it with bluetooth off, but this may be worth a shot! Go to bluetooth prefs > Advanced > Uncheck allow bluetooth devices to wake my computer from sleep. Hopefully that works, if not, call Apple!

 

[DPB17]

well maybe it aint sleepy..

Yeah! Did you spill some Red Bull on it?

 

[RollTide]

Well it hasn't flown away (RedBull), but I am going to get her to try the bluetooth thing even though it's been off. Oh well thanks for trying to help guys, it's an annoying issue.