Macbook won't sleep, help?

Asked by simonPARASITE (195

) November 22nd, 2010

I own a Macbook and as of late it won’t go to sleep.
I will put it in sleep mode through the taskbar and it will wake up by itself after about a minute, and it will wake up by itself again if I just close it too.
Does anyone know why this is happening/how I can fix it?

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Try resetting the SMC.

Also make sure you’ve done all system updates, as there were several related to MacBook sleep issues.

I presume you’ve already checked your sleep settings in System Preferences and they are OK?

crisw (14145

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Sounds like there’s some peripheral (mouse, keyboard, etc) that’s waking the computer from sleep. Do you use an external mouse, keyboard, webcam, or other peripheral? Plugging in or unplugging a mouse can have this effect as can wiggling your mouse or typing on the keyboard. This may not be the issue, but it’s worth mentioning.

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