10.4.3: My PB G4 is put to sleep all the time!

After upgrading to 10.4.3 I have big trouble with my quite new PB G4 1,67 with 1,5 G RAM.
Now and then it will go crazy and put it self to sleep. When I try to wake it it will go to sleep again, and again and so on. A restart can temporarily solve the problem for a while, but then - BOM - sleep again... and again and again...
Very annoying!
I have tried lots of stuff to solve this:
1. Repaired all file-rights
2. Checked the Energy savings; it will go to sleep even when I set it up to NEVER go to sleep...
3. Reset PRAM
4. Reset PMU
5. Cleared NVRAM
6. Checked the system.log, it says:
kernel[0]: System Sleep
kernel[0]: System Wake
over and over again, and no indication of why or what triggered the sleep.
7. Installed a temperature program (Temperature Monitor) to see if the computer was too hot or any sensors where broken. But found nothing, and the computer will go to sleep even when its cold.
8. Reinstalled the system twice (Archive and install) Even had problem when only using 10.4.0 - before any updates.
9. Ran Hardware test, all passed.
After all these actions I figured it was time to leave the computer at a Apple workshop, but they couldn't find anything and suggested it could be the extra 1 GB memory module. I took it out and everything worked for a while, but now the problem is back!
I then tried to start another account "test", but it wouldn't help either.
All I can think of now is that the memory module of 512 MB that came with the computer maybe is loose or something, will try to refit it tomorrow.
Or could it be the hard drive that is falling apart? (I dont have anything connected to the computer on USB or Firewire).
Am I the only one with this problem? Suggestions? Any help would be useful!
Thanks in advance.
PB G4 1,67   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Mogge,
Not sure if this is related, but my 2.0G G5 PowerMac puts itself to sleep too. The differences being that it only starts happening after I have used the Sleep function once, and it started happening around 10.4.2, but it then shows the same symptoms you are seeing.
I never queried it because I don't have to use Sleep on the PowerMac, I was just trying it when found this out.
Hope you get this problem resolved, and maybe my info will help spark someones brain into life!
Steve

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