Automatic Sleep Mode Failure

My macbook does not go into sleep mode when I shut the lid closed. It worked for the first 7 days and then wouldn't go into sleep mode anymore when I closed the lid...The computer stays on. Even when I manually click the sleep mode and then close the lid it comes back on after awhile. This drains my battery fast. Any ideas as to what is causing this???
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.83 GHz Intel core duo

Have you simply tried Repairing Permissions from your OSX Install disk? You need to boot from the OSX Install disk and select Utilities then select the HD and click on Repair Permissions. You may want to run Disk Utility before. You don't need to repair, just Verify Disk. It doesn't hurt anything, and it only takes a minute or so. It should say everything is fine. If not then repair the disk first. Good luck!
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