Computer wont sleep after new ram.

I installed a new stick of ram yesterday and now my macbook has 2.25GB. Well everytime i close the lid the computer acts like its sleeping. It has the light going on and off but when i open the lid it boots up like from a restart. How can i change this? before it would just go to sleep and wake up.

I assume that the type of memory module that you have bought is the appropriate one for your MacBook model (if not, there's not much more to look into). Have you tried using only the 2 Gio stick? I don't actually know if this can be done (though if you can have mismatched memory modules, one should be able to leave one bank unfilled), but there are two reasons for trying:
1.- First generation MacBooks carrying the Intel Core Duo processor allow for no more that 2 Gio. If your Mac is one of these, your 2.25 Gio setup might be hitting some limitation when trying to wake up which forces it to reboot.
2.- The problem might be a problematic module or an incompatiblity between the original and the new one. Having only one installed will help you clear that out.

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    Buffer B: 5163MB (5414836224 bytes) starts at local address 0x0000000243bfd800
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      Linear PRN          : ok             
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      Random Value        : ok
      Compare XOR         : ok
      Compare SUB         : ok
      Compare MUL         : ok
      Compare DIV         : ok
      Compare OR          : ok
      Compare AND         : ok
      Sequential Increment: ok
      Solid Bits          : ok             
      Block Sequential    : ok                
      Checkerboard        : ok             
      Bit Spread          : ok               
      Bit Flip            : ok               
      Walking Ones        : ok               
      Walking Zeroes      : ok               
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