Dual 2Ghz PowerPC G5 Won't Go to Sleep

I recently purchased a refurbished Dual 2Ghz PowerMac G5 from Apple which already came installed with Mac OS 10.4. The first thing I did when I booted it was to use the software updater to install the most recent versions of the operating system. Now when I select "sleep" from the Apple menu, the machine powers down and my Apple LCD monitor goes dark, but within seconds I can hear the fans start up then slow down and the machine wakes up. It does this every time I try to invoke the "sleep" command. Does anyone know how to resolve this problem so that the "sleep" command works again?

Regarding USB devices, I have an Apple 20 inch cinema display (the new silver bevel model) which has support for both Firewire and USB ports. I detached the cinema displays USB plug from my G5 and lo and behold I can put the computer to sleep now. I was also experiencing system lock-ups before and all fans kicking in at high speed in which I could not wake up the computer and had to power the system down by holding the power button in. All these symptoms appear to have vanished after disconnecting the cinema displays USB plug from the computer. The Firewire plug to the cinema display appears to function normally. I wonder if the problem is in the display's power brick. The USB cable feeds into that brick before it reaches the ports on the display.
Anyway, thanks for the tip on the USB devices. My system seems to be operating normally now.

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