G5 dual 2.5 won't go to sleep

Won't go to sleep. I have to shut it down and reboot everytime. It becomes unresponsive and the fans run. I've reset the SMU and PRAM, no good. Any suggestions??

Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776
Sleep issues or a kernel panic may occur if a storage device is mounted via a PCI card that doesn't support sleep
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24639
 Cheers, Tom

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