I can't turn my laptop on after I put it to sleep. What's wrong with it?

Hi. What's wrong with my laptop? I put it to sleep then won't turn on anymore.

First, you can force the Mac to shutdown by pasting in this command in Terminal (in Applications>Utilities). Only paste it in. Don't try to type it.
sudo shutdown -h now
Hit return. You will be asked for your admin password. Nothing will appear on the screen when you type it in. This is normal. You will also get a warning about using sudo, which you can ignore. This is safe. After you enter your pword, hit return again.
Then, boot up again into Verbose Mode by holding down the v key at the startup chime. This will bring you to a screen that shows the boot sequence in text as its loading. It will go by kind of fast, but we're not interested in the bootup process. Next, do a normal shutdown and you may be brought to the same kind of text screen, which will show the shutdown sequence. (I know this works this way in Snow Leopard after booting in Verbose mode; not sure about Tiger, though.) If it hangs, it may show in what part of the shutdown process it's hanging. Have a camera or note paper ready to write down where it's getting stuck.
One other thing to try is an SMC Reset. Unplug from wall power, leave for ten minutes, then hold in the power button for five seconds. Reconnect to power and startup again.

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Found this step online. Hope it works for you.
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