IBook suffering from 'insomnia'

My iBook is no longer going to sleep when the lid is closed. I haven't changed any settings on my computer...the latch is still working on the lid... It just happened yesterday for the first time so I turned it off before bed, hoping the reset would help. But alas, today still no luck...
IBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Katherine,
It sounds like your reed switch isn't working. If you'd like to read more about the reed switch, check out this link:
http://www.smalldog.com/newsarchive/techtails_display.php?id=194
Disabling the reed switch produces the behavior you are seeing:
http://www.smalldog.com/newsarchive/techtails_display.php?id=223
So it looks like this is what happened to your iBook.

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Dropbox - WALKING 444.jpg
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