Keyboard turning off

I just purchased the apple wireless keyboard. i use it with my 12" PB and a 23" cinema display. However, when i put the computer to sleep, the keyboard eventually will go into sleep mode itself after a few minutes, and when the computer senses "connection lost" from the keyboard it wakes back up. so i put my computer to sleep, the keyboard turns off after awhile, and then the computer automatically turns back on. it's very annoying as i'm trying to sleep because the screen is so bright. i know i could disable allowing bluetooth devices to wake computer, but that is not what i want to do. has this problem been seen anywhere else? any fixes? thanks.

I have a similar problem with a Mini, whose BT reception seems awfully poor with the new AL keyboards and a "Lost Signal" message will appear every 5 minutes (I already replaced the KB once and no dice).
The solution for not having it turning back on the computer is to check off "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" (System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Bluetooth). Note that in doing this you won't be able to hit the keyboard to wake the computer... anyway, I think the real problem isn't that your KB goes to sleep, but that it breaks the wireless link, so the computer complains, your problems does not seem as severe as mine, though.
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