Mac Mini sleep error

I just recently got my mac mini repaired and now I cannot get it out of sleep. I have to shut down the entire computer and reboot it. Is there any way I can fix this?

Is it booting in Verbose Mode I wonder?
Open Terminal and paste this in...
sudo nvram boot-args=""
Hit return & enter an admin password which will not show as you're typing, hit enter again.
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
Hold those 4 keys ubtil you hear the 4th chime, takes a while.

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Hi Phras81-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
Unfortunately the inability to sleep is a function of the drive itself. Which model WD drive? If it is a MyBook and you can return it I would suggest that you do so and get something else.
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val

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