Macbook has a restless sleep.

Hello all,
When I close my macbook pro it sometimes just won't get to sleep. When I listen to it with my ear pressed to it I can the harddrive spinning, slowing down and getting silent(like it is going to sleep) but the moment it is silent, the drive starts up again. And this keeps repeating itself.
The indicator light shows somewhat the same information. It dims slowly but then brightens up quickly and stays bright for like 5 sec. Then it dims again ect.
Like I said, the problem doesn't alawys occur.
And removing the power cable before closing won't work either.
Faray

Run fsck.
1. Reboot/Startup holding your Command-S key down.
2. At the command line type the following and hit 'Return.'
/sbin/fsck -fy
3. If it finds a problem and repairs it, immediately run fsck again until the drive checks OK.
4. After it has check/repaired your disk, type 'reboot' and hit 'Return' again. Unit should bootup normally.
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Try resetting your SMC.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
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