Macbook Pro 5,1 issue with shutting down when lid closed  - sleep issue

Here is the issue I hope someone has seen and figured out the cause. This is on a Macbook Pro 5,1 (2.8 Ghz Unibody). This doesn't appear to be the random shutdown issue.
My issue is when on AC power and you close the lid the mac sleeps. The light will blink indicating its sleeping. But at random time frames it shuts down. You open the lid and have to power on from a cold boot. Now if you hit sleep from the apple menu then close the lid everything is fine, it will sleep until the lid is opened. So its only when the lid is closed. And its random, sometimes it will stay in sleep mode for a few minutes or hours. But at some random point it will shutdown.
Any thoughts???
Thanks
jim

Hi and welcome to AD!
Try a SMC reset.
DALE

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