Macbook sleeping when powered on

Hi
I have been noticing of late when my Macbook has been shutdown for a day or so, when I first power it up the sleep indicator light is lit and I have to press a button on the keyboard for it to start up. I am 100% sure the Macbook is shutdown and off before I close the lid so I am not sure why this is happening. Anyone else experienced this? This may have started occurring since installing the 10.4.7 update but may be just a coincidence.
Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

it's normal. mine is the same when I turn on macbook, sleep light is lit little bit. then disappeared. it's probably recognized by system everytime restart. don't worry.

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