Macbook tries to boot up when closed.

So I've been noticing lately that my mac is always dead when I close the lid and then come back a few hours later. I didn't really think there was a problem until recently when I had the computer next to me after I closed it.
The macbook is trying to boot up while closed every 2-3 minutes and killing my battery. It also doesn't always happen but it s becoming more frequent lately.
Is this a known issue? Is there anything I can do to correct this? It's also killing my battery which I'm hoping Applecare will replace.
Any ideas (besides just always shutting the computer down)

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
Are you putting the Mac into Sleep mode using the Apple Menu before closing it? Also, make sure you quit any open applications before Sleep or shutting it down.
Try resetting the SMC and see if that helps. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
If that doesn't make a difference, run the Apple Hardware Test from your install disk.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2684
*Sleep mode will discharge the battery.*
Make sure the power adapter is working correctly.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1713
If nothing helps... contact AppleCare.
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
Carolyn
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So I am trying to boot from my external hard drive through firewire but my computer doesn't seem to recognize the external. There is some problem with my Macbook not booting up correctly and I want to backup my data before reinstalling Tiger. They did this at the Apple store and ran disk utility on it my Macbooks hard drive. I could access all my data, but now when I get home and plug in my hard drive, hold down option after booting, the only drive that pops up is the Mac HD. I read somewhere to try partitioning the external drive as Mac Journaled and I did so with my working Macbook Pro. Any ideas whats going on?

Well i got most of my information off the old one, now I am trying to reinstall Tiger to the MacBook. Problem is I initially tried to do an archive install and the install kept failing after the second disc when it asked for the second install disc.
The people at the Apple store suggested that I try to do a wipe of the hard drive and install. Now when I put in the Disc 1 install disc and boot from the cd drive it just sits for a while and then ejects disc 1 and goes back to the place where the install failed from before ie: it keeps asking for the second install disc.
I can't figure out a way to get around this and just do a clean install on the machine. Any thoughts would be great.

MacBook Pro not booting - trying to isolate problem

Hi all,
So I am having major issues with my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. I will try to be as concise as possible and any, ANY input wil be greatly appreciated.
Last week I opened my computer from sleep (a USB stick was inserted) - It would not boot up and would reset itself. Every time I tried to start my computer I would see the grey screen, apple logo and spinning symbol below it. It would then soon restart itself.
I did many different 'resets' (NVRAM, Safe mode, Recovery Mode, Hardware Test). The Hardware test said everything was OK.
I further located my original OSX install CD and attempted to boot from that. I got past the spinning logo and into the OSX install phase. From here I checked Disc Utility and my internal hard drive was detected, with one partition (for some reason named disk0s2). I could perform a 'verify' on the partition - it told me there was disk errors and it needed to be repaired. On trying to 'repair' the partition/disk, it would freeze halfway through. I attempted this multiple times. If I tried to 'erase' the disk/partition, it wouldnt let me and would fail. If I tried to partition the disk it would fail and say it could not allocate memory (it would continually say 'unmounting disk'. If I attempted to use the boot CD and install a new version of OSX there would be NO target disk available for me to select. It seemed as if it would discover it in disk utility yet not in this function.
I further removed the internal hard drive from my computer and plugged it into a windows based computer via USB adapter. The drive was detected and I was able to format it in Windows formats.
I then had no ideas so I took my computer to Apple Genius Bar and they did some minimal tests on it, claiming it was most likely the hard drive failing. They tried to sell me a new drive but I decided to go to a computer store and try a new drive before I bought. I received the same errors with the new SSD drive that I installed at the computer store. This made me think my hard drive was in fact, OK.
I went home and decided to format my (apparently dead) hard drive on my friends macbook, through USB connection. I partioned the drive with ONE partition (GUID partition) on MacOSx Extended (journaled). It allowed me to do this successfully.
Now I thought I had it solved. I put the hard drive back in my computer with my OSX boot CD and guess what, It froze on the greay screen with the apple logo after about one minute. This happened multiple times. I then removed the drive and tried to boot again, this time it went through to the OSX install options! Why is it not reading my drive on the format it REQUIRES!? I tried to isolate the problem even further and removed the drive to try connecting it by USB and booting up. This was successful!! It read the drive and allows me to install OSX on it.
SO - to sum up:
*My MacBook would boot when the drive when it was formatted as NTFS from a windows format.
*It wouldnt let me repair, erase or partition the disc, although WAS recognised in disc utility.
*A new SSD drive installed was recognised in disc utility yet had the same restrictions on partitioning.
*My hard drive appears to be fine as I plugged it into another mac and successfully partitioned it to MAC OSX extended (journaled).
*After this it WASNT Recognised at all in my Mac and froze the startup (a completely new problem)
*My Computer would boot and discover the drive when plugged in via USB.
I want to know what is going on. Is an internal cable faulty? Is a board faulty? Why would it recognise the drive internally before yet not after it was formatted as MacOsx Extended? The hardwarte tests claim there are no errors.
PLEASE, I need assistance! Apologies on the long post yet I need to make sure I explain all faults and action taken by me. I thank eveyone in advance and hope someone can help.
Cheers

The 2009's are notorious for SATA cable problems, which this very much sounds like. Don't apologize for the lengthy post. You did a nice job in descrbing the problem and in the steps you've taken so far. If the drive works correctly in an enclosure and you're able to format and boot from it, it's almost certain to be the cable.
You can find both the repair procedure and the part on ifixit.com by identifying your exact machine. I didn't see whether it was a 15" or 13" so I didn't look it up for you. I suggest you shop around once you find the part number, ifixit tends to be a little high.

Macbook won't boot up anymore after trying to reformat

So my White Macbook won't boot up anymore after trying to reformat. While trying to install a fresh copy of Snow Leopard, the Macbook just froze and I had to reset. Now, while trying to boot it up, it hangs at a white screen with a folder with a question mark.
My install disk is still in there, so when I try to boot up while holding C, nothing happens. It either goes to the folder with a question mark or the screen stays white. So after that I tried holding option to go to the drives nothing happens. I just see a white screen and a cursor.
I tried resetting PRAM and tried booting in safe mode and everything but to no avail. Everything results in just a white screen or just a folder with a question mark.
Can I do anything before I have to bring it to the Apple Store? The optical drive should work because before I reformatted it, I could see that the disk was in the drive because the icon was in the upper right.

it hangs at a white screen with a folder with a question mark
Startup your Mac while holding down the Option key. That should prompt the Startup Manager window where you can select the startup disk.
A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac

Macbook tries to boot up when closed.

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