Macbook wakes up from sleep mode on its own

Hey,
bought my 13 inch unibody mb last year and it has always been working properly.
However, as soon as I installed Snow Leopard, a strange thing occurs which has already almost killed my mb by overheating...
When I close my mb, it turns to sleep mode but only seconds later, it awakes itself which you can hear from the hd's sound. Then, it realizes it's actually closed and goes to sleep mode again. And this procedure doesn't stop.
I checked the web and some people seem to have the same problem. Reseted the SMC - no change. Took off all cables - doesn't matter. I thought it might be the bluetooth wake up function which is activated in my settings but I can't deselect it because this line is dimmed (why?).
So, I put my SL CD in my MB and reinstalled (don't know whether it was a clean install because all my data is still there...) and nothing has changed..
Can you help me?
Oh, I should add that I installed Parallels Desktop in the last days but even after removal of it, nothing changed...
Thank you for any help!
Ben

Try using SmartSleep. It looks like it will work with 10.6.
http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
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