MacBook won't stay asleep & pploader going nuts

Last day or two I've noticed my MacBook won't stay asleep more than a few seconds at a time... very effing frustrating.
Aside from that not only does it not sleep, it actually acts up, the fans start running and the comp gets very hot. A quick check of Activity Monitor shows that "pploader" is what is making the fans spin... I'm guessing this also has something to do with the not staying asleep issue. Not a good situation.
FYI, I recently upgraded my hard drive and switched to the Opera browser.
Any ideas, advice? Please?
Thanks

HI,
Try resetting the SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
I did a quick search on Google for, "pploader" ... check out this thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8480074
More info here. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=637798
Carolyn

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