MBP not going to sleep normally when battery is depleated

Hi folks,
I have had a Macbook Pro 15'' Unibody model for 3 months now and this is the first time I run into this problem. I wanted to calibrate my battery and when the computer was supposed to sleep for the time it says in the calibrating link I found in this page I saw that the computer immediately shut it self off. The fist time I calibrated the battery this was not the case.
If someone could help me on this problem I would be very appreciative.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
This is the link for the battery calibrating instructions I used.

Something must be preventing it going into the appropriate sleep mode; either some software running or a lack of space for the sleepimage file (most unlikely at this point). Run /Utilities/Console, click 'All Messages' top left and then select Sleep from the Apple menu top left - there should be some lines in the Console Log that will give a clue about what's going on (post them here if you like).

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Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues with help from the community!
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I'm facing the same syptom. I tried many things and now havw to live with putting the MacBook to slee by hand. I had some other issues just before that:
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