MBP won't go to sleep with lid open with Lion OS

I had this same problem with Snow Leopard and I fixed it somehow, but when I upgraded to Lion my laptop won't go to sleep when my MBP lid is open. However, it does go to sleep when I close the lid. When the lid is open, the display goes black, but the light doesn't pulsate. If my power adapter isn't plugged it, it completely drains the battery. I've unchecked "wake for network access", turned off bluetooth, and turned off sharing, but it still won't go to sleep when the lid is open.
Anyone having similiar problems? Anyone fixed this problem?
Please help. Thanks!

I have the same problem. I upgraded to Lion and now when I close the lid it won't sleep.
Also my CPU and Virutal Memory are constantly maxed out and I'm not doing anything different then I was doing before Lion was installed. In Activity Monitor its showing my System at 40-50% and my user at 40-50% constantly.
Any have any idea how to fix this?

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I bought a 2.4 GHz MBP about a week ago, as soon as I got it home I reinstalled the OS and zero-out the drive. Everything appears to work perfect until I noticed that the MBP will not sleep with the lid open.
But...
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Select sleep from menu, it sleeps.
Let the battery drain down with lid open, laptop sleeps.
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So, backup the drive using superduper to external firewire and reinstall all over again, just like i did when i first got home, except I did not let it connect to the internet. I went thru and setup everything then connected and performed each update, one at a time looking for what might hinder the sleep process.
And the result is a big fat zero.
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I have been aware of this little teaser for some time - possibly from when SL was installed. The MBP does not appear to be going to sleep with the settings on Energy Saver. The screen dims correctly and the light comes on at the correct time - but it does not pulse. The wake from this state is instantaneous when the trackpad or any key is touched/pressed. I recall that with Leopard I had to press the space bar which was followed by that funny noise as it woke up - HD kicking in?. The noise no longer occurs. I presume that the above is not normal? It is as though the MBP is not "properly" asleep, just resting, for want of better terminology.
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Hi again TYDYsails,
These problem are almost always caused by third party hardware or software that polls the computer at regular intervals, interrupting the normal "timed" sleep process. They can sometimes be an absolute $%^& to resolve.
Common culprits can include:
Hardware attached to the USB or FW ports , or less usually, a router or other device attached to an ethernet port.
Software that regularly scans things. I have seen many different things implicated here at different times. Usually the problem eventually gets sorted out with an update of the software, so be aware of anything that you are using of this type that might not be the "latest".
Virus checkers, hardware monitors that regularly "poll" the HD or other components, "Button press" software associated with scanners or all in one printers, adds on like "Growl" that provide alerts of one kind or another, programs or widgets that provide regular "updates" using the net ( TV program guides are a good example) and so forth.
A good way of narrowing down the field a bit (once you have disconnected any hardware that might be involved - even USB hubs with nothing else connected have been known to cause the problem in the past) is to take a look at the log files.
Fire up "Console" from your utilities folder and choose the "System" log in the left hand pane. Type in "sleep" in the search field and look for entries that roughly correspond with the time when the computer was meant to be dozing off. Now repeat the process by type in "wake" instead.
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Another possible cause can be network related. If you have your computer acting as a file server for other computers , then the normal "timed" sleep from energy saver won't occur as long as they remain connected. (Using the "sleep" command from the menu, or closing the lid will let it sleep in these situations, but timed sleep will not occur).
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