My 2010 Macbook Pro will randomly go to sleep for a few seconds during use, before it starts itself back up again to keep running. Any ideas?

I've had this computer for about a year, and only recently has it started doing this spontaneous sleep thing. It will be working fine, and then without warning the screen will go black and all the lights will shut off for just a few seconds. I can hear the fans stop running, and then several seconds later, the fans will resume running, the keys light back up, and the computer resumes functioning like nothing ever happened. It happens at least once a day now, and I would like to know what is going on and how I can fix it. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!

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MacBook Pro will not wake from sleep

My new 13" MacBook Pro will occasionally refuse to wake from sleep. Touching the keyboard or moving the mouse will turn on the keyboard background lights but the computer will not wake. This occurs without any peripherals attached. I have reset the PRAM and the SMC ... no help.
The only option for recovery is the hard power down with the power button and restart. Anyone else seeing this?

Yes and I hate it. I am having pretty much the same problem, and have tried the same solutions, also Iupgraded to Lion and there still has been no relief. My computer just runs slower.

For several months my MacBook Pro screen randomly turns off, but keyboard is on. Today the computer just turned itself off. Why?

For several months my MacBook Pro screen randomly shuts off. The keyboard is on. To fix it I use the power button to shut the computer off. Today the entire computer turned off. It took several tries to turn it back on. What is causing this?

Are kernel panics occurring?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3742
If so, log it and post it for inspection:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2546
Ciao.

My 2010 Macbook Pro will randomly go to sleep for a few seconds during use, before it starts itself back up again to keep running. Any ideas?

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