My early 2011 MBP goes to sleep even when Sleep is turned off and the power is plugged in.

Basically, it just decides to go to sleep after a few minutes of it being idle.  Searched around but I couldn't find a similar problem.  I've already tried resetting the SMC, but that hasn't fixed it. 
Any ideas?
It's a early 2011 MBP unibody, running Mavericks.

Try checking the 2nd half of this link
OS X: When your Mac doesn't sleep or wake

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