OSX 10.6.4 goes to stand by mode unexpectedly

Hi!
I have an intel based MBP and since OSX's last update I am experiencing a new problem. Every now and then the system goes to standby mode unexpectedly while I am actually using the computer. It seems to happen when I am typing and I tought there maybe was a specific key triggering the standby mode, but so far I found no such logic in it (and sometimes it happens when using the keyboard, sometime the remote with Frontrow).
Thanks for any assistance!
Message was edited by: ricimer

ricimer wrote:
OSX screensaver (set to use Aperture library albums) goes crazy after exactly 10 minutes showing the same 2 pictures in a loop. Are there other specific target files I could delete to try solve this as well?
I am not familiar with that. I would run some basic repairs though....it may help with both issues.
Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Disk Utility's Disk Repair is not perfect and may not find or repair all directory issues. A stronger utility may be required to finish the job.
After that Repair Permissions.
No need to report Permissions errors....we all get them.
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