PB will not sleep when inactive

The display will sleep, but not the whole book.
Furthermore the hard disk will not sleep (of course I checked the option).
BTW, the hard disk is always running, even with all applications terminated.
I have no problem sending it to sleep manually, nor on wake-up.

I am having the same problem with my 15" PB, and though it used to sleep, since about December it no longer sleeps on its own, unless I close the cover. The same things happens with the hard drive -- it spins down, and then it starts back up a couple of minutes later, despite the fact that I'm not using the computer.
Any ideas?
The display will sleep, but not the whole book.
Furthermore the hard disk will not sleep (of course I
checked the option).
BTW, the hard disk is always running, even with all
applications terminated.
I have no problem sending it to sleep manually, nor
on wake-up.

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Hello Community,
This is my first time using the forum. I have a macbook pro 13" 2009 model. Recently I had my MBP connected to an external monitor. I shut the lid while it was connected to the monitor and forgot to turn off my bluetooth mouse. Later that night the mouse was bumped, waking my macbook and setting it to clamshell mode. I put it to sleep again, opened the lid and woke it, but the LCD on the laptop did not turn on. I reset the PRAM and the NVRAM with no luck. I disconnected the monitor, rested the P/NVRAM and it would boot with the laptop screen and once everything was loaded my screen went black and then went to sleep on its own. I tried powering on and off using the P/NVRAM key commands...and nothing. So I opened the bottom case and physically disconnect the battery, reconnected the battery, put the bottom plate back on and powered it up. The screen began working again, now I have a new problem, the MBP WILL NOT sleep when I shut the lid anymore. I even reinstalled the OS and still no luck? If anyone has anything helpful that I could try to get this feature working again it would be much appreciated. If there is some terminal command I could try or some other troubleshooting method. I even put a magnet by the right side of the keyboard to try to trigger the sleep switch.
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This is how to fix it, and i guarantee u its 90% the cause.!
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Jack,
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halfdim          0
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displaysleep          1
acwake                    0
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