Power PC G5 won't stay asleep

hey all,
up until a couple of days ago my Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 would go to sleep according to my energy saver settings and/or if i put it to sleep.
now every time i put it to sleep it wakes up about a minute later. i have checked all of the preferences i can think but have had no luck.
any ideas?????
thomas

tsunami,
+*what does EIR not supported mean?????*+
That's a good question. I googled it but couldn't come up with anything logical.
Do you have an application in your Login Items that may be incompatible with Leopard? Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items. If there are some apps in there, it may be worth your while to jot them down, and then remove them from Login Items. After they've been removed try to sleep your computer. If it sleeps, then (if you need them), add them back in, one at a time, and keep testing to see if sleep is affected.
If the above doesn't work, create another account (I'd give it Admin Privileges) and log into it. Now try to sleep your computer. If it sleeps, you've got an issue (I hate that word) with your account...what, I don't know. You can either continue to try to locate and fix the problem, or (I suppose) you can move your data and settings to the new account....
I'm not sure where the point of diminishing returns is...It make take a fair amount of time and effort to copy your data and settings to a new account. I wonder if an archive and install would take the same amount of time, if you need to go that route...
Bob
Message was edited by: Bob Gold
I'll be off line a fair amount of time today, so I may not be able to respond to any updates you may have... Sorry!

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