Sleep tip doesn't quite work

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I try this, and the computer does indeed go to sleep, but then it wakes up again a few seconds later. I've tried varying the length of time I hold down the keys, and that doesn't make any difference.

Has anyone been able to put the MacBook to sleep for the purpose of changing batteries and NOT shutting the computer down? This idea for doing this is when you are in a presentation environment in which you have spare batteries, but no power wall outlet.
I can do this on my Dell D600, but not on my Macbook. No biggie, but it would be nice.

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current application
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true
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partition id is 0x07
partition format is NTFS
diskimagetype is sparse
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