White iMac Intel with 10.4.1 takes 40 seconds to sleep after clicking on it

My dad's machine (after a restart) will take under 3 seconds to go to sleep after the command...but after checking email and unloading camera or some surfing- for some reason it takes almost 40 seconds.
I reduced spotlight's things to check, removed all superfluous fonts, used Activity Monitor to see if anything weird was running, removed Google Desktop....
Nothing helps...not to mention it just generally runs slow. It has plenty of RAM. I just don't get it. I have followed all of the "Tips to optimize speed on the Mac" and no luck.
Any ideas?

See if any of these provide pointers.
*Various causes of sleep issues in Macs*
[Post by Dale Weisshaar|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8980488] - general post on sleep issues.
[Logitech keyboard drivers out of date after updates|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8999415]
[Try safe boot, then rebooting normally|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1906841]
[Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776]
[A long list of sleep issue reports and comments|http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macosx10_4tiger/topic3083.html ]
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