Why does my macbook shut down, when I put it in sleep?

It has been happening for couple of times already, and I am wondering if there is any serious going on and I have to pay the support team to fix this? Is there anything specific that I should have done that make it turn off when it is in sleep?
The story is when it is in sleep the light is showing as normal of turning on and off. but the moment I open the mac, it totally shuts down and if i close the mac again, the light is ON all the time. In order to use to mac I have to use the Turn on/off power to turn it on again. Nothing else works... I have tries typing, click on return, click on the mouse... nothing happens!!!!!
By the way, this is Mac OS X, version 10.5.8

The usual steps for resolving this type of issue are
- Reset the PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
- Reset the SMC: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
- Calibrate the battery: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
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