Won't sleep when I close display.

My computer runs even when the display is closed. A couple of times it has run out of battery while closed for 3-4 hours, and it's even spontaneously played music or movies I had open while the display was closed and latched and everything. And it should be cool to the touch when it's asleep, right? But it gets hot in it's case. I have to select sleep from the Apple menu and close the display when I hear the hard drive go off to get it to sleep with the display closed.

if it's still within 12 months hardware warranty call apple and have tech support diagnose the fault. If it turns out to be hardware related -which mine was- SEND IT BACK. IF it's hardware, there's almost zip you can do except wait longer and get closer to the end of your warranty.
My sleep issue...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4126127#4126127
was hardware related and I ended getting a refund. Admittedly I have had a REALLY duff machine and the sleep issue was the last in a run of hardware malfunctions but if I never pursued Apple regarding a seemingly innocuous issue I would have come to the end of my warranty and been stuck with it. Now I have my money back - enough to buy a 17" C2D with a 200GB HD for less than I bought the original 15 in CD for. If it's broken get it fixed.
Hope this helps.
Ben.

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OS X Mavericks: Reset your computer’s PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14222
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3382
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Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
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