Thank you for your advise. You saved me some $$ and the hassle of a keyboard replacement! :D
I followed up on your suggestion and booted off an old OS 9.1 CDROM. The keys worked fine. Then back in Panther(10.3.2) there were no problems! The only odd things I noticed are: 1. if I hold down the delete key continuously the CD eject icon appears on the screen and the CD tray pops open. 2. The space key sometimes needs an extra hard wack if I'm typing fast. This all started with the space bar tab, and delete keys going bad at the same time. I had used the PB earlier in the day and it worked fine. Then next time I started up the PB, I was getting no response from those keys. I still have no idea what that happened or why. The odd habits of the delete key is a tad annoying but I can put up with. I'm curious as to the software side of the problem. I've been using OSX exclusively since 10.2 (There is no OS9 on this PB) and had never had this problem before.. Still I'm grateful to have the feel of the bronze keyboard back :) Mathisha > At 4:48 PM +1100 2/8/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>The space bar tab, and delete keys have stopped working. No response when >>those keys are used. The other keys work fine. But without these 3 vital >>keys I'm stuck using an external USB keyboard. >> >>Wondering if there's any hope of repairing it - or should I just go ahead >>and look for a spare keyboard ? >> >>Any advice about hidden probs of trying to install a new keyboard? (Not >>much info on that on the net so far..). >> >>I miss the feel the "bronze" keyboard and hope to keep on using till its >>totally obselete.. > > > Those keys are physically separate on the keyboard so I'm thinking > that it may not be a hardware problem but software. Did the keys all > stop working at once or did one stop working, then another and then > the last one with a period of time between failures? Try booting > with extensions off or from a different system disk. > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
