On Feb 2, 2005, at 12:12, Lee Larson wrote: > On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Bill Rising wrote: > >> Ok - I tried booting from the install CD, and the option key still >> didn't work. Sooo... I dragged the keyboard home and in the dragging, >> knocked whatever was in the way out of the way, because it worked >> fine. > > I had a problem similar to this last summer. My keyboard got confused, > and I actually went all the way to reinstalling the operating system > before I figured out what was going on, and then I felt really stupid. > > It turned out there's a logic board in the keyboard that got confused. > If you turn the power off to the keyboard, it will reset itself. I > forgot that my keyboard was plugged into a powered USB hub, so doing > things like shutting down the computer didn't reset the keyboard. Once > I unplugged the keyboard and then plugged it back in, everything was > fine. >
That'll be a good one to salt away for later! Sheesh. Mine just needed to get in my bag and ride the bus (TARC, not Serial) twice. Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050202/497e7da6/attachment.bin
