[liaodan1234]

Hi guys,
Last week I spilt quite a bit of water over the keyboard of my 15" rev C Powerbook. I turned the machine off straight away and tried to dry it off as much as possible
A bit of water must have somehow got into/under the screen and left a patch in the bottom right corner, but has since dried out and dissapeared.

Everything seems to be working working fine now, appart from when I try to do short cuts (apple-c, apple-w, apple-q etc)
The individual keys work fine (c, w, q, and apple key), but when you use them together, you get nothing.
- this is in all applications except for Explorer where the key board short cuts work fine???
also, when I hook up an external keyboard, there seem to be no prolems at all,
which makes me thing it's an internal key board problem, but then I cant understand why everything works normally in Explorer

Has anyone had a similar experiance or have any suggestions to fix it??

[senseigmg]

I would say to try and reinstall OSX (maybe on an external drive)

[liaodan1234]

Thanks, tried an archive and install and then an erase and install (what a pain in the a55)
But no joy..

[mdc]

Explorer? you mean Finder?

[liaodan1234]

Sorry, the only application the short cuts seem to work in is Internet Explorer. You can open and close windows etc and cut and paste (through short cuts)
But they dont seem to work in any other application.

Its fine when you use an external keyboard though

[liaodan1234]

You cant use any keyboard shortcuts in the finder either

[kwiens]

Check to make sure your modifier keys (option, shift, command on both sides) are working correctly. In OS 9, the easiest way to tell is Apple's wonderful Key Caps app. In OS X, you have to be sneakier to get the same functionality. Check here for instructions on enabling it:
http://www.monkeyfood.com/blog/2004/...c-os-x-panther

Just hold down the key you want to test and key caps highlights it if it's working.


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[CatOne]

Originally Posted by senseigmg

I would say to try and reinstall OSX (maybe on an external drive)

And why would this be of any value whatsoever?

I'd say boil 3 chicken heads in a pot and sprinkle them with cajun spices and then throw them out the car window while driving EXACTLY 57.3 mph. It's advice that's just as likely to have an effect.

[liaodan1234]

The keys seem to work fine in Keyboard Viewer when you press them, but still not in any of the applications (appart from Internet Explorer)

The chicken heads didnt seem to work either. bummer