Caps Lock green light will not turn off

THE GREEN LIGHT ON MY CAPS LOCK WILL NOT GO OFF. IF I TRY TO DEPRESS IT IT DOES THIS: 4rfv,4rfv,4rfv. IT ALSO REDUCES THE VOLUME ON MY SPEAKERS! IF I PRESS THE NUM LOCK KEY, HOWEVER I CAN TURN OFF THE GREEN LIGHT ON MY CAPS LOCK KEY. THE PROBLEM THEN IS THAT I CAN'T TYPE LETTERS! THIS WEIRD BEHAVIOUR SEEMS TO HAVE OCCURRED FOLLOWING THE CONNECTION OF MY G4 POWERBOOK TO A DATA PROJECTOR, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE THE ROOT CAUSE. MY PROBLEM OCCURS WITH EVERY START UP, NOT JUST NOW AND AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED VERIFYING PERMISSIONS AND ALSO DONE A "SAFE" START UP, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. IT DOES NOT HOWEVER OCCUR WHEN I CONNECT MY MAC USB EXTERNAL KEYBOARD TO THE POWERBOOK. The only way I can type using lower case letters is by permanently having one finger on the caps lock key, which isn't very convenient. I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM IS TO DO WITH THE KEYBOARD ITSELF - I.E. PHYSICAL DAMAGE, OTHERWISE, WHY SHOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THE CAPS LOCK TO REMAIN OFF ONLY WHEN THE NUM LOCK IS DEPRESSED? PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. CAN I FOR EXAMPLE, REINSTALL AN UPDATE? I'M CURRENTLY DOWNLOADING THE 10.5.7 DMG UPDATE BUT WILL I BE ABLE TO RUN IT, IF I HAVE ALREADY UPDATED MY OS? WILL DOING THIS SOLVE MY PROBLEM? IF NOT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT WILL? This hasn't solved the problem - typing this using another keyboard (bluetooth) perched on top of my PowerBook.

G4 POWERBOOK, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 6, 2009 9:12 AM

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Jul 8, 2009 8:26 AM in response to J A Paton

I have a similar problem. The caps lock light stays lit. If I accidentally hit it, I won't be able to type anything for a few seconds, like the keyboard is frozen.

Strangely it doesn't seem to cause me to type in all caps. The light's on, but it doesn't cap lock.
Also strange is that this started happening recently, after upgrading to 10.5.7.

Any answers welcome - thanks. I think these may be related issues.

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Caps Lock green light will not turn off

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