ibook g4 - weird problem

[decadnids]

Hello,

I've got an old ibook g4 - I only ever use this for doing some music stuff - it's not my main computer. But I have a problem with it.

After a while of being on it starts acting oddly, it seems to act as if the apple key (command key) is always pressed! This means if any application is open, or I click on anything with the mouse or press a key it does the functionality as if I have the apple key pressed!!!!

anyone else experienced this? or heard of this? It's a bit of a nightmare as it makes using it impossible sometimes.

[e_wann]

hope that it isnt the same problem as his

apple community thread

as i would also supsect something alike without googlin it

try airsprayin it: cant harm

[decadnids]

yeah could be something like that. time to take the thing apart!

odd thing is that it doesn't happen all the time, but then it could be occurring after I press the key a number of time.

I'll try and leave it running with out pressing the key and see if it still happens, alternative is to take it apart / replace key board.

cheers e_wann

[Hectic Cum Balthazar]

I had a wierd problem with my powerbook from around 2004 that was due to the battery dying and starting to expand and distort out of shape (slightly disturbing). It pressed on the back of the keyboard and the mousepad and eventually stopped the mouse button working and the spacebar or something... replaced the battery and it was fine again.

[decadnids]

hmm, I recently bought a battery, but it wasn't an "official" one - could be the problem....