My earlier post dt.feb 15,2006, at 8.27 PM (clipped)

<<<<i have checked the connection very throughly and see nothing wrong >>>

well... SO MUCH FOR MY   "very throughly".

I gave the keyboard connector adapter a gentle "rotational twist" and am back in business.

thanks and hope this helps someone sometime----Venkat

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