10.4.9 ruined my keyboard

I reformatted because of a display issue I had, and now that I'm running 10.4.9, I'm having some keyboard troubles. The eject key no longer works, and it's getting pretty annoying. I've had a couple times where I drag the disc to the trash and it disappears from the desktop but doesn't eject. Hitting the button on the drive does nothing, and since it's not on the desktop, there's no option in the menu bar to eject. So I basically am forced to do the paperclip trick.
Any ideas? I see no option anywhere in sys prefs to "enable" it. It's also annoying because I used to turn the computer off by pressing ctrl + eject to bring up the shut down menu, but I can't do that anymore.
Anyone else having any problems like this? Or have any ideas on how to fix it? I can't even hold F12 anymore, as it seems Apple got rid of that nifty feature an update or two ago.
Matt

Heh, yeah I searched before I posted but didn't see that. Then after I posted I started looking through the forum and literally just finished reading it. The thing is, I just held down the eject key and the icon popped up, but the install disc is still on the desktop, won't eject. And I just went to click it and drag it to the trash and as soon as I clicked it, it disappeared.
...yet it hasn't ejected...
Shoulda stuck with 10.4.8.
And if I open a Finder window, the install disc is still listed as a volume, but has no eject button next to it. If I click it, it says "the volume cannot be found."
Nice.
Matt

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