Aluminum Keyboard Repeat Keys after 10.5.7

I have a white 2.16 Intel Core 2 Duo. I bought an aluminum keyboard for it. After installing 10.5.7 my keyboard repeats keys, delays responses, etc. I thought the keyboard might be bad so I replaced it under warranty. The new keyboard does the exact same thing. The KB is plugged directly into the USB port on back of the imac. Anyone have any thoughts? For now I am using the old white keyboard that came with the imac and it works perfectly---even though it doesn't feel as good as the aluminum keyboard.

Hi Jacob,
First, try resetting the SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
If that doesn't help, download and install the 10.5.7 combo update available here.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_7_ComboUpdate
Run Disk Utility and repair permissions when it's finished.
Carolyn

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