Apple keyboard media keys not working

Yesturday i was trying to trun down the volume in my itunes off my apple keyboard, when i went to do so nothing happend even with the eject button with the cd nor can I make the screen brighter or darker and the dashboard key is on my play key.

Wow! I am in the exact same situation. I don't think it is Snow Leopard tho b/c when I plug my old keyboard back in the media keys work fine. It might have to do with the apple aluminum keyboard 2.0 update but when I try to download that it says my system is unable to support it (eben tho it only requires at least 10.5.8).
If you find a solution let me know.

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