Can't regain Bluetooth pairing after 10.4.11 upgrade.

I upgraded last week to 10.4.11 and shortly after lost Bluetooth pairing with my Apple wireless keyboard. ? if the upgrade is involved in the malfuntion - but the timing is suspicious. DOZENS of attempts to re-pair the two have resulted only in the need to dig out my ancient G3 usb keyboard.
What have I tried? Restarting. Shutdown. Unplugging. Logging in and out. Resetting PRAM (which solved the problem of my machine also refusing to sleep after the upgrade - but zip on the Bluetooth front) I have replaced/rearranged the keyboards batteries. I checked the Bluetooth settings and made sure mouse keys are off. I have directed vibes, both loving and apocalyptic, towards Apple Computer.
Nothing.
This isn’t the first time Bluetooth has failed. Shortly after the initial set-up - which was slick as snot - it quit, requiring days of frustration for me and a half dozen Apple Care people, a replacement keyboard, and a trip to the shop. As I recall, it was never really established what the problem was, but I pitched my wireless mouse into the trash then and I’m hoping I won’t have to do the same with the keyboard ‘cos I hate cords....
Has anyone got any magic bullets for this? My machine consistently locates and recognizes the keyboard - it just won’t pair. It either loses the connection or times out.

I think I may have a similar issue, My Mighty Mouse works intermittently since I updated to 10.4.11.
Today was the strangest event - I could still point with the mouse but none of the buttons would work.
I believe I upgraded on 11/16/07, and the mouse connection has been lost a few times, but today I turned it off and on as usual, but the iMac didn't find it again.
I dug out an old USB mouse, and found that the mouse wasn't listed in the Mouse & Keybaord preference panel. I had to "set-up" the Mighty Mouse again. I decided to dust the mouse, so I shut it off, and again it was not recognized by the iMac until I went to "set-up" the mouse again.

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