CD tray won't open via keyboard

I recently moved one workstation. The CD/DVD drive tray had been opening fine by using the "open/close" key on the keyboard, now it does not respond, even though it will open (eject) through TOAST. Reads and writes OK.
Have replaced the keyboard… no go!
Any ideas?

Have replaced PRAM battery and the F12 key doesn't respond either.
Note: I have discovered a problem with leftover files from a third party keyboard (Adesso) Multimedia thing.
Forgot it was once on this station.
kbdwatcher.crash.log and associated files are eating up the system.
Thanks

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