Depressed keys on Macbook Pro 15" C2D

Hi All,
I've had a new Macbook Pro for about 3 weeks and I already have, what seems to be, semi-permanently depressed keys; in affect the keys I've used most (e.g. R for reloading a page in Safari) are noticably lower than others - when pressing these keys they have less 'travel' making it disconcerting to use. Quite frankly there is now an array of different depths now across the keyboard.
I plan to call Apple support on tomorrow but wondered if anyone else had experienced a similar situation?
Thanks,
Ian.
Macbook Pro 15" (C2D) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It would be worthwhile turning off your keyboard repeat rate in Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse and seeing what happens. You are using only the built-in keyboard and trackpad?

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