Help my keyboard is freaking out

help my keyboard stopped working and randomly enters things when I press the letter F and the trackpad freaks out whenever i try to use it. The only thing ive don in the past day was set it on the counter while I was in the shower.

Oops... did it get wet?

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HELP! I am FREAKING OUT about this.

HELP! I am FREAKING OUT about this. Sorry about the caps, i composed the question elsewhere and am pasting. Please someone offer mer some help on this!
RE: my sweet old OS 9.
MY SYSTEM IS NOT CRASHED BUT MY MOUSE ARROW IS FROZEN. THIS OCCASSIONALLY HAPPENS, AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU IT IS NOT A HARDWARE (I.E., BAD WIRES, BAD USB PORT, BAD MOUSE) PROBLEM. WHEN MY MOUSE PROBLEMS OCCUR THEY TURN OUT TO BE A SOFTWARE ISSUE, FOR WHICH A QUICK REINSTALL TO ORIGINAL FACTORY SETTINGS ALWAYS FIXES. BUT I OBVIOUSLY CANNOT DO THAT THIS TIME BECAUSE SELECTING THE CORRECT REINSTALL OPTION REQUIRES USE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FROZEN MOUSE ARROW (IT’S THE THIRD BULLET POINT DOWN THAT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM THE ROUTINE. OTHERWISE ITS JUST STUCK ON THE FIRST OPTION). OTHERWISE I’M FORCED TO USE ONLY WHAT I CALL THE WUSS REINSTALL OPTION THAT JUST SAVES ALL THINGS IN AN ORIGINAL ITEMS FOLDER, KEEPING THE BAD SOFTWARE LURKING ON THE SYSTEM, KEEPING THE ARROW FROZEN. SO, I’M SCREWED UNLESS I CAN ENTIRELY ERADICATE THE PROBLEMATIC SOFTWARE SOME OTHER WAY, WHICH I COULD DO IF ONLY I COULD EMPTY MY TRASH. SO:
HOW DO I EMPTY OS 9 TRASH USING ONLY KEYBOARD COMMANDS?
AND HOW DO I EVEN INSURE THAT THE LOCKED ITEMS IN THAT TRASH ALSO GET DELETED AFTER I INITIATE EMPTYING THE TRASH?

Hi, Adam -
To use the keyboard to empty the Trash, press Command-Shift-Delete (that's the large Delete button two rows above Return).
Normally, to delete a locked item when emptying the Trash, one would press Option while selecting Empty Trash from the Special menu. However, adding Option to the Command-Shift-Delete combo does not seem to work (just tested it).
If the issue is indeed software based, it should not be at play when the machine is booted to an OS Install CD. That's one of the reasons to boot to a CD - all software on the hard drive becomes nothing more than data files; none of it is in use.
One of the main causes for such behavior when using an Apple Pro mouse is that those mouses had a defect - the wires inside the cable could fray at the point the cable leaves the mouse body, causing random open or short circuits.
Another possible cause occurs when an optical mouse overloads the non-powered hub in the keyboard. This happened to me - it finally killed the keyboard. After replacing the keyboard I came across Apple KBase Article #58649 - Apple Pro Keyboard: Devices Connected. I reconfigured my USB connection scheme so that the mouse was plugged into the powered hub in my monitor, and have not had a similar problem since.

Help Me Please Im Freaking Out !

Okay So i resetted my iphone, because yesturday i plugged it in to my computer and i think something happend that then it didnt let me download apps it kept saying 1013 something , and it wouldnt let me get into my apps so when today i tried to restore it and it didnt work , thats when i decided to reset it and when i resetted it it resseted but now its been like a long time and its on an apple icon, and im freaking out cause this was my present and i think i broke it please someone whoevers out there hear my plea ! Please i dont know what to do now >.<

DId you try to jailbreak your phone? Evidently, the computer you're syncing with has been used to jailbreak, or attempt to jailbreak an iOS at some point and there is an entry in the host file that attempts to bypass Apple's authentication servers.
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Please help! Mail is freaking out on me!

Mail is downloading thousands of messages into my inbox, i think it's old emails from my yahoo account (the email service i use), but normally in my in-box i have about 100 messages. they keep coming and won't stop, even when i quit mail and go back in, they keep coming. Each message seems to be coming in multiple times. Also, i am not receiving new messages. anyone know what i can do?

And what are all those messages doing on the server? What are your Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Advanced > Remove copy from server settings? If you leave the messages on the server indefinitely, Mail may eventually end up losing track of which messages have already been downloaded, maybe as a result of some changes made at the server.
I don’t think you’ll be able to fix this problem without moving a significant amount of messages out of the server’s inbox. You may tell Mail to remove from the server all the messages that have already been downloaded by means of Preferences > Accounts > Advanced > Remove now. Alternatively, you may use the Account Info window to remove specific messages from the server — choose Get Info (⌘I) from the Action menu (gear icon) located below the mailbox list in the main Mail window.
If the account allows web access, however, it may be preferable to remove the messages from the server that way, or at the very least move the messages to other server-stored mailboxes if the server provides that functionality via webmail.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.

Help, My computer is freaking out

OK, maybe someone here can shed some light on whats going on (please keep in mine I'm a newbie).
I have a KT3V ver 1.0 (ms-6712)mainboard (says it will support 333 FSB), a AMD 3000+ processor (333Mhz FSB), 512MB DDR SDRAM/PC3200, geforce 4200ti dual monitor vid card, 80 gig HD, XP pro, cd burner, DVD player etc.
I have several questions:
#1 - Why doesnt my computer recongize the 3000+ processor. While playing with settings, it shows as anywhere from 1.275 mhz to 1.725 mhz, is it running at those speeds or is it just not showing the correct info in system info?
#2 - With this set up, I would assume that I should not have any "slow down" issues. However I have a real problem with my music (music match) breaking up severly when opening new programs.
#3 - where is a good place on the net to learn more about overclocking, bios settings etc?
Any help would be greatly Appreciated.
Thanks
Alan

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Originally posted by Netherscourge
Have you installed the most recent BIOS for you board? It should be 1.8.
Also - you have a KT4, not a KT3.
Once you install 1.8 (which is required for your board to recognize the 3000XP), you need to set your FSB frequency to 167 mhz.
Save and Exit.
You\'ll then be running at 2.18 GHZ.
No I havent updated the Bios (I played with settings and froze it up so I've been kinda afraid to change it again)
My board clearly says KT3V with model # ms-6712 version 10A on it, is that wrong?
Why will I only be at 2.18 Ghz? Will this board not handle the 3.0?
If the board & processor says it will support 333 Mhz FSB, why isnt that an option is Bios (only goes up to 280)?
Thanks for your help.
Alan

Keyboard freaks out by Wacom tablet

I have, since six months, a Wacom tablet (Intous 3 with USB-connection) connected to my iMac. Everything has worked fine until now: When the tablet is connected, my keyboard freaks out and generates only strange signs (I don't know the name of the keyboard layout, but it includes a lot of mathematical symbols, an apple-logo, etc.). If I disconnect the tablet and restarts - the keyboard is as it should be again.
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enmanneleu wrote:
Charles Minow wrote:
One more thing I didn't think of before: what kind of keyboard do you have?
An apple keyboard. The new thin one with wire.
I have now tried the tablet on another computer (PC) and it worked but the LED on it flickered. Maybe because it did not get power enough? But I don't understand how this affects the keyboard?
Because the tablet and keyboard are both USB devices, there are certain things they share in common. Both are electrical devices connected to the same bus on the computer. And there would be a certain amount of commonality between their data paths once the electrical signals reach the computer. When you push a key on your keyboard, it sends an electrical signal to the computer that Mac OS X interprets as a key press. The tablet also sends electrical information to the computer, it's just interpreted differently by the computer.
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One other thing is to move the keyboard and tablet to different USB ports on your iMac. I think you have four to choose from, right? Perhaps there's something wrong with one of the ports on the computer, a bent pin or maybe a piece of dust that's causing a connection not to be made.
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Hi Guys, I am using the full width video widget on a site. The widget was working perfectly however I have just added additional content to the site and re-uploaded and now the video is not working! Please help I have tried everything and am freaking out

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