How do I carry out disk repair or safe boot...

...if my imac freezes at grey screen and won't recognize any keyboard? It does recognize the wireless mouse.
The computer started freezing at the grey screen last week. I tried disk repair, no good. I tried system restore, no good. It still stops at the grey but I can't try resetting PRAM or booting in single user mode or anything because it won't recognize either a wireless or a usb keyboard.
Ist kaput?

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