Keyboard - Beeping sound & repeating letter

HELP.....A bit at wits end!
My 3 year old Tecra A9-S9018v bought new, is a pretty good performer. Well, except for the letter "r/R" key that repeats infinitum whenever I type certain letters or numbers (y, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 0 and ALL symbols). The ONLY way to stop it for the moment is to hit 'enter', 'the space bar' or similar keys. Naturally this is frustrating!!
I notice things started when I upgraded to Adobe Reader 9 (a bugged & problematic installation) and it was compounded by a Firefox upgrade. In frustration I dumped 9, reinstalled 8, then everything was fine.
In addition to the onset of this drama, there was a fast repetitive beeping at every startup....which also began with the upgrade of Adobe 9 and went away when I reinstalled 8.
When 10 came out I reinstalled 9 and the repeating/stuck "r/R" AND beeping at startup both returned. Changing back to 8 did not help this time, neither did upgrading to 10. In the interim I upgraded Firefox also, which may have compounded the problem.
I've looked all over creation, explored many avenues and options in attempts to fix things....but this time I can't fix either of these issues! The system has been wiped clean and the basics reinstalled. I have not installed any Adobe software as of yet, but the problems are still present. It was suggested that I replace the keyboard, but I'm not convinced that would solve the problem and what a waste that would be!

Hi yiorgos --
You're not alone; others have reported the same problem as you. To my knowledge, there has been no reported solution, yet.
-- JDee

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