Left side shift/command/option keys not working

I have a 2010 11" macbook air and out of nowhere my left side Shift Command Option keys are not working at all. Anyone had this issue? or know what I can do to solve it?
I have tried connecting my keyboard to it and doing the reset PRAM, SMC, PMU with no luck. I tried installing new Mountain Lion OSX hoping it was a software issue and it is still not working.

I had a key fail on my MBA and the problem progressed to other keys. It turned out to be the electoonics in the keyboard, not the individual keys. When it progressed to W, I had to replace it;) Given you have two keys failing at once it could be a similar problem.

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you have a faulty Air, ...if purchased within 14 days return for a new one.
Before doing same reset SMC
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
unlikely this will solve same.
Your logic board and/or monitor cable are defective (most certainly). If out of 14 days make appt. for repair/diagnostic.

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Nope thats not the problem, the listening key is Esc. It is as if the keyboard does not register it when the R is pressed in combination with the shift and the command together. As I said, the keyboard viewer shows every keystroke except the shift-command-r combi.

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i have a problem with the option-key for some shortcuts and specifically in photoshop.
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On my system, the icon is just to the right of the speaker volume and just to the left of the battery level icon.
You should see your flag and/or language (U.S. in my case.)
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Find Select next source in Input menu in the list on the right. If it is checked, uncheck it.
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I'm having a very strange issue with my Option Key all of a sudden. It has stopped functioning as an Option Key and will ONLY increase the volume setting. When I bring up the keyboard viewer the Option Key won't register, it just turns up the volume. I've repaired permissions from my install disk and restarted a few times, but it didn't help. It's a VERY annoying problem, and I'd really appreciate any help at all. Thanks.

Thanks for the response, eww.
I was beginning to think it was a hardware issue, too. BUT, I turned my laptop off last night (instead of putting it to sleep like usual) and now this morning the Option key is working fine again. Seems very odd to me, since I restarted my computer a few times last night and the problem was still there. Perhaps it's heat related?
I'm just wondering now if it's a sign of more troubles to come or just a bizarre random occurrence.
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So what your saying is, do the same thing but hang SSD from broken Mini onto working Mini and boot up with same Firewire drive, and have it install OS back onto Broken SSD drive.
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          8 GB RAM
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          NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX - VRAM: 1024 MB
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (612.33 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Western Digital My Book 111A 2 TB
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                    My Book (disk2s3) /Volumes/My Book: 1 TB (560.49 GB free)
                    Time Machine MyBook (disk2s5) /Volumes/Time Machine MyBook: 999.98 GB (620.97 GB free)
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          net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio          (1.0.5)
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