Macbook keyboard freeze! (under tiger)

i really need help on this: my macbook's keyboard froze after i reinstalled OSX (tiger) under the following conditions: I had bootcamp installed with windows XP sp2 on a separate partition, i was running Tiger OS 10.4.11 (most recent version of tiger) at the time and reinstalled from my restore discs (10.4.1) ... After this (reformatting), my keyboard froze...entirely for a few minutes, then some keys started back functioning gradually...i noticed they functioned by rows e.g. the row of keys [Zto?] begun to work, then the row [A to '], then the numeric row [1 to +], etc the last row to function was [Q to P], then i was all happy till the "E" and "S" keys stopped working soon after...since then, its been 3-4 weeks now, and no sign of these two keys (E and S) functioning... this is really embarrassing- i use an external usb keyboard at home, but i also travel with my work, and being on flight/on the road with two non-responsive keys is not allowing me to be productive at all- as i have to be copying/pasting "e" and "s" letters all the time, and it is even more embarassing when someone needs to use my machine...I have tried reformatting twice after this, and only to end up dissapointed with those same two keys non-responsive... can anyone please help? what can i do to solve this... this is urgent, and serious.

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