Macbook KEYS NOT working!!!!!  10.5 leopard MAJOR HINDRANCE of WORK!plzhelp

im on 10.5 on my macbook black and this just started last week where the computer would start up an i would be typing then like 3 minutes later i would press the keys and there would be NO response!!!! The mouse is just fine i can quit programs via the menubar. I consider myself a techie and know my lingos and what not but i still havent figured this out. It only started after i upgraded to 10.5 i havent had this macbook for less than a year can anybody PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!???

Just found I could do a blog search on Google.
http://blogsearch.google.com/
Give it a try and search on "Leopard keyboard". Brings up a lot of other folks having keyboard issues. Given the number of hits, I think there is a software component to most of the difficulties. It may be related to the waking from sleep.
In preparation for the replacement computer Apple is sending me, I did clean install of Leopard on an external hard drive 2 days ago. I did transfer all settings from my DOA MPP to the external firewire installation of Leopard. I have booted from that external firewire drive for at least 48 hours, installed the remainder of my software AND have had no more significant keyboard freezes. I should have had a number based on past experience. There have been a several "pauses" when I thought all was lost but quickly I had keyboard response again without any extra ordinary efforts like plugging in an external USB keyboard or rebooting. My Powerbook G4 has had no keyboard issues. My MacBook 1.83 GHz has had no keyboard issues. I have never had trackpad issues period.
I wish we knew a way to separate out the hardware vs the software issues we all are experiencing. I am more inclined to conclude that my difficulties are software related & not hardware. If you read through the posts, a number of people have the issue disappear if they do and archive reinstall.
But for me the problem solving stops on this computer since a replacement arrives tomorrow. I will problem solve MBP 2.4 GHz from there.

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