Media Keys not working

For some reason my media keys (play/pause/fwd/rwd) on my aluminiu keyboard have stopped working.
When I first got the keyboad they didn't work... I installed KeyboardSoftware1.2 and they started working.
But, I'm not sure when or how, they have stopepd working again.
All the other keys (Expose, Brightness etc) work fine.
I have tried reinstalling 10.5.8 combo, repairing permissions, booting in safe mode, repairing disc (from instal dvd), installing and uninstalling sizlingkeys (this allowed me to apply custom settings to other keys, but not to the media keys)....nothing helped!
I can't reinstall the KeyboardSoftware update... as it thinks itis already installed... I tried to bypass it with Pacifist, and this caused a right mess (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2360985&stqc=true) which I still haven't sorted either.
Any ideas??
Cheers

Well...
I took the plunge and did a full Archive & Instal (without copying my files/settings over).
This solved both the Media/Play keys issues... and the weird Save dialogue issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2360985&tstart=0
However, I consider this as a work around, as I never really found out what caused the issues in the first place!
Oh well....
The only reason I held off doing the Archive and Install in the first place is because it is quite time consuming, especially with a heavily customised Library folders... and I just didn't want to go through the hassle of reinstalling everything!
Hmmm... at least it is sorted.
I guess I should probably get a new graphics card as well due to that error that showed...?

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