My Aluminum Wireless Keyboard Thinks it's a Mouse!

I'm having troubles with my aluminum wireless keyboard. When I first got it I paired it with my MacPro1,1 and it worked great for a couple of months, then it all of a sudden stopped working (no, I didn't drop it). I went back to using my old white/clear wireless keyboard and that one works perfectly.
I have tried pairing the aluminum keyboard numerous times to no avail. I will explain to you what happens. After deleting the keyboard from bluetooth, I pair it again. The aluminum keyboard appears on the list and I click it to pair it. It asks me to type in a code, which I do (from the aluminum board, not the white one). I hit return and wait a few seconds and it tells me pairing was successful.
When I go to use the newly paired keyboard, it will not type. What I DO get is mouse curser movement from various keys. Holding down the letter "O" moves the curser to the right, "U" moves it left, "8" moves it up, and so-forth.
I took the keyboard in to the Apple store to get an exchange. They tested it and showed me how it works perfectly on their computers. They suggested I update my OS to the latest version along with all related firmware and try it again. So, I just installed snow leopard 10.6.1, and tried repeatedly to pair the keyboard again to no avail. It is still doing the exact same thing! I am running the latest wireless keyboard firmware, it has new batteries, I removed and replaced the batteries several times and it just does not help. I am stumped!
I love my aluminum keyboard and desperately want to use it. Any ideas on how I might correct this problem? Thanks for your time!

Hiya opalmic,
have you tried a PRAM reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
and secondly, do you need to install a bluetooth firmware update 2.0.1? :
http://www.apple.com/support/bluetooth/
finally, you could open up keychain first aid and repair it.
Please advise if that resolves your problems?

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