My shift key inactivates the "m" key on my keyboard
When I try to type a capital "M' by holging shift and then hitting the m key, it doesnt type anything. They keyboard seems to work fine, as well as all of the keys. Both shift keys work with every other letter, and the m key works fine too, as long as I'm not alos holding shift.
What is going on? It was working fine earlier and all of a sudden stopped working.
Thanks for your help.
I'm using a Macbook pro, with the latest update (10.9.2), just so people know.
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