OS X 10.5.8 Aluminum/Numeric keyboard

Hi,
I have 10.5.8. I bought the new numeric keyboard. and F7-F12 are dead. I downloaded Spark, but can't find a shortcut script to use. I only want volume. Can anyone help? Do I have to upgrade?
Thanks,
Sean

I think the KB issue is quite silly on Apple's part, but...
I think Spark cured this for another person and the same problem...
http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php

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