Powerbook freaking out (and so am I) is this the end? Hard to describe prob

Hello,
Recently, and for no apparent reason my PB started to spazz out. It initially works ok, but after a while, It behaves as if several keys are stuck. The F10 function of see all open windows on the screen at once triggers on and off, the icons on the desktop get highlighted one-by- one, and any windows that are highlighted where text can be typed just type seemingly random characters endlessly. This makes it VERY difficult, if not impossible to use until the computer stops spazzing out. I tried resetting the PRam, Diskwarrior, Disk Utility,letting the machine cool down, even reinstalling the OS. I've tried searching the forums, but I don't even really know how to describe this problem! Can anyone help?

It sounds to me the keyboard may have gotten dirty, and some keys are actually stuck. Cleaning one of those keyboards is difficult. One of these stores may be able to replace it for you:
http://www.dttservice.com/
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
http://www.microdocusa.com/
http://www.macspecialist.com/
http://www.techrestore.com/

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