Strange behaviour of some keyboard keys after wake up

Hi. I have an issue with my keyboard on my MBPro (Santa Rosa). I am under snow leopard. If I close my mbp, and thus put it to sleep, When I wake up, some keyboard keys are messed up... they are no more at the correct place and I have to use yhe keyboard viewer to type.
Ex: @ is no more on the no. 2 key, but on the [ key...
To type ` I have to press shift + [ key
For ( it is the 8 key + shift
Does anyone have this issue?
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Hi l, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I agree with captfred, you definitely want to run that update, and then repair permissions. If that doesn't do the trick, try removing the batt and running. In some cases the batt causes pressure on a cable between it and the inside of the MBP case, resulting in keyboard/trackpad issues.

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I understand that some of your keys are not working, after some liquid decided to pay an unwanted visit to the board. I am happy to assist you with this.
In my sordid past I have seen some really messed up keyboards, due to similar things, coffee, cola, water, whatever. My most memorable was someone who brought me a computer that was used in a kitchen and was close to a deep fat fryer, and the keyboard was not only coated with oil and grease but a build up of fuzzy dust all throughout the keyboard. In that case I recommended a replacement as the cost to clean it was more expensive than a new one.
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