Wireless keyboard changes configuration

Hi,
I hope anyone can help.
Upon 3 fast consecutive caps my keyboard changes layout automatically and there is no way I can change it back other than taking the batteries away and later puting them back.  It is REALLY annoying, especially because the backspace changes to forward space and the arrow keys have different functions.
The keyboard has new batteries, changing language does not help, OS is 10.6.8 with all updates.
Thank you all.
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Okay, I am going to try and attempt to solve the root causes of this problem. Please bear with me.
When you say "3 consecutive caps" do you mean hitting the CAPS lock 3 times, or typing 3 capital letters in succession?
What does "fast" mean? Are we talking .5 seconds? 3 seconds?
Are you able to try other keyboards to confirm yours is the only one doing this?
My suggestions are as follow.
Do not type/hit CAPS 3 times in a row.
Be wary of typing speed in those situations.
Try out a new keyboard to confirm if yours has a hardware issue.
Reinstall your OS to an eariler version (using the grey disks), then restoring a Time Machine backup to your computer.
Upgrade your OS to Lion (though I don't see this as a solution, same keyboard firmware)
Upgrade your keyboard to the new Lion model (same as new keyboard).
***If you're good with debugging, you can use XCode to play around with the HID kernel, I don't recommend this at all.
P.S. To get to the screen iCare is showing, goto System Pref<Keyboard<Keyboard Settings. If you don't see that page, there's a problem with your OS.

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