Wireless keyboard ERRATIC LED light

I use an Apple wireless keyboard which sits about 12 inches from the iMac. The green LED light in the caps lock key behaves erratically. Sometimes the caps key is on but the light is off, some times the caps key is on and the light on. I have try re-parring the keyboard with the computer but the problem persists. I took the keyboard to the genius bar. The genius tested the keyboard with a laptop and worked fine. Has anyone had this issue? is there a fix to this issue?

Hey, i came on here to see if anyone had the same problem i have just started having with my wireless apple keyboard. It turns out that the caps lock LED wont light up anymore but the keyboard still works how it should. Ill post back if it starts to have the same symptoms as your keyboard. How is yours now, have you resolved the issue?

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