Jane said: >it doesn't work....typing So are you saying that both your keyboard and mouse work intermittently? Are you using a USB hub? Do you have other USB devices other than your keyboard and mouse attached to your Mac? Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html