> I've recently noticed that the keyboard of my iBook has begun to give > off an unpleasant smell. The computer is a 500MHz white iBook, about > 14 months old. The smell began a month or so ago and has been > getting worse - it's a rank sweaty smell, a bit worse when the iBoook > is warm, and definitely coming from the keyboard itself, not the > internal hardware. I don't think it's dirt (the keyboard is > spotless) but some sort of breakdown product produced by aging > plastic.--- Do you have a cat, dog, monkey or small child? These critters have been the cause of many an interesting thing done to or onto a Powerbook or iBook. I noticed while listening to the Capital Gang on CNN rant on pro and con about UM's 20 points for Blacks that not one of the CG on CNN is Black. Jack Rodgers Email: jackrodgers at earthlink.net Web: www.jackrodgers.com iCal: coming soon iBlog: coming soon