If you spilled stuff on it and it is gummed up, you can carefully remove it from the iBook, then carefully flow distilled water over it for a long time, hopefully to dissolve the gummy residue. Other than that, I don't recall any particular discussions how to fix a bad keyboard. If it's under applecare, just get a replacement. On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, David/Jeanie Lyle wrote: > The keyboard in my iBook G4 quit working today. Fortunately, I have a > separate Apple bluetooth keyboard that I pulled out of the closet and am > presently using. I seem to remember someone discussing this problem before > on the list. Is it possible to review old discussions? IS this something > I'm going to have to send my notebook back to Apple for repair? It's the > first problem I've had with my computer since purchasing it new 2 years ago. . . .