Not too weird if it is a 'Book your using. The F9 and F10 keys control the Backlighting of the keyboard also. I had a PowerBook G4 at our office do the same thing which turned out to be the Ambient Light sensor board of the PowerBook. The chip on the sensor board had literally fallen off.
After reading all the postings on all the different sites (and there are ALOT) about the Macs being slow and PC fast, I have noticed that there are differences and similarities.
1. I noticed that it is NOT a modem manufaturer specific issue.
2. I noticed it is NOT provider specific, but it...