Alt/option key disables the keyboard entries

Hi-

It seems that if I press the ALT (option) 5 times quickly, it disables my keyboard. It seems also occur that if I hold down the option for an extended period of time, often while I use Photoshop.

It stops completely from all entries to the keyboard, essentially breaking of the keyboard until I press it a lot again to make it work. I can't find out how to disable this in keyboard/accessibility settings, so I came here to help.

-Sometimes, with built-in MBP & my bluetooth keyboard, this is not specific to a keyboard. Seems to be a computer problem.

Thank you!

Are you still using 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?

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