Power Mac 7200: Command/Option Keys Stuck At Wake Up (12/95)

Article Review/Updated: 19 December 1995

I use the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-Power to force my Power Macintosh 7200 computer to go to sleep. However, when the computer wakes up, the Command and Options keys are still pressed down. Is there any way to avoid this?
There are three workarounds for this situation:

1) Choose Sleep from the Special menu instead of using the Option-Command-Power keyboard shortcut.

2) Press the Power button. This brings up the Shut Down dialog box. Sleep is an option within the Shut Down Dialog box.

3) Press the Option-Command-Power keys to force the system to shut down. After waking the computer up, press the Command and Option keys to bring them keys back to their up position.

This symptom will be fixed in the next system software update.

Article Change History:
19 Dec 1995 - Added additional information.
20 Sep 1995 - Reviewed article.

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