keyboard stops from booting after software upgrade from apple

imac 25 inch
2.66 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
version 10.6.8

After doing a software update yesterday (june 23 2011) I got a error when Imac tried to reboot that I needed to turn power off and the turn power back on (in 4 languages) over and over until I disconnected my Ihome Iconnect media keyboard made by www.iife-works.com model IH-K231MS Boots fine with apple keyboard . Everything was fine 2 mins b4 upgrade ... Could be apple didn't check latest upgrade with all (made for apple products) come on don't start being like microsoft aplle !!!!!! Macauthority I know will be of no help

Ken B

Update email received from life-works tech

"Quote""Hi Ken,

We are sorry for the inconvenince and this is the very recent issue that we are facing from the customers, so we request you to please be patient while we upgade the drivers for the customer.

Thanks and Regards,
Jeff

Whenever you have other than Apple hardware attached, you should always go back to the manufacturer first for assistance - especially for drivers. As you have learned, it sometimes takes a while for hardware providers to catch up with the latest updates from Apple.

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