Very, very stange vmware issue

[Mad Cow]

I just booted up the vmware environment today and I can't log on. The holding down a key repeat rate is set way too fast and I can't type anything without the letter repeating. Even if I jab the key as quickly as I can it'll still repeat. I've tried restarting but that does nothing. The only hardware I've changed was my motherboard. What could be the issue?

[mightybrick]

I had this happen with a Linux install once.  I could never figure out the problem.  I had to do a fresh install to fix the problem.