hey people, is there a way to fix the keys on my macbook pro?
some of them just inexplicably stopped functioning.
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stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?
Which ones? letter keys, number keys, f keys, spacebar...
Have you tried a reset? -
You probably just need to reseat the keyboard ribbon cable.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility if you damage your computer while doing this...
1) Remove the screws on the bottom of the notebook that has the little keyboard icon on them. There are probably 2-4 of them. Do this with the laptop fully closed an OFF with NO battery or AC attached.
2) Open the laptop up, and gently see if you can lift the keyboard up. If you cannot, there are probably more screws or something else holding it down.
3) If you cannot get the keyboard off easily, might want to consider using the warranty and call Apple.
4) If/when the keyboard comes off... carefully place it upside down over the palmrests to avoid tearing the ribbon cable.
5) The ribbon cable will easily be found on the keyboard. Find the other end.
6) The latch that holds down the other end can easily be broken so do not force the cable out. Get a pair of tweezers and GENTLY lift up on both sides of the latch. Now you should be able to move the cable.
7) Put the cable back in, push gently on each side of latch to fix it down.
8) Reverse steps to put it all together again. -
last night F6, 6,y,h, and / died.
are you talking about a software reset?
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Use that warranty of yours and call Apple.
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stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?
And, uh, I assume your using an external now? -
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Reseating the ribbon cable didnt work :/
well i went to the apple service place and placed an order for a new keyboard. i also picked up a wireless keyboard.
anyways is there a script or an app that switches keyboard mapping?
for example, when i go outside i dont want to have to redo my F keys so that expose and volume controls match up with the internal macbook pro keyboard... and vice versa when i use my bluetooth keyboard, i dont want to reset my dashboard and expose stuff to f3 and f4 again.
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stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?
keYs don't work anYmore :(
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by maos, Mar 1, 2008.