Help! Hammer dropped 2010 13" MBP keyboard!

Run Apple hardware test. Make sure you use the extended test and enable looping to stress the system.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509

 

I doubt there's any extensive internal damage.

 

Stop! Hammer time.



Sorry, had to do it.

 

well, if you didn't purchase insurance, you have to live with it. apple care doesn't cover personal fault. good luck.

 

There's laptop insurance really?

 

Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em.

 

what side of the hammer fell on the keyboard?

i also know that macbook pros do tend to get dents very easily. when i went to see my cousin the other day, he had a couple of dents from just only just using it a couple of months.

 

is the keyboard still functioning okay? like the keyboard backlight and other functions of it?

 

To be honest it was probably the shock to the hard drive that crashed it. If the dent is small, I really wouldn't worry. The chance of the vibrations being powerful enough to break anything internally is not really existent.

 

I agree with dangerous theory. i had an older macbook get pulled off a table (before magsafe) and I thought I had toasted it since the screen had this weird zig zag display and would not shut off

After pulling the battery (and saying a prayer) it came back up fine.

BTW: If you have Apple care and take it in, they may see the damage not fix it because, wait for it........Can't touch this.......

 

That was either a PowerBook or an iBook. MagSafe was introduced with the first MacBook Pro in 2006.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe

 

Apple’s notebooks have had sensors in them for years now to detect when the machine has been dropped or experienced some sort of shock so that they can park the drive head immediately to help protect your HDD. This is probably what caused the video to freeze.

If it seems to be working fine now, I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

Doesn't sound so bad. Last time my mother said she dropped something on her computer, she said there was a dent, I checked to find that there was a dent in the top case and display the size of my fist.

 

This.
I immediately had to click this when I saw the title, and when you said "I was watching a tv show". I burst out screaming laughing. And thought life is worth living.

 

You are correct oh god of wikipedia and google. How could I have such a fatal mistake that renders my message completely invalid....

Since you are so proficient at all things internet, might I suggest googling the expression "missing the forest for the trees..."

 

I was just informing you. Sorry. Next time I'll let you continue with the wrong information.