Hello, I commit the mistake to clean my 2009 macbook pro yesterday and since then it has been failing.
- Trackpad act sometimes as it was stuck: I took it out and cleaned it but it still happen.
- Keyboard doesn't work, all the letter doesn't work but numbers do work when I press on alt
- Exposé is running slow, not sur if that the right name but it is visible in the video.
So I did this:
1. I took the trackpad out, clean it in the borders and reinstall it but it still act as it was stuck on left click.
2. I tried with another battery as this one is showing "need repair" but nothing changes. Need repair was already there before this happen.
3. I reset SMC by removing the battery and clicking on power button for 5 seconds. As it is done on this 2009 MB.
4. Can't reset PRAM as keyboard doesn't work and it doesn't work with the external keyboard. at least it doesn't look like it does.
I am thinking that if it doesn't get better in a few days I will need a new trackpad and a new keyboard, I know how to replace those parts as I already did it on my 2008 mb years ago but I am worried about the slow expose works, is it possible that the motherboard is failing too? How can I be sure?
I did the cleaning by putting some alcohol on a cloth and rubbing it over the keyboard. I did not put alcohol directly on the keyboard, just in case.
Also I notice that when I turn it on the progress bar stops when it is in the middle and then it gets blurry before it keep going, like it was trying to load something and it give up so it is blurry.
I wrote this on an external keyboard. My mb is the 5,5 model from 2009, it has an 250SSD and 8GB in ram.
- Trackpad act sometimes as it was stuck: I took it out and cleaned it but it still happen.
- Keyboard doesn't work, all the letter doesn't work but numbers do work when I press on alt
- Exposé is running slow, not sur if that the right name but it is visible in the video.
So I did this:
1. I took the trackpad out, clean it in the borders and reinstall it but it still act as it was stuck on left click.
2. I tried with another battery as this one is showing "need repair" but nothing changes. Need repair was already there before this happen.
3. I reset SMC by removing the battery and clicking on power button for 5 seconds. As it is done on this 2009 MB.
4. Can't reset PRAM as keyboard doesn't work and it doesn't work with the external keyboard. at least it doesn't look like it does.
I am thinking that if it doesn't get better in a few days I will need a new trackpad and a new keyboard, I know how to replace those parts as I already did it on my 2008 mb years ago but I am worried about the slow expose works, is it possible that the motherboard is failing too? How can I be sure?
I did the cleaning by putting some alcohol on a cloth and rubbing it over the keyboard. I did not put alcohol directly on the keyboard, just in case.
Also I notice that when I turn it on the progress bar stops when it is in the middle and then it gets blurry before it keep going, like it was trying to load something and it give up so it is blurry.
I wrote this on an external keyboard. My mb is the 5,5 model from 2009, it has an 250SSD and 8GB in ram.
