q thru o keyboard keys not working

[jimi chitwood]

the top row of keys, "q through o" are not working. the left shift also is unresponsive.

nothing was spilled.

bought in 2007, warranty expired.

any ideas?

please.

 

[Stazee]

Frustrating.

Hello,
I am having a very similar problem , the esc key all the way across to the eject key stopped working on my mac book pro last night; when pressed an alert sound plays and sometimes the keyboard will light up.
As with you, no spillages, although I did recently remove and reattach the return key as a small piece of plastic slipped under and prevented it from functioning. However, the return key is functioning perfectly so I am skeptical that it could be related.
I was wondering if you had made any progress with the issue?
Thanks,
Stacey.

 

[Stazee]

Oho!

Okay, some playing around has led me to discover that if I press and hold fn and use the disabled keys, they work as expected.
Also, I forgot to mention, not all of the keys do not work ; F6 (which I had set as a function shortcut to spaces) brings up spaces.
Help!! Why has my keyboard become all mixed up?

 

[Stazee]

Nevermind.

It's fixed, turns out I had enabled the use F1,F2 etc keys as standard function in system preferences.
As for your issue, I came across this thread while searching ; http://www.cartoonbarry.com/2008/01/macbook_pro_keyboard_issues.html
It looks like it could be helpful, especially the last post.

 

[fluffyx]

Normally, Apple's price to replace your keyboard is $185-$225, depending on the model MacBook you have.

jimi, I'm guessing this is a plastic (white or black) MacBook. If so, are there cracks in the plastic near your palm rests?

 

[lopelis1233]

the top row of keys, "q through o" are not working. the left shift also is unresponsive.

nothing was spilled.

bought in 2007, warranty expired.

any ideas?

please.

Hi

i am writting because i have the same problem with keyboard top line from q to o and left shift at this moment.So i would like to get some information. How you solved this problem.

Thanks you

 

[fre.dub]

Hi
i am writting because i have the same problem with keyboard top line from q to o and left shift at this moment.

Hi everyone,

I'm having the same issue as the OP and lopelis1233. However with me we are talking about a wireless bluetooth QWERTY keyboard bought in January 2013. We are 2015 now.

Has anyone by now found out what the cause is? I presume it is a specific hardware problem as I have two specimens of the same keyboard type and the other works fine, and also the said keyboard has the same problem on a different Mac.

If nobody can help, I suppose the Apple Store is the next station.

Cheers,

Frédéric