i just installed Snow Leopard today and found out that my old Santa Rosa Macbook Pro 3,1 keyboard no longer lights up. I am not sure if this is an issue with the new OS or my system. Anyone can confirm that if their keyboard lights up with the santa rosa MBP?
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Santa Rosa (Macbook Pro 3,1) and Snow Leopard keyboard issue
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Hey, don´t call "old" our Santa Rosa
My keyboard light is working perfectly in Snow Leopard in my MBP 3,1...Still lighting (and unlighting) as usual on my Santa Rosa MBP. You probably checked already, but there's a setting for this in System Prefs > Keyboard.
mmh, that's odd. I saw that option and I was able to use my keyboard to check and uncheck the "illuminate keyboard". However, when I check that option and tries to use my keyboard's button to adjust the light, it won't let me adjust it (and not lighting up).
Does that mean that the light is broken? I remember during installation the keyboard actually lights up but can't get it to work at all now>
Does that mean that the light is broken? I remember during installation the keyboard actually lights up but can't get it to work at all now>
MMH, just a follow up, i did some search and found how to reset the PRAM and reset teh SMC. It worked the first time, I can use the keyboard to turn on and off teh light. HOwever, today, it's not working anymore and even when I reset the SMC and PRAM, it's still not working.
Just checking to see if the light is working, I download a tool taht allows me to manually adjust the light. It actually worked so the light on the keyboard is working. Not sure why I can't use keyboard to adjsut the backlit now.
Just checking to see if the light is working, I download a tool taht allows me to manually adjust the light. It actually worked so the light on the keyboard is working. Not sure why I can't use keyboard to adjsut the backlit now.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132768
From the above link, it seems that Apple claims that MacBook Pro 3,1 can run Snow Leopard as it has both a 64bit C2D and a 64bit EFI. However, they are looking into having a firmware update to address any issues and all.
From the above link, it seems that Apple claims that MacBook Pro 3,1 can run Snow Leopard as it has both a 64bit C2D and a 64bit EFI. However, they are looking into having a firmware update to address any issues and all.
When I upgraded my SR MBP to snow leopard, Software Updates ran, and I had a keyboard firmware update to install. A bit weird as its quite an old update and I thought it was previously installed. Maybe that could fix it for you though?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1482
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1482