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this is getting ridiculous! Macbook keyboard hel!!!!!

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WillMak

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Gah I am having those leoard macbook keyboard roblems like everyone else. Half my keyboard doesn't work. Right now the enter butting isn't working and the letter after O is not working either!! I can't use my external BT keyboard cause it causes my macbook to kernel anic!!!! I'm lucky that my term rojects were due last week when my <letter after O> was still functioning. Now it just seems like things are getting worse! Anyone know a quick solution to this... omg now my question key doesn't work anymore WTF!!!!

oh yea and since my enter key isn't working I can't google for answers! hel<letter after o>!!!!!
 
Do you have 3rd party RAM installed? The kernal panics tell me theres some dodgy hardware in there. If there is no 3rd party RAM, take the computer back.
 
To the OP, are you using Leopard? This might be a software issue. Have you taken it to the Apple Store? If they see it, they might offer an exchange, or at least try to fix it. Otherwise, if you can save your data (or image your drive), you might try downgrading to Tiger (or at least doing a fresh install of Leopard) to see if that helps. If it isn't a hardware issue, Tiger should fix it. Leopard is still *way* too buggy for too many people, and you shouldn't have to suffer because of it. It's basically Vista for OS X.
 
heatmiser said:
To the OP, are you using Leopard? This might be a software issue. Have you taken it to the Apple Store? If they see it, they might offer an exchange, or at least try to fix it. Otherwise, if you can save your data (or image your drive), you might try downgrading to Tiger (or at least doing a fresh install of Leopard) to see if that helps. If it isn't a hardware issue, Tiger should fix it. Leopard is still *way* too buggy for too many people, and you shouldn't have to suffer because of it. It's basically Vista for OS X.
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Lol are you serious, this isn't vista where people have to downgrade to XP. Leopard isn't nearly as bad as Vista. Strange how these new members come to bash.
 
heatmiser said:
Leopard is still *way* too buggy for too many people, and you shouldn't have to suffer because of it. It's basically Vista for OS X.
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No. It isn't.

The only problem I've had with this MBP + Leopard is the lack of waking up after sleep on RARE occasions.

Otherwise it just works, and I bet for 99% of people, it does the same.

Maybe we should have a "Leopard works perfectly for me" thread to show that its not just people with problems posting hmmmm?

CR - A Happy Leopard/MBP owner :D
 
Hey,

I'm new to Mac (I have a Macbook Pro)... since about May... I am still running on Tiger because I can't be arsed dealing with all the bugs.

I still have keyboard problems though. It will, quite often just refuse to work, and certain buttons just stop working all together for days on end! I've given up on my CAPS button... that went within about 2 months of owning my Macbook. I also have a sticky mouse button on the track pad... I have restarted, and restarted, taken the battery out, let it cool down and tried everything. Nothing sorts it out... I live about 2 hours away from any Apple store :( Annyy ideas??

PS... much happier with it than any PC... despite my rants... Anywho...
 
TheSpecialist said:
Lol are you serious, this isn't vista where people have to downgrade to XP. Leopard isn't nearly as bad as Vista. Strange how these new members come to bash.
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True, it's definitely not Vista, but I do know a handful of people who actually have downgraded to Tiger. For me Leopard's been running fine despite the occasional keyboard freeze which requires a reboot.

Honestly though, for my uses, Leopard has not been that much of an improvement - a few handy bells and whistles, but that's about it. The lack of Leopard software compatibility keeps me going back to my bootable Tiger backup for certain tasks - but that's mostly not Apple's fault.
 
Ok my keyboard decided to work today. And to the Jackass who told me to click googlem I can't click it if I don't have it bookmarked. Anyways this started to happen after I installed leopard I have a first generation macbook with 3rd party ram. Tiger was very stable for me. I hope apple fixes this soon!
 
Achaya said:
Hey,

I'm new to Mac (I have a Macbook Pro)... since about May... I am still running on Tiger because I can't be arsed dealing with all the bugs.

I still have keyboard problems though. It will, quite often just refuse to work, and certain buttons just stop working all together for days on end! I've given up on my CAPS button... that went within about 2 months of owning my Macbook. I also have a sticky mouse button on the track pad... I have restarted, and restarted, taken the battery out, let it cool down and tried everything. Nothing sorts it out... I live about 2 hours away from any Apple store :( Annyy ideas??

PS... much happier with it than any PC... despite my rants... Anywho...
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I have actually been having problems with my keyboard too, on my Macbook. Just randomly, the keyboard will completely stop working. Clicking the Caps Lock key will *not* light it up. It's not a hardware issue, as logging out and logging back in *DOES* fix the problem, albeit temporarily. :mad:
 
Littleodie914 said:
I have actually been having problems with my keyboard too, on my Macbook. Just randomly, the keyboard will completely stop working. Clicking the Caps Lock key will *not* light it up. It's not a hardware issue, as logging out and logging back in *DOES* fix the problem, albeit temporarily. :mad:
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I wish I could say the same about it not being a hardware prob but I have logged in and out and shut the whole thing down a bunch of times and it still doesn't sort itself out! :(
 
It's because you're running Leopard. If they really bug you, go back down to Tiger until they've fixed the Leopard bugs.

I've had a few bugs in Leopard, and I'm willing to put up with them because I'm an early adopter.


This is in no way similar to the early Vista adopters, who ended up getting an obviously incomplete OS. Microsoft rushed Vista out before it was officially finished, and then just added the unfinished bits afterwards, claiming they were just supporting Vista users with updates later on.
 
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