Top row of buttons do not work (esc, f1, f2, etc)

[WillJS]

None of them do their functions, even the num lock key doesn't light up. I Verified and repaired permissions, that didnt help. All the computer does is make that error "ding"... What's wrong here?

EDIT: Expose (F9), F10, F11, and Dashboard work. So does eject.

 

[0007776]

What type of computer are you on. My brother had somthing similar on his MacBook Pro and the logic board had to be replaced.

 

[WillJS]

It's a Macbook C2D, 10.4.8

 

[Eraserhead]

You know you have to press Fn and the Function Key for F1 - F7 on a Macbook, I don't know why esc isn't working though, though I've never used it on mine, though try Apple==>Shutdown and then press escape and see if the box goes away.

 

[WillJS]

You know you have to press Fn and the Function Key for F1 - F7 on a Macbook, I don't know why esc isn't working though, though I've never used it on mine, though try Apple==>Shutdown and then press escape and see if the box goes away.

OK, that worked. When I call them by F"x", I mean the brightness up/down, volume up/down/mute don't work.

 

[Nermal]

In Sys Prefs > Keyboard, is "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features" turned on?

 

[WillJS]

In Sys Prefs > Keyboard, is "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features" turned on?

Ahh! That was it! It was checked to to control them, I needed to press fn. Thank you so very much

Thanks for the help all!