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ThoseBackPages

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Apr 9, 2010
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the letter "b" no longer works

this happened a few week back, and it worked off and on (mostly on) after completely drying out the laptop

now, its dead again (any use of the letter b here has been done using command+v)

oh yea, its a 2011 Lemon mbp 15" from that famous batch of LEMONS that year (lucky me!)

So, with absolutely no interest in pouring more money into this lemon, is there anything i can try on my own when i get to the point of no longer being able to stand having to use command+v?
 

thewap

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MBP keyboards on ebay are about $20, if your inclined to spend time fixing it.
 
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maflynn

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So, with absolutely no interest in pouring more money into this lemon, is there anything i can try on my own
External keyboard is the easiest solution. I'd probably say the computer is not a lemon as the failure of the keyboard is not due to manufacturing defects but due to spilling liquids on it.

Good luck
 
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Max(IT)

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the letter "b" no longer works

this happened a few week back, and it worked off and on (mostly on) after completely drying out the laptop

now, its dead again (any use of the letter b here has been done using command+v)

oh yea, its a 2011 Lemon mbp 15" from that famous batch of LEMONS that year (lucky me!)

So, with absolutely no interest in pouring more money into this lemon, is there anything i can try on my own when i get to the point of no longer being able to stand having to use command+v?
Why call a lemon a notebook from 2011 still working despite your attempts to kill it with liquids ?
 
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