I was given an A1398 15" MacBookPro11,2 UK model (mid 2014) and the keyboard is broken. Only numbers 1-5 work and the letters QWER. Other keys trigger random letters/events and the RHS shift is always on.
Using onscreen or external (Apple Bluetooth) keyboard has the same errors as using the internal keyboard.
I was thinking of replacing the internal keyboard (which is a long procedure according to YouTube) but eBay descriptions are a bit vague. Can I use *any* A1398 European model keyboard (so from 2012 to 2015)? Or are there differences?
I'd like to replace the UK keyboard with a French AZERTY one ideally. Looking at the pictures the keyboard layout looks the same for UK and France (but different for US keyboards).
As most of the cheap keyboards come without backlight included how reasonable is it to be able to reuse the existing backlight?
I was looking at either this (EUR 32 with backlight) or this (EUR 19.50 without backlight). I'd need to buy 100 little screws in either case.
As I'm currently using a 2006 MacBookPro2,1 it would be a big step up but I don't want to buy the wrong bits if they will not work.
[doublepost=1551963110][/doublepost]Another thought, are any of these replacement keyboards any better or worse or is it all just a lottery like with batteries.
Using onscreen or external (Apple Bluetooth) keyboard has the same errors as using the internal keyboard.
I was thinking of replacing the internal keyboard (which is a long procedure according to YouTube) but eBay descriptions are a bit vague. Can I use *any* A1398 European model keyboard (so from 2012 to 2015)? Or are there differences?
I'd like to replace the UK keyboard with a French AZERTY one ideally. Looking at the pictures the keyboard layout looks the same for UK and France (but different for US keyboards).
As most of the cheap keyboards come without backlight included how reasonable is it to be able to reuse the existing backlight?
I was looking at either this (EUR 32 with backlight) or this (EUR 19.50 without backlight). I'd need to buy 100 little screws in either case.
As I'm currently using a 2006 MacBookPro2,1 it would be a big step up but I don't want to buy the wrong bits if they will not work.
[doublepost=1551963110][/doublepost]Another thought, are any of these replacement keyboards any better or worse or is it all just a lottery like with batteries.