Keyboard randomly stops working after Leopard Install

Have you tried not letting the MBP sleep at all?

I don't think anyone from Apple posts here. But, when there's a fix offered I'm sure someone will mention it. I know I check Software Update at least once a day...

Just my brief observations to add...

I have noticed that when I have my wireless mighty mouse connected the problem does not seem to occur. Others seem to have similar experiences when external keyboard or mice are connected.

When the keyboard does stop responding I have been repeatedly pressing the "-", "+" and the "delete" keys. After a few seconds I get a few --=== and then the keyboard is back until I change apps or dialog boxes or some other screen operation.

Gonna try my girlfriends wireless Logitech mouse since my mighty mouse got left at work today...

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same problem, it's LEOPARD!!! take it off and revert to older OS. Leopard is full of bugs. Give it six months after they fixed all the problems.

This is pathetic. Brand new Macbook Pro (1 week old), updated with Leopard drop-in and 10.5.1 and also experiencing this keyboard freezing issue. I've already had to return/exchange due to a faulty superdrive, and now this problem! This is my first Mac (very experienced Windows users) and it's not exactly leaving a great taste in my mouth. I'm not sure how Apple can make claims that their computers are so superior and easy to use. If someone like my parents weren't savvy enough to check these threads, this laptop would appear to totally be defective. Should I just downgrade back to Tiger? God this is sooo frustrating since the keyboard's frozen multiple times just writing this post.

i have had this keyboard freeze issue too. I thought there was a bad hardware link at first. i found if i restarted it would clear but it does come back. It seems to be worst when the computer has been on for a long time without restart.


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I'm having the same issue as well. MBP 2.4 GHz core 2 duo.

The keyboard and trackpad are completely non-functional now. It started intermittently, but over the course of two days it's completely stopped working. I've tried to zap the p-RAM, turned it upside down, hit the num-lock key till I was blue-in-the-face ––– nothing.

One thing to note is that it was all working just fine until I updated from 10.5 to 10.5.1

Apple - between this and the faulty video cards in the new santa rosa MPBs [http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5917978](neither of which you seem to be willing to acknowledge publicly) my 12 year love affair with your products is beginning to fade.

I'm having the same problem. I have a Mac Pro tower and the keyboard stops from time to time. It's always been easy to fix with a restart but that's sort of a pain to do 4 or 5 times a session. My mouse is also non-functioning for about a minute after the mac wakes up from being asleep.

HELP!

Barry

I have a brand new Mac Book Pro payed 2000 euro and well... the keyboard stop running and I have to reboot the system. In Windows it works fine!
I hope they will fix it asap otherwise I'll send you back my laptop.

APPLE - are you pulling ours legs?

Fabiano

I'm in the exact same boat as everyone else... any solution for this yet?

Well, I have a weird twist on this... I was having this problem with Leopard, then I downgraded to Tiger, and it seemed to stop.

Then, I upgraded back to Leopard using a clean install, it seemed pretty much OK (though I hadn't used it much), but get this...

I started installing Windows in Boot Camp, and I got the dead keyboard problem during the installation process.

So, perhaps it's a Leopard problem, but how would that affect the Windows XP Console Mode (or whatever...)

Grr...

This just started happening to my less than 2 months old MBP(fresh Leopard install). Really frustrating to be typing along when all of sudden the keyboard quits working. Sure hope Apple issues a fix for this soon!

something similar:
during any typing (MBP 17" 2,4 - bought twe weeks ago) some letters get lost (every 10 to 20th one).
maybe ist because of i am not used to press each key hard enough (but this should not be the problem, i already started to press harder).
strange...

jchausse wrote:

I started installing Windows in Boot Camp, and I got the dead keyboard problem during the installation process.

So, perhaps it's a Leopard problem, but how would that affect the Windows XP Console Mode (or whatever...)

Grr...

This is somewhat unrelated, but with the Intel chipsets there seems to be a lot of software configuration that controls the hardware even when outside the operating system. Here's an example that I've never encountered before that sounds similar to your problem. On a Dell Latitude D830 there is a power management function for the network cards that defaults to disabling the cards when the laptop is on battery power. It not only disables the device but the device actually disappears from the system, it can't even be found in the Device Manager!

The interesting part about all this is that the network cards are disabled in DOS also and that's outside the reach for any software drivers in Windows. I booted using a Ghost boot-CD that loads the network card drivers in DOS and it can't find any cards...after disabling the power management features in WinXP the devices are back, also in DOS.

So there seems to be almost like a CMOS chip that gets programmed via the operating system that can span over many configurations, including a BootCamp WinXP installation I would presume.

Just an observation.

Hi-This is my first post after getting my first ever Mac only one month ago. Last week my keyboard didn't work on and off over the weekend. No problems since then until this morning from waking up. After reading about the problems last week, I promised myself I'd bring it back in to the Apple store if it happened again. So...off I go and I hope this changes. I've been singing the praises after switching and think I should have kept my mouth shut. I hope Apple is listening to all the "less than thrilled" customers.

Same here. MBP 3 weeks old. Always happens when I'm with a client.
APPLE, FIX THIS