Keyboard randomly stops working after Leopard Install

LOUDSYSTEM wrote:
Apple.. There are multiple people talking about this.. FIX THIS.. I have 4 aftermarket apps on here.. Firefox, Adium, MS Office and VMware Fusion.. If one of these is the cause then ill remove them but i highly doubt it sooo..

The only app potentially messing with USB is VMWare. I would certainly uninstall that to be sure and run a 'kextstat' in a Terminal window to make sure you only have kernel extensions installed from Apple.

S.

Same here, I have a brand new leopard install. Happens after sleep. See thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1227456&tstart=0

Same problem with my brand new MBP. Happens with the built-in keyboard, not an external USB keyboard.

Same problem here, built-in keyboard, no apps installed other than Apple's on (iLife '08, iWork '08, Aperture...). This time around however the freeze only lasted a few minutes - I got distracted by something else, on returning to my MBP it had switched into Expose all-windows mode (though I hadn't pressed any Expose-activating keys). From there on all keys worked as they should again. Weird.

I just got my MacBook Pro 3 weeks ago and now my keyboard (on the macbook pro, not usb) keeps randomly not working. I can't get a tech person on the phone and there's no store near me. What am i supposed to do??? Helllllp!

same problem. when it stops working, i need to restart the computer to be able to use it again.
my computer is also 3 weeks old

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I am having the same problem, and my computer is only 1 week old. The macbook pro's keyboard stops working randomly, esp when switching between applications (such as dashboard/safari)

Ok, so I paid HOW much for a computer that's ALREADY having problems?! FIX THIS APPLE.

Same deal. Main problem are the shortcuts and then the whole thing freezes.

Very annoying on a 1 week old computer!!!!!!

I have this problem with mine as well. Just purchased the machine in late August 07. It was fine under Tiger... but I noticed the keyboard occasionally not responding under Leopard.

Putting it to sleep and waking it up again fixed it temporarily, but then the issue came back after a few minutes of use. I restarted it, and it hasn't been an issue since. Since I like to leave my computer on sleep with all applications open, this is kind of an problem for me if it should return- I hope it's fixed soon.

I'm just adding myself to the list of people having this exact same issue. I noticed it a couple of days ago when trying to adjust the volume on iTunes. The entire keyboard stopped working. No light when I pressed Caps-Lock. No response at all. I rebooted and it fixed it, but now I'm noticing this problem more and more. I've only had this laptop for 2 weeks, so I plan on calling apple and requesting an entirely new laptop.

so as i was just typing this i had the same exact problem... i've had it for a couple days now

the solution (without restarting your computer) is simply to hold down a key for a few seconds (usually takes between like 5 seconds and 10 seconds for me)... sometimes i hold one key for 5 seconds then another for 2 seconds and it comes back on

restarting is the only other solution that really works...

Please let us know how you make out with Apple; I, too, would like a new computer that works as well as my PB-G4 did. My MBP is not quite 3 weeks old and I've had similar problems with the keyboard, as well as my TurboMouse. I wasn't sure whether my problems were the actual computer or the new OS, Leopard, plus throw in that I tried to connect the MBP to my clear 23" Cinema Display which gave me a whole rash of problems. When I called AppleCare this morning, I got a guy who had to keep looking everything up; I think I knew more than he did. He eventually gave up and told me to go to an Apple Store which is not a good option for me considering its distance from me.

I've tried to find info concerning the Cinema Display connected to the MBP because I remember seeing something about it and Sleep, but I can't find anything from Apple. The Discussion group on the Displays doesn't seem to have any definitive answer either.

surf5502 wrote:
so as i was just typing this i had the same exact problem... i've had it for a couple days now

the solution (without restarting your computer) is simply to hold down a key for a few seconds (usually takes between like 5 seconds and 10 seconds for me)... sometimes i hold one key for 5 seconds then another for 2 seconds and it comes back on

restarting is the only other solution that really works...

Neither are 'real' solutions. A real solution is a Mac that does not need to be slapped to function properly.

S.

I had the same problem. Keyboard randomly stopped responding for 10 seconds or so, usually after a mouse click. Finally stopped working comletely. Restart fixed it. Only had it on that one occasion. It was just shortly after the upgrade from 10.5 to 10.5.1 on a 3 month old 17 inch MacBook Pro, no system-modifying apps installed.