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Wireless keyboard will not work w/Rechargeable batteries

I have an older wireless keyboard, model # A1314 (2 AA battery). I started using NIMH rechargable batteries in all of my devices. To my utter surprise, the keyboard would not function with these batteries. IS battery 1.2 voltage the cause? These batteries work fine with the trackpad and the 10-key add on.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 12:01 PM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2020 2:45 AM

With some batteries the + bump is not tall enough to reach the recessed + contact in the keyboard. Dropping a crumpled small piece of metal foil into the hole for the + contact should make it work.

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Wireless keyboard will not work w/Rechargeable batteries

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