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The power button on my macbook pro mid 2012 is not working.

The keyboard on my macbook pro, started to act weird, one day the delete key stoped working, i reinstalled the software and the key started working fine, but then other keys were stucked, so i did it again, and it solve that issue, but now the power button, and the ctrl key do not work at all, i try reinstalling the software again, but it did nothing, so now i can't turn my mac on.


Looking in other forums, they say you can solved this issue by reset the SMC, but in order to do that you need to hold the ctrl key and the power button, so i can't do it.


This are the keys that are not working in my keyboard


As you can see, the ctrl, eject and power button are not working, and i don't think its a hardware problem, bacause the first keys to stop working, are working fine now.

Posted on Jun 29, 2021 10:44 PM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2021 8:28 AM

cristhian97 wrote:

The keyboard on my macbook pro, started to act weird, one day the delete key stoped working, i reinstalled the software and the key started working fine, but then other keys were stucked, so i did it again, and it solve that issue, but now the power button, and the ctrl key do not work at all, i try reinstalling the software again, but it did nothing, so now i can't turn my mac on.

Looking in other forums, they say you can solved this issue by reset the SMC, but in order to do that you need to hold the ctrl key and the power button, so i can't do it.

This are the keys that are not working in my keyboard
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0a4b7e57-2ffc-4f6b-9704-701ab9929f33

As you can see, the ctrl, eject and power button are not working, and i don't think its a hardware problem, bacause the first keys to stop working, are working fine now.



Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment

Make an appointment for a "hardware issue"—

https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/


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Jun 30, 2021 8:28 AM in response to cristhian97

cristhian97 wrote:

The keyboard on my macbook pro, started to act weird, one day the delete key stoped working, i reinstalled the software and the key started working fine, but then other keys were stucked, so i did it again, and it solve that issue, but now the power button, and the ctrl key do not work at all, i try reinstalling the software again, but it did nothing, so now i can't turn my mac on.

Looking in other forums, they say you can solved this issue by reset the SMC, but in order to do that you need to hold the ctrl key and the power button, so i can't do it.

This are the keys that are not working in my keyboard
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0a4b7e57-2ffc-4f6b-9704-701ab9929f33

As you can see, the ctrl, eject and power button are not working, and i don't think its a hardware problem, bacause the first keys to stop working, are working fine now.



Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment

Make an appointment for a "hardware issue"—

https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/


The power button on my macbook pro mid 2012 is not working.

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