One row of my MBP keyboard wont type..

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One row of my MBP keyboard wont type..

One row of my macbook keyboard intermittently wont type. The zxcvbnm,./ row of the keyboard will stop working without warning. Then will it start working again after a minute or two. I have tried zapping the PRAM, but that doesn't seem to be the cure. This seems to happen once or twice a day. I haven't, to my knowledge, spilled anything on it. Any hints?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.66 Ghz, 4 GB ram

Posted on Jan 3, 2011 9:05 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 3, 2011 10:01 AM in response to TimFXF

Depending on how long you have had the computer and if you bought apple care, i would take it to an apple retail store and let the genius's run some diagnostics to figure out what is going on, and give you options from there.

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ocdiver

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Jan 3, 2011 10:10 AM in response to Ryan Vernon

i have the same problem with my mbp except my bottom row stopped working last night and hasnt worked at all since. im also a poor college kid and cant afford apple care or anything along those lines...does anybody have any suggestions???

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atr1986

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Jan 16, 2011 6:53 PM in response to TimFXF

First I noticed that whenever the MacBook is in air (on a flying plane), the botton keys stopped working. Once after landing, it was OK. 3 months later, those keys (zxcvbnm...) stopped working for no reasons, after 30 min, it was working again. This is an Apple defect, of course the ******* will never fix it, just like the iPhone 4

MacBook botton keys not working (04/2008 MacBook, 2.40GHz)

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Jul 6, 2011 8:19 AM in response to TimFXF

Have had the exact same problem for a while now, I even bought an apple wireless keyboard for the increasingly often times when the row (the same zxcvbnm,. row) and the command keys stop responding miduse. I have the first model MPB and am out of warranty even with the extended Applecare. Can any genious please post a responce addressing what components I would likely need to have replced or fixed by apple how much that would cost (instead of simply telling me to go to an apple store genious). I'm obviously not the only one to have the problem so you must have fixed it (if thats possible) before.

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Jan 3, 2011 10:35 AM in response to ocdiver

How old is your computer?

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TimFXF Author

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Jan 3, 2011 10:41 AM in response to Ryan Vernon

Got it in 2009... it's a company issue. Trying to troubleshoot it before I hand it to our tech guy. Using a pool computer is a drag... it's always missing something.

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Answer 7

Jan 3, 2011 12:22 PM in response to TimFXF

Tim,

Did you buy apple care with your computer? If so i would take it to the genius bar at the apple store, even if you dont i will still take it in to find your options.

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