Macbook Air Squeaky Space bar

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Macbook Air Squeaky Space bar

Hi I was wondering what some of the underlying causes of a squeaky space bar are, as recently I have noticed a faint squeak when the space bar is pressed in the center, but if it is pressed to the far right bottom corner it does not, this is recently my 4th replacement and I cannot really be all that bothered returning this one if the causes of the problem is miniscule.

As I am not a computor technician, or someone who has a vast knowladge of the macbook air 13inch base model, I throw this question to anyone who is willing to help give me more answers, and support in regards to my dilemma.

Reason for returning my other macbook air products, was A: They where damaged out of the box, or they had internal structural issues, and yes they where purchased from the apple store, and they might have had a bad batch of products, so I dont really blame anyone, as apple replaced all of the products that where damaged, and have outstanding customer service.

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Regards
Macintoshes

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 5, 2012 5:28 AM

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Answer 1

Power-PC

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Oct 6, 2012 12:37 AM in response to Macintoshes

Buy a can of compressed air and blow out any debris under your space bar.

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Answer 2

Macintoshes Author

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Oct 6, 2012 1:43 AM in response to Power-PC

Does not really answer my question, its more of a temporary solution to the problem, either way im more interested to know why its making the noise, rather than the quick fix process.

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Answer 3

Oct 7, 2012 5:52 PM in response to Macintoshes

I have the same problem and am considering taking my new macbook air 13.3 back in for a replacement. If you google this problem you will see that it is widespread and they will replace it... however does the cost of replacing it outweigh the annoyance? Resetting evertyhing is a pretty big pain.

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Power-PC

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Oct 7, 2012 10:24 PM in response to Macintoshes

When I went to the genius bar, this is what they did to my Mac and it fixed my space bar. Thought I'd save you a trip.

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Oct 7, 2012 10:31 PM in response to Power-PC

They just used compressed air and blew on the spacebar? My Macbook Air is days old, there hasn't been time for debris to get underneath. @Macintoshes, what did you find out from the genius bar? I might get a chance to stop tomorrow and will udpate if I can otherwise it will be some time before I can get in due to travel. Thanks to all who are posting regarding this issue.

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Macintoshes Author

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Oct 8, 2012 12:51 AM in response to Macintoshes

Josephosmith

I just delt with it, as the problem was minor, and wasnt noticeable only when in areas of utter silence, but after acouple more days the (spacebar) seemed to adujst and the noise was less, and become fainter till it was no more, but before I decided to just ignore it and let it work itself out I did some research of course

And my research lead to the conclusion that apple have had problems with the macbook air 11-13 inch models reason for this was the spacebar was not responsive in some cases so apple adjusted the space bar and tried to fix the problem, the problem was (the spacebar) was pressed to the point of no response during production, where it was less or not responsive in some cases, and there for the adjustment has thus caused another issue altogether where the space bar has been adjusted but has to much response in the mechanism causing the sound that we are all hearing if only for a short while.

My adivce is this jose, do not under any circumstances try or attempt to remove the spacebar by yourself, the 2012 macbook air was somehow designed so that no keys can be removed without the entire keyboard being replaced, I suggest you wait 2-3 days as I did and let it adjust on its own, but if the noise is not improving by any means I strongly suggest taking it in to the apple store of purchase before the 14 day period and getting a replacement.

anyhow I hope that my advice has helped you in anyway possible.

Thanks
Regards
Macintoshes

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Answer 7

Nov 13, 2012 7:46 PM in response to Macintoshes

Still squeaking like crazy. I under a Bestbuy 90 day return policy so I am going to get this swapped out. It is unbareable. Has anyone had any luck with resolving this without returning it?

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