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1 [SOLVED] Keyboard half working depending on battery or bending
HI,
I bought a second hand macbook with a dead battery being told that any knock off one from hong kong would do it.
Since I received the new battery I discovered that my keyboard stops functioning for keys such as Backspace, the arrows, Caps lock, shifts with the letters still working.
If I put back the old battery it works great, if I leave just the power cable it works half and if I put the new battery just the letters work.
Finally If I put the old battery and hold the mac from a corner I get the same result as for the new battery.
Could that come from the keyboard/touchpad ribbon disconnecting depending on the pressure applied to the case?
Cheers,
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Hi,
thanks everyone but the issue was coming from the mac.
I went to the Genius bar and the guy noticed the macbook was entitled to a change program for the top case (including the keyboard), an hour later the laptop was working perfectly with any battery.
Cheers,
von clode
Hi, Please add your comment to the answer you gave and accept the answer to clear the question. Thanks.
von rj713
Did they happen to give you an issue number so we can tell this to others?
von mayer
+ for the solution
von mayer
I don't know for the issue number, but I think my hunch was right, the knock off battery was a tiny bit different than the Apple one and the top case (including keyboard) of the macbook was a bit loose. The battery was pushing a bit the case making the ribbon fiddly.
von clode