This is the thin, low profile, full width, aluminum, $50 keyboard, which
I love. I cover it when I'm not using it, nothing was spilled on it and
the keys that failed are all in a row and failed the same day. Doesn't
that suggest that the failure is electronic rather than a physical
problem with individual keys. I popped off a key to reveal a clean
membrain.
Thanks
b_s-wilk wrote:
Have you tried popping off the keys to see what the problem might be?
In the past I've found that keyboard malfunctions have been physical
problems and not computer/circuit board problems. Notice the pattern?
Did you spill something on your computer?
Both the white and the black Apple keyboards were easy to clean, even
in the dishwasher. You could open them. They're plastic mostly. A new
white keyboard cost me around $28 last year at the Apple store in
Delaware
My new iMac came with the wired aluminum keyboard. I suppose you could
open it for cleaning [with a sharp knife, voiding the warranty?], but
I haven't tried. Instead I bought a keyboard skin [ice] to protect it.
Good thing, too. My cats like to walk on the keyboard. I'm not nervous
about putting drinks near my keyboard now.
A keyboard skin won't help you now, but once you get your keyboard
clean, it will make a difference. Mine is thin and doesn't affect the
feel of the keyboard much. Found it on eBay.
The dishwasher cleaning appears to work with the aluminum keyboard
too, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1930818,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XbPpdxnm6s&NR=1&feature=fvwp. Yes you
can open an aluminum keyboard, http://mustardhamsters.com/?p=86, but
will it work when you close it!!
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