In that case I'd say yes. It's probably an electronic failure. Is it
still under warrantee?
After this discussion of keyboards I got to looking and thinking. I
hate the flat keys Apple is now using. I prefer the indented type. No
pun intended. But the touch and feel lets me know where my fingers are
on the board. It's probably a personal thing, but still.
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 5:02 AM, Jordan wrote:
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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