Lewis Barclay saved my @rse today. The keyboard and trackpad on my Macbook Pro recently just quit, and I'm flying to India- Pune in fact in a few hours, for the week. Problems seem to have a sense of timing, don't they? The Power button still worked and is part of the same assembly, so I was confused and messed around with software updates and 'hacks' to no avail. The 'fix'? Press down on this little flimsy cable (it's usually a little bit bubbled up and outwards) that I've circled in the shot below (which is an iPhone app - goSnap creation.)
You can access this little bubbled out cable just by removing your battery. As it happens I'd already disassembled the Macbook Pro by the time I found Lewis' short and handy little article (which is here). Here's my summary;
- flip the battery out (after shutdown)
- make a little ball of sticky tape, or something similar (not too big!)
- attach it to the little bubbled cable you see here
- gently reinsert your battery - don't force it. if it won't go, downsize the ball
- Enjoy your now working keyboard assembly, until you can get it replaced
Thanks Lewis! Hope this helps others too.
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