For the past few days, I have heard people complaining about their macbook keyboards freezing at times. They need to reboot the computer or put it to sleep before it can actually work again.My new macbook was bought after Thanksgiving. This week, I have started having the same issues with my keyboard. I visited this Apple discussion forum and there is a long list of people with the same problem.
The discussion thread looks more like a petition list so that Apple can have the problem fixed. Many are sending their MBs for repair to have the keyboard replaced. If the hardware is a problem, then a massive recall would follow. Others believe the problem is related to the keyboard driver in Leopard. I guess we are going to have to wait for Apple to fix this! And I hope it’s soon… before my keyboard freezes again!
Mike Santos // 12/12/2007 at 11:52 am
By the way, I took my macbook to an Apple Store. I talked to a ‘genius’ and they told me that Apple is aware of the problem, but there is no solution for now. The three alternatives he gave me were:
1. change the keyboard (which is not going to solve the problem)
2. use an external keyboard
3. DOWNGRADE my macbook back to TIGER! Which I don’t want to do, because I really like Leopard!
I do hope that Apple has a fix for this issue soon!
Cheers,
Mike
Aria Rajasa // 14/12/2007 at 1:53 am
I just had this problem.. usually after a deep long sleep, i open it and it freeze.. still making that “dong” error sound though..