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FilipeTeixeira

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 10, 2013
153
152
A couple of days ago, when waking the computer from sleep, the keyboard and trackpad simply did nothing. Did a cold boot and suddenly all was fine.
Later same happened, and some solution fixed it again.

However, this is not the case anymore. Tried everything I could including SMC and PRAM reset, restored to a previous backup, etc...

Yesterday as I went to the local Apple Authorised Repair Centre, and they told me that I would need to pay 700 euros to fix it as something (they weren't clear on that and there's a language barrier here as they don't all speak perfect english), had to be completely replaced.

Does anyone knows what can this be? I doubt that it is a logic board problem as the diagnostics test during startup didn't show any hardware problem. I'm a bit stuck with this as the only Apple store we have in Belgium is quite far, making it impossible for me to go there to fix this.

I'm a bit desperate as I'm working for my PhD and having to carry an external mouse and keyboard on my bike every day is complicated.
 

swoosh983

macrumors newbie
Oct 1, 2018
2
0
Hey.

The same thing happened to me.

My solution is that I ordered a replacement trackpad flex cable from ebay. LINK

When it arrived I just replaced it according to this tutorial. LINK
Start with step 1 to 7, skip 8 to 16 and just continue with step 17. Put everything back to its place and voila ... my keyboard and trackpad are working again. ;)

With some computer knowledge and a correct screwdriver, you can fix it alone ... or with help of a friend.

Best of luck. ;)
 
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