Apple keyboard with numberpad problem
I have been using the usb keyboard (http://liss-mug.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/apple-qwerty_red_570.png) for my macbook pro for around 10-11 months and today keys 0 p P ; / are not working (but using the macbook pro keyboard is fine). I want to know how to fix the problem with the kyboard.
Some problems users have had with the wireless keyboards, and one had a USB keyboard, were resolved by unpairing/disconnecting. Then removing batteries in the wireless, and start pressing keys randomly, swiping the flat of the hand over the keyboard for several minutes. Then reconnect and the keyboards would usually work. Seems the capacitance switches that are now used instead of mechanical switches had to be discharged.
So, try that trick and see if it works. If not, there is probably a hardware fault in the keyboard.
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