Keys act as if they are stuck
I know keyboard problems have been a common issue with some of the original MacBook Pros, although I have never had any trouble until this afternoon. There was some debris on my keyboard and I wiped it off, foolishly without turning it off first. When I returned to it, the keyboard was suddenly not working. After some trial and error I determined it was acting as though the Command key was being pressed. For instance, pressing "H" would hide a window, pressing "M" would minimize, etc. I tried just pressing the Command key repeatedly and while that seemed to "unlock" the keyboard at least in TextEdit, when I would then go to my browser and try to resume what I had earlier been doing on the web, it would revert to its earlier behavior.
My keyboard is not exactly clean; in fact, if it were possible to do myself without totally messing something up, I would take off the entire top plate and clean the keyboard AND the speakers, as they have some noticeable debris in them as well. Still, the fact that this happened just after I wiped down the keyboard makes me think this was a matter of my having inadvertently pressed some combo of keys that locked something up. It does not appear that any keys are ACTUALLY stuck.
A cursory search of the web didn't yield more than a handful of people with the same problem, and none seemed to have found a solution that works for them that would also work for me. I don't think this is a software issue, as the computer works fine with a USB keyboard plugged in. I've tried resetting the PRAM with the USB keyboard attached, and that didn't work. I've also inspected all the keyboard and mouse settings, and all seem to be set to the defaults.
Has anyone else encountered this problem and have a possible fix for me I haven't already tried? This computer has just gone out of warranty, and the nearest Genius bar is two hours away from here. I'd love to get it fixed myself if I can.
Try a vacuum hose with a brush on the end. Run the hose over the keys & speaker holes.
You can also try compressed air to loosen the debris.
If you used liquid to wipe off, I would let the computer dry up for 48 hours before using it again.
Since the Apple store is hours away, try an AASP http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304398
Your only other recourse is to take the keyboard apart.
Do-It-Yourself Laptop Repair
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