Re:trackpad and keyboard not working on my MBP

Over the past few days, my track pad on my laptop has stopped working and same with the keyboard. I have had to plug in an external keyboard and I am using a bluetooth mouse. This problem seems to occur randomly and frequently lately. I have to logout and log in with a new account. I have re-installed osx 10.4 Tiger just to see if it was a 10.5.7 thing and no it is not. I have zapped the pram too. Does anyone one have any clues. Is my mother board going? or is it something else. No apple care and my computer is 21 months old.
Thanks

Bob:
I will however, bring my MBP in to the local certified apple tech for help.
Good idea, or take it to the Genius Bar. It could be a simple matter of a poor connection of the ribbon cable on the logic board, or a defective keyboard/mouse. Take a look at this thread.
cornelius

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