Volume button displays randomly on screen

volume button displays randomly on screen

It sounds like you have some sort of Backup software that mounts an external drive or network drive periodically.
Generally Macs become less responsive during backups -- and that might explain the jerky mouse movement.

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Power Button Displays a Black Screen

After upgrading to OS X Mavericks, when I press the power button it displays a black screen. I'm assuming this is sleep mode. Before upgrading, pressing the power button would display a window allowing me to choose whether I wanted to restart, shut down, etc. Is there a way to get this functionality back? Is anybody else having this problem?
Thanks.

This is a feature of Mavericks. If you hit the power button it puts the system to sleep. If you hold the power button for a couple seconds, it will display the menu that you are looking for. Also, due to the ATX compliant hardware, if you hold the power butto for about 10 seconds, it will hard power off the system without performing a clean shutdown.
I am not aware fo any System Preference setting to change the behavior of the power button under Mavericks. There might be a method to control it via a command line setting, but I haven't spent the time to seach for one once I learned that I can just hold the button down for 2 seconds to get the menu.

Ghost volume icon appearing randomly on screen

I have a volume icon that appears on my screen, and much like a ghost in the night, it upsets things..primarily it messes with my mouse to the point where it moves slowly and has difficulty going where I want it to go. When I shut down, it goes away for a while, but then reappears.

It sounds like you have some sort of Backup software that mounts an external drive or network drive periodically.
Generally Macs become less responsive during backups -- and that might explain the jerky mouse movement.

My volume button changes my screen

My buttons on the top of my keyboards are not working. Niether the volume nor the brightness button work. When use the volume button it changes my screen.

You changed the settings
Hold down the FN KEY on the bottom left corner of your keyboard and press f10-f12. if this allows the volume to change i am correct.
To revert this you will have to open up system preferences > Keyboard and unlick this

Volume button got pushed in?

Hi i'm josh and my ipod's volume button somehow randomly got pushed in, and i never use force on the buttons and im really sad about it cause i don't have much money to repair it.but it's still under warrenty will apple repair this for free please needs answers A.S.A.P!!!!! i got it for my birthday

Only if you bought Apple Care + when you bought your iPad.
The standard 1-year Apple Care warranty only covers defects in materials and workmanship, not damage due to accidents.
Apple's Limited Warranty http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/ for iPad excludes coverage for damage resulting from accident, disassembly, unauthorized service and unauthorized modifications.
Out-of-Warranty Service
If you own an iPad that is ineligible for warranty service but is eligible for Out-of-Warranty (OOW) Service, Apple will replace (Apple doesn't repair) your iPad with an iPad that is new or equivalent to new in both performance and reliability for the Out-of-Warranty Service fee listed below. (The replacement will most likely be a refurbished iPad in a brown box, however, it has a new screen, back and battery.)
iPad model
Out-of-Warranty Service Fee
iPad mini
$219
iPad 3rd, 4th generation
$299
iPad 2, iPad
$249
A $6.95 shipping fee will be added if service is arranged through Apple and requires shipping. All fees are in US dollars and are subject to local tax.
Certain damage is ineligible for out-of-warranty service, including catastrophic damage, such as the device separating into multiple pieces, and inoperability caused by unauthorized modifications. However, an iPad that has failed due to contact with liquid may be eligible for out-of-warranty service. See http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=United_States&product=ipad
Make a Genius Bar Reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
You may can get the iPad repaired at 3rd party repair sources for less $, however, any remaining Apple warranty will be voided.
iPad Repair & Screen Replacement Services
http://www.ifixyouri.com/16-ipad-repairs
RepairZoom iPad Repair
http://www.repairzoom.com/ipad-repair.html
Mission Repair
http://www.missionrepair.com/Apple_iPad_Repair_Services_s/431.htm
iGadgetResQ
http://www.igadgetresq.com/ipad-repair/
 Cheers, Tom

My iphone volume turns down randomly own its own. It will turn up on the buttons, but will turn back down by itself and i have to fight the volume to keep it from muting. Plus, the mute logo stays on the screen when it mutes itself. Please help.

My iphone volume turns down randomly own its own. It will turn up on the buttons, but will turn back down by itself and i have to fight the volume to keep it from muting. Plus, the mute logo stays on the screen when it mutes itself. Please help.

Unfortunately this is probably a hardware issue and you will need to take it to an Apple Store.

What would cause my iphone 5 (9months old) screen to bow out by the volume buttons? - never been dropped

I purchased my iPhone new in November. Recently it has been shutting itself off at random times. Registering that it needed to be charged although it had 50 -80% left on the battery. It was pointed out that the screen is bowing out by the volume buttons. After doing some research online it looks like an expanding battery. Has any one else ran into this problem? What would cause this?

hi,
i would go to the genius bar, thats definitely not a common problem with the iphone.
but lithium accus are known for such problems (e.g. model flight), they can expand when there is something not working well.
peter

T61 On-screen button display problems

Hello, I've been having a problem with my T61 and was wondering if anyone on here could help me out. My laptop recently crashed, having the blue screen on startup, causing me to reinstall Windows Vista again and all. I managed to recover all my files and everything seems to be back to normal except for a few things. First thing that annoys me the most is that whenever I use my volume buttons on the keyboard, the volume up and down works but does not show up in green text, like before, saying what volume number it is at. In addition to this, my mute button only mutes volume but does not unmute the volume afterwards. Like the up and down volume buttons, the shortcut keys of Fn+Home and Fn+End to increase and decrease brightness of the screen do work, but do not display the on-screen green text. One other problem I have is that my ThinkVantage blue button next to the volume buttons does not work at all. Lastly, my larger battery icon does not show up anymore in the toolbar to the left of the clock and the small picture icons next to the clock. I hope that these problems can be solved through these forums and thank you very much for all your help!
Solved!
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It would seem that you did a clean install of Vista instead of a system recovery. If that's what you did, you're missing a bunch of Lenovo specific utilities, including the OSD and Power Management applets.
Have you run Sytem Update yet? If you don't have the application, go to http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/homeLenovo.do?country=us and let the page autodetect your system and then find the appropriate download for the Updater. Once the updater is installed, use it to gather the rest of the stuff you need. Good luck.
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Random volume increase and volume button

Hi there. I've been experiencing random volume increases while running and listening to music on my iphone 4S. The volume will sometimes increase to max level and occasionally won't even reduce if I manually try to reduce it. I've contacted apple and did a reset of all settings and restore and the problem seemed to occur less often but still happens.
Recently, after reading about others having this issue, I read that it could be the in-line mic headphones that cause this issue. I tried switching headphones but the issue still occurs. I also read that someone had an issue wherein if the just touched or wiggled the volume button that it would result in the volume icon appearing on the screen and would also cause the volume to rise on its own. I've discovered that I have a similar issue in that if I wiggle the reduce volume button I get the ringer icon to appear and that the volume will automatically increase on its own without actually pushing the button.
Anyway, do folks think that these issues are related?
I will be taking it in to a genius bar in a couple of weeks but was wondering if others have had this issues and if you folks think its a hardware issue since I can reproduce it by wiggling the volume down button.
Thanks for any feedback.

I recently found this information on the micorsoft troubleshooting website and thought of your post, not sure if you had found a solution but hopefully it is helpful.
My keyboard volume controls suddenly stopped working
If the volume controls on your keyboard stops working, check the Human Interface Device Access service on your computer to make sure it is set to Automatic.
In the Start menu, type View local services.
From the Search Results list, select View local services.
In the Services dialog box, locate Human Interface Device Access. Make sure the status is set to “Started.” If it is not started, click Start the service.
Right-click Human Interface Device Access and select Properties.
On the General tab, in the Startup type, select Automatic, and then click OK.
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My volume sign keeps displayed on my screen

It is as if the + button for volume is constantly being pushed. There may have been some damage because my phone did drop a few times, but how do i now get rid of the display on the screen? Is there a way to turn it off?

There may have been some damage because my phone did drop a few times, but how do i now get rid of the display on the screen? Is there a way to turn it off?
No way to turn it off. I'm guessing hardware damage to the button. Try pusing the button a bunch of times and/or wiggling it around.

There is something wrong with the volumes buttons in my macbook pro, every time i pressed the one who raises the volume, it leads me to the screen where (i do not no what its called) the background is black with the date and time and a calculator.

There is something wrong with the volumes buttons in my macbook pro, every time i pressed the one who raises the volume, it leads me to the screen where (i do not no what its called) the background is black with the date and time and a calculator. However, when i lower it, my safari tab goes out of the screen. What do you guys think i should do? I'm getting very nervous.

hey HAbrakian!
You may want to try using the information in this article to adjust the behavior of your function keys to see if that resolves the behavior:
Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3399
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

Okay before my ipod power and volume buttons werent working but i never dropped it, then one day i was in a app and my ipod froze so i held the home button down and the screen went a bright green color and isnt showing up in itunes

okay I just recently bought a ipod touch 4thG and im already having issues. recently the power and volume buttons stopped working after i syncd my ipod, i shrugged it off figuring it would come back i could live without it. but today I was on my ipod while it was charging and the screen just froze so i pressed and held the home button (being that's the only button that actually works) then the screen turned this bright yellowish lime green color and its not responding to ANYTHING! my computer isnt even reading it when i plug it up into itunes! so what should i do? can anyone help me? i feel like i just wasted $200...

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iPod fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- If still not successful that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

While i was updating my ipod touch it had an error and froze at the apple logo with a loading bar underneath.How do I fix it? Its stuck there, tried everything, turn off button home screen button even the volume buttons, nothing is working.

I was updating my ipod touch and the updation had an error and it froze at the apple logo with the loading bar underneath. How do I fix it? I tried the turn off button home screen button and even the volume buttons. I cant get anything to work. Please help me.

Connect to itunes and retore.

Hey! recently my key board settings has changed and now my volume buttons are no longer F10 and F11, now if i want to change the volume i have to do it on the top bar of the screen! how do i change it back to work normally on my wireless keyboard?

Hey! recently my key board settings has changed and now my volume buttons are no longer F10 and F11, now if i want to change the volume i have to do it on the top bar of the screen! how do i change it back to work normally on my wireless keyboard?

Hi, did you upgrade the OS lately?
I think Spark cured this for another person and the same problem...
http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php

I just took my I-Pod touch to a computer repair shop to replace cracked screen and now am told main part of I-Pod needs to be replaced.volume button no longer works, headphone and locking device also no longer working. Even though it all worked when given

I just took my I-Pod touch to a computer repair shop to replace a cracked screen. Told it need the main part to it. They said the volume button, headphone and locking part no longer worked. Told me to pick it up. When I gave it to them all components were working. Said because they weren't able to fix it there was no charge. Don't understand this.

Probably when you dropped, kicked, smashed, threw, or whatever you did to break your screen it also damaged the logic board and the connections to the volume button, headphone jack and sleep button. Happens all the time. Apparently the shop you selected to work on it is not very good so take them off your shopping list.
Then go buy a 5th Generation iPod Touch.

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