Wireless keyboard crash

I've an Apple wireless keyboard, Magic mouse, and wireless keypad. Several times over past week or so I've been typing away when all of a sudden a key 'gets stuck' and repeats across the screen a couple of dozen times before the keyboard 'reboots' by losing the connection, the green light flashes a few times and then nothing for a minute or two. After that the green light flashes a few times and I get the connection renewed signal. All goes well till the next time.
While this isn't a mission critical issue, I'm a bit concerned as this is my second wireless Apple keyboard. The first simply died after a year's use. Changed batteries, et al and nothing would light it up. But back to my current issue, any suggestions? TIA

I have investigated this annoying problem and have come up with a way to 100% reproduce this error on my keyboard:
I would like you to test the following:
Give the keyboard a tap on the top middle. Not too soft, not too hard. My keyboard disconnects instantly 100% of the times I do this, assuming some faulty design issue with the keyboard. (I bet the easy solution would be to put a capacitor in parallell to the batteries would solve this problem, but I could be wrong.)
The random bluetooth disconnection is due to a short power outage when the batteries move because of the keyboard is being moved or the keys pressed too intensively by an eager typist. This causes the keyboard to lose power for a very short time, but unfortunately long enough for the keyboard to reboot. Thus disconnect/reconnect-messages on the computer and repeating keys depending on whether a keyup/keydown event was the last sent to the computer before the it discovers that the keyboard is unavailable.

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Okay, I am having the exact same problem as the rest of you. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium on a Mac Mini and when my Apple Wireless keyboard falls asleep, pressing a key on it causes a Windows 7 BSOD. None of the previously mentioned fixes has been helpful. I think the reason that they haven't been helpful is the weird nomenclature across all the different windows versions. For instance, my Windows 7 doesn't have a "Device Manager", instead it's "Devices and Printers". There are also no "Bluetooth Radios" it's "Generic Bluetooth Adapter". But I digress.
Turning off power management through the bluetooth options definitely did not help me out at all. The BSOD just kept on showing up.
Okay, so now I may have found an actual fix to this problem. I want to be very specific about exactly what I did and how everything is named and set up in my Windows install.
First, from the start menu I selected "Devices and Printers". This opened a window with the following path laid out in the address bar "Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers >". From here I clicked on an icon of a keyboard that was named "Apple Wireless Keyboard". This opened a new window named "Apple Wireless Keyboard Properties". I clicked on the "Hardware" tab. There are four "Device Functions:" listed: "Bluetooth HID Device", "HID Keyboard Device", "HID-compliant consumer control device", and "HID-compliant consumer control device".
I click on "HID Keyboard Device" and then click the "Properties" button. Another window opens. Here it says the Driver Provider is "Apple". I now click the "Uninstall" button. It asks me if I'm sure I want to do this and I say yes. It asks me if I want to restart the computer and I say yes.
After restart, It asks me if I want to restart again and I say yes. Now, when I go back into the "Apple Wireless Keyboard Properties", there is still an "HID Keyboard Device" driver. However, when I check its properties it now says the Driver Provider is "Microsoft".
Everything seems to be working now. There seems to be no BSOD. The special function keys on the keyboard like volume control don't actually control the volume now. They just act like regular function keys. That may be an issue for you, but not for me. I just want to check to see how my websites render in IE and not have to restart windows every 15 minutes.

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I've installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp 3.0 drivers on my Mac mini, and I suppose overall, I'm enjoying it. However, I'm getting a blue screen that seems almost random. Keyword is almost.
I've got my Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse paired, and they're both working well, however, I do believe I am getting some blue screens from my wireless keyboard.
It seems, at random intervals (usually when I haven't touched the keyboard and mouse for awhile) I get an IRQL blue screen and no information about what's exactly causing it. For example, if I'm sitting in the other room listening to music for awhile, and I come back and press the "next" media button on my keyboard, it'll crash and give me the blue screen. However, I've also tried pressing another random button (shift) to "wake" the keyboard if it had fallen asleep, which also results in a blue screen. The blue screens ONLY show up when I give input via the wireless keyboard. Or, if I leave the computer on overnight to download a file or something, the screen will sleep (which it should) then I'll press a button on the keyboard, the screen will stay asleep, and the computer will restart. Which is just a hidden blue screen I'm assuming.
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Outside of this blue screen, I am quite impressed with Windows 7. I just can't figure out what's going on. Is there any place I can get a description of what's causing this crash? Does anyone know what's happening or know a solution to this?
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Experiencing exactly the same symptoms, bugcheck/bluescreen only when touching the Apple wireless keyboard after a period of inactivity.
I have an 20" iMac, just upgraded Leopard -> Snow Leopard latest minor version and updated to Boot Camp 3.1 hoping they provided a fix, but the driver at fault (keymagic.sys) doesn't look updated and the issue is still there
Hopefully someone from Apple dev support is reading this, here's all the info I could squeeze from the crash dump:
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
IRQLNOT_LESS_OREQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffff80002e33440, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000008, bitfield :
bit 0 : value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
bit 3 : value 0 = not an execute operation, 1 = execute operation (only on chips which support this level of status)
Arg4: fffff80002e33440, address which referenced memory
Debugging Details:
READ_ADDRESS: fffff80002e33440
CURRENT_IRQL: 2
FAULTING_IP:
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable+0
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
CUSTOMERCRASHCOUNT: 1
DEFAULTBUCKETID: VISTADRIVERFAULT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA
PROCESS_NAME: System
TRAP_FRAME: fffff88002f2f0c0 -- (.trap 0xfffff88002f2f0c0)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=fffff88002f2f100 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000006
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff80002e33440 rsp=fffff88002f2f258 rbp=fffff88002f2f2b0
r8=fffff80002a4f000 r9=0000000000000000 r10=fffffa80027f3010
r11=fffff88002f2f208 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable:
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
Resetting default scope
LASTCONTROLTRANSFER: from fffff80002ac0469 to fffff80002ac0f00
FAILEDINSTRUCTIONADDRESS:
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable+0
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
STACK_TEXT:
fffff880`02f2ef78 fffff800`02ac0469 : 00000000`0000000a fffff800`02e33440 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`02f2ef80 fffff800`02abf0e0 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`03375d90 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69
fffff880`02f2f0c0 fffff800`02e33440 : fffff880`04a02e5d fffffa80`02a3add0 fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 : nt!KiPageFault+0x260
fffff880`02f2f258 fffff880`04a02e5d : fffffa80`02a3add0 fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 : nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable
fffff880`02f2f260 fffffa80`02a3add0 : fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc : KeyMagic+0x2e5d
fffff880`02f2f268 fffffa80`027e8b40 : fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 : 0xfffffa80`02a3add0
fffff880`02f2f270 fffffa80`02a3add0 : 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 : 0xfffffa80`027e8b40
fffff880`02f2f278 0000057f`fd5c5228 : fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 : 0xfffffa80`02a3add0
fffff880`02f2f280 fffff880`04a02dfc : fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fd9d0 : 0x57f`fd5c5228
fffff880`02f2f288 fffff880`00e5a2a7 : fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fd9d0 00000000`00000010 : KeyMagic+0x2dfc
fffff880`02f2f290 fffff880`00e30c9b : fffffa80`027fd9d0 fffffa80`027fd9d0 fffffa80`027fd9e0 fffffa80`027fdc01 : Wdf01000!FxRequestBase::CompleteSubmitted+0x1f3
fffff880`02f2f310 fffff880`00e30dc4 : 00000000`00000002 fffff880`04bbcff7 00000000`00000000 fffff880`04bbcff7 : Wdf01000!FxIoTarget::RequestCompletionRoutine+0x1cb
fffff880`02f2f380 fffff800`02aab935 : 0d780da4`0da40dd4 fffff880`02f2f420 0d440d78`0d780da4 fffff880`04bbeb52 : Wdf01000!FxIoTarget::_RequestCompletionRoutine+0x3c
fffff880`02f2f3b0 fffff800`02ac3516 : fffffa80`027e8f2b 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fdc70 fffffa80`027e8b40 : nt!IopUnloadSafeCompletion+0x55
fffff880`02f2f3e0 fffff880`04b62323 : fffffa80`027e8b40 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`02655c10 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopfCompleteRequest+0x3a6
fffff880`02f2f4c0 fffff880`04ba24be : fffff880`02f2f590 fffffa80`027e8b40 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0294f600 : bthport!BthCompleteRequestEx+0x5b
fffff880`02f2f4f0 fffff880`04b9c8d4 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 fffffa80`02a50c40 fffff880`02f2f6e0 : bthport!L2Cap_CompleteReadIrpList+0xc2
fffff880`02f2f540 fffff880`04b70732 : fffffa80`03349530 fffffa80`0294f5f0 fffff880`00410001 00000005`00000002 : bthport!L2CapInt_ProcessReadBip+0x430
fffff880`02f2f6d0 fffff880`04b70078 : fffffa80`0267f230 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`029b5402 fffffa80`02670000 : bthport!HCI_ProcessAclReadBip+0x642
fffff880`02f2f7a0 fffff880`04b988d9 : fffffa80`0267f230 fffffa80`03036702 fffffa80`026c0ab0 00000000`00000000 : bthport!HCI_ProcessAclRead+0x214
fffff880`02f2f810 fffff880`04b66201 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000056 fffffa80`026c0ab0 : bthport!HCI_ProcessMpBip+0x61
fffff880`02f2f880 fffff880`04b4d327 : fffffa80`0294f4f0 fffffa80`026c0ab0 00000000`00000000 fffff800`02ac59fa : bthport!BTHPORT_RecvMpBip+0x41
fffff880`02f2f8d0 fffff880`04b5399f : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`00cd3910 fffff880`04b56388 fffffa80`00cda820 : BTHUSB!BthUsb_ReadTransferComplete+0xf7
fffff880`02f2f930 fffff880`04b53c31 : 00000000`00000003 fffff880`02f2f9f0 fffffa80`00ca2d00 fffffa80`00000012 : BTHUSB!UsbWrapWorkRoutine+0x17b
fffff880`02f2f9b0 fffff800`02ac3516 : fffffa80`00cd3bdb 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : BTHUSB!UsbWrapInterruptReadComplete+0x1dd
fffff880`02f2fa40 fffff880`044135d9 : fffffa80`01e81050 fffffa80`00cda700 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopfCompleteRequest+0x3a6
fffff880`02f2fb20 fffff880`04413ab7 : fffffa80`028ef502 fffffa80`00cd3910 00000000`ffffffff fffffa80`01e81ea8 : USBPORT!USBPORTCoreiCompleteDoneTransfer+0xa15
fffff880`02f2fc00 fffff880`0441164f : fffffa80`01e81ea8 fffffa80`01e811a0 fffffa80`01e82040 00000000`00000000 : USBPORT!USBPORTCoreiIrpCsqCompleteDoneTransfer+0x3a7
fffff880`02f2fc60 fffff880`04402f89 : fffffa80`01e81050 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`01e81e02 fffffa80`01e81ea8 : USBPORT!USBPORTCore_UsbIocDpcWorker+0xf3
fffff880`02f2fca0 fffff800`02acc5dc : fffff880`02f07180 fffffa80`01e81ea8 fffffa80`01e81ec0 00000000`00000000 : USBPORT!USBPORTXdpcWorker+0x1d9
fffff880`02f2fcd0 fffff800`02ac96fa : fffff880`02f07180 fffff880`02f11f40 00000000`00000000 fffff880`04402db0 : nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x1bc
fffff880`02f2fd80 00000000`00000000 : fffff880`02f30000 fffff880`02f2a000 fffff880`02f2fd40 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiIdleLoop+0x5a
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
KeyMagic+2e5d
fffff880`04a02e5d ?? ???
SYMBOLSTACKINDEX: 4
SYMBOL_NAME: KeyMagic+2e5d
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: KeyMagic
IMAGE_NAME: KeyMagic.sys
DEBUGFLR_IMAGETIMESTAMP: 49c160ec
FAILUREBUCKETID: X640xA_CODE_AV_BAD_IPKeyMagic+2e5d
BUCKET_ID: X640xA_CODE_AV_BAD_IPKeyMagic+2e5d
Followup: MachineOwner
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Right-click on Magic Mouse and Volume Controls on Wireless keyboard suddenly stopped working

I am running Mavericks 10.9.2 on an Late 2012 iMac.
One morning the right click on my Magic Mouse and the volume controls on the wireless keyboard stopped working.
These mouse and keyboard themselves seem fine; they work okay ehn used on a MacBook.
Everything else about the mouse and keyboard is fine.
This seems to be a problem what has been around for a whole, with a wide variety of solutions.
I have read
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16799039#16799039
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23474052#23474052
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19660884#19660884
and have tried
Clicking on and off the 'right click' checkbox in the Mouse System Preferences - No effect
Deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist - No effect
Restarting in Safe Mode - When starting in safe mode, the computer crashes out and restarted
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Upgraded to 10.9.2 - no effect
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Moved the /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHIDMouse.kext and AppleHIDKeyboard.kext from a working MacBook on same OS - Made the keyboard misbehave even more
Has anyone got any other cures for this?
Thanks in advance.

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My wife's computer is a 24" 2.33ghz Intel Core 2 duo iMac, 2gb ram, OS 10.4.9
2 days ago her Apple Wireless keyboard stopped being recognized by the computer. When I turn it on the light blinks, but the computer never recognizes it. When I go to the bluetooth setup assistant and try to manually setup a "keyboard", it never recognizes it.
However, if I try to setup "any device", the keyboard shows up in the list, but still cannot be paired with. I am using the wireless mighty mouse, it still works perfectly fine.
I have not done any updates on this system in weeks, 10.4.9 was updated on March 17th, the keyboard did not go down until 48 hours ago. (I know, it could still be a software conflict/issue, but each day after a change it usually becomes less likely)
No other software has been added to the computer since the updates in mid-March, and as I said the keyboard is recognized if I set up any device, but not cannot be paired with. Nothing was moved, installed (hardware or software) or dropped, so I am stumped.
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I've checked with the Bluetooth utility from Developer Tools; the keyboard is alive but reports itself as "Unknown".
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If you are not running any BT devices try turning it off: System Preferences>Bluetooth and uncheck 'on'.
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I normally use the Apple USB keyboard and a Magic Mouse on my MacBook Pro 15", Core i7 when I'm at home and using the external monitor. Today, I decided to try my Apple Bluetooth keyboard to see if I would like using a keyboard without the keypad when I'm at home like I have to do when traveling. I just made the connection this morning and within 4 hours I got 2 kernel panic crashes of the MacBook Pro. The USB keyboard was still connected at the time but pushed back on the desk throughout.
After the 2nd one, I turned the bluetooth keyboard off and went back to the USB one and have not had another crash for over 4 hours. I still have the Magic Mouse connected via Bluetooth and it continues to work just fine. Laptop has all available updates applied that are available as of today.
Anyone else ever see this symptom or anything like it?

I might be seeing something somewhat like this, but I don't have a great solution to offer.
I recently got a new MacBook Pro while traveling. Now that I'm home again and have my Bluetooth peripherals available, I notice that Bluetooth keeps cutting out. I have one Apple Wireless keyboard at home and one at work. I have a third-party Bluetooth mouse at each location, and a "notebook mouse" that I carry as well. This last is generally turned off, but I've pulled it out to try it when the problem strikes. It seems to suffer the same general problem as the other peripherals. (I also like to use the MacBook Pro with the lid closed, plugged into an external display. I sometimes have USB and FireWire 800 devices connected as well.)
Often when I switch between home and work, Bluetooth becomes unresponsive. Sometimes neither the keyboard nor mouse works. Sometimes one will, but once I turn Bluetooth off, I can't turn it back on. I've had one definite kernel panic (multilingual gray screen), and a couple of cases where I couldn't tell because the computer had a black screen and was simply unresponsive.
What prompted me to turn to the forum was what happened a few minutes ago. Both keyboard and mouse were working fine this morning. The mouse low-battery indicator light began flashing, so I replaced the batteries, but the MacBook Pro would not recognize the mouse. The keyboard continued to work. I turned off Bluetooth, but then I could not turn it on again. Of course, neither peripheral works now.
I've discovered that, while simply restarting the MacBook Pro does not help restore Bluetooth, shutting down, waiting a minute, and then restarting does. Not an ideal solution, but it works until I can get a better fix.

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My apologies in advance if this question has been answered previously. There was nothing in the owner's manual (for the keyboard) that answered this. I did do a rough search that did not yield an answer to this:
I have one wireless keyboard I am using with my Macbook Pro. I understand this keyboard can also be used as an input device for my Apple TV and my iPhone - both of which I currently own.
And although I am able to use the keyboard with those devices, I am forced to "forget this device" after having used it on either the Apple TV or my iPhone so that I can use it on my MacBook Pro. Is there any combination of keys that one can press on the keyboard that would cycle through my three devices? As it is right now, if I don't "forget the device" on my secondary units, it somehow defaults to a peripheral OTHER than my MacBook Pro and I'd like for it to always default to my computer.
Thank you for any information/advice.

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How do I find a previously passcode to link a wireless keyboard (Model A101urs6) to a Mac Power Book G4 running 10.5.8. The keyboard was linked at one point in the past, but then not used. When I am trying to hook it up now, it requires the passcode. Where can I find this, or is there a general number I can use?

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Try entering four zeroes.

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I am asking about my G5 desktop 1.8.
You asked the right question but in the wrong forum. This is the GEE-FOUR area. That's is why no one is answering other than me, who realized you would benefit from moving your post and offered help to relocate it. I provided the link to the G5 forums previously. I'm sure that, if you post there, you will get help from people who use and manage G5 computers on a regular basis.
From your profile, I see that most of your other posts are in the proper G5 forum, I remain confused about why you insist on getting this question answered in the GEE-FOUR forums, and why polite help offered made you angry.
These are user-to-user forums, not staffed by Apple employees, and everyone volunteers their time without hope of remuneration. That's why the forums are organized by model; people with common equipment types can share ideas and help with common problems. Your computer does not match the equipment and experience base of the forum in whcih you posted.
Misplaced posts are common here due to some confusing labeling of forum areas. However, someone getting mad when politely told they are better served by reposting in the area matching their computer model is NOT common.

Plus and minus keys on wireless keyboard?

hi there everyone. i've got a new aluminum wireless keyboard and i love it to bits. gorgeous bit of design and elegance. on the previous apple keyboard however there was a couple of handy keys next to the numeric pad for 'plus' and 'minus'. Does anyone know how i can find these on the wireless keyboard? these were particularly handy when hit with the 'command' key to increase or decrease the size of text in safari.

excellent, thank you, i'd obviously not looked at my keyboard closely enough! cheers...

How to set up wireless keyboards to work on 2 computers within 3 feet of one another

We work close together -- within 3 feet and need to use wireless keyboards if possible. One computer will recognize
the Apple wireless keyboard but my laptop will not recognize either of the 2 Apple wireless keyboards we own. I have changed
batteries, made sure Bluetooth is on and there is no other interference. Appreciate any help.

If the KB is paired with something, it needs to be deleted from that system before it can pair with something else. BT devices may only pair with one thing at a time.
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Barry

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