The keyboard & trackpad on my macbook stopped working all of a sudden. I opened it up to investigate and found a very suspicious grease stain by the keyboard. It seems to have been caused by something inside the macbook. Any idea what this could be from? I don’t think it’s causing the keyboard issues but just curious whats spewing oil on the inside…
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my computer overheated during normal use, and smelled like electronics cooking. It had never happened before so I turned it off. Shortly after, it had trouble detecting the keyboard, so I assumed the events were related. However I could still enter my password on the login screen - the keyboard stopped working only after login. So I suspected a software/driver issue. I booted into Safe Mode using a usb keyboard and everything worked fine. This confirmed my suspicions. So I decided to wipe and reinstall the OS. Now the keyboard doesn’t work at all. So I’m back to suspecting a hardware failure.
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Also this computer is of low value to me. I’m mostly interested in understanding what happened and learning how to fix it out of curiosity. Maybe I can donate it to someone who needs it if I fix it.
The keyboard & trackpad on my macbook stopped working all of a sudden. I opened it up to investigate and found a very suspicious grease stain by the keyboard. It seems to have been caused by something inside the macbook. Any idea what this could be from? I don’t think it’s causing the keyboard issues but just curious whats spewing oil on the inside…
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