To begin with, I am typing this on the MBP. The keyboard is working as it should, but you would think that for what I paid it would also improve my typing skills...!
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Did you boot up the MBP at all before installing the new RAM? Just a thought...bad RAM isn't unheard of.
The Woman of My Dreams aka My Lovely Wife said the same thing to me yesterday... Kindly understand that she doesn't know nor care jack about computers. But she has obviously absorbed
something during all the years I would sometimes describe in (I now realize...) painful detail my myriad trouble-shooting sessions with my Macs pre-OS X.
In hindsight running it with the OEM RAM during the "break-in period" would have eliminated one possible cause, but as Paddy wrote it's a moot point unless the keyboard acts up again. In that case I will likely swap the RAM modules; I'll hang onto the old sticks longer than I had planned in case I need them. (I have had bad RAM twice in the past: an iBook stick
and its replacement. I doubt that it's the RAM; I have never heard of this kind of problem being associated with faulty RAM. At the same time the Mac is not exhibiting any other glitch that I would attribute to rotten RAM.
On the other hand there are more than a few reports on the official Apple forums regarding MBP keyboard woes...
I did get this weird "foot-light" effect last night immediately after disconnecting the power cable. It was as if some of the screen backlighting had been dialed-down unevenly. Restarting fixed it. I attribute it to a mysterious power fluctuation and I'm not worrying about it unless it repeats.
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I don't suppose there are any keyboard wiring harness/tape visible/accessible to disruption when inserting those RAM sticks...
There is a ribbon cable visible next to the RAM slots and I think that it is connected to the keyboard/trackpad. I didn't touch it but I will take a look at it. Some of the folks reporting keyboard malfunctions have noticed that pressing down on the trackpad "fixes" the keyboard.
Jim, my "old" machine is staying put; the MBP is now my back-up Mac. My wife has taken over the iBook, which is fine by me because it cannot run some of the programs I need to use... The 24"iMac needs its LCD replaced under warranty, so it is going into the shop next week while the MBP takes its place. If the keyboard should go belly-up I know that I can keep using the MBP with the USB keyboard currently attached to the iMac.
Paddy is correct: I got the previous-generation MBP for its matte screen, superior keyboard (ironic, isn't it?) and the $550 price discount.
BTW, right now I am using the MBP at our dining room table while my wife does her morning crossword puzzle. There is a light fixture hanging over the table... If I was using a new "glassy" screen MacBook I would be unable to see the display because of the glare. The matte screen is just fine. There are times when it is neither possible nor convenient to rearrange one's environment in order to accommodate using a computer.
