# Problems with MacBook Pro Keyboard.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-keyboard/460542>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 19, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-keyboard/460542 "2008-08-19T12:07:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-keyboard/460542/1 "2008-08-19T12:07:30Z")

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So my MacBook Pro is acting up. ☹

I have a 15" 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM MacBook Pro running Mac OSX 10.4.11, and every so often without rhyme or reason the built-in keyboard and trackpad will just freeze and not respond to anything. Most times, playing around with the keys for a bit will eventually unfreeze things, but sometimes a reboot is required, and then even that won’t necessarily sort things out. I’ve tried resetting the PRAM, and that doesn’t seem to sort it on a permanent basis either. I’m not running anything unusual and what I’m doing doesn’t seem to matter; the keyboard and trackpad freeze randomly. Anyone got any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-keyboard/460542/2 "2008-08-19T12:59:50Z")

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Nevermind. I found the problem having spent ages trawling through various Mac forums (a loose connection) and fixed it.