MacBook Pro :: Keys Sticking - Can Hear Constant Beeping Like Clicking On A Link
Aug 20, 2014
I don't normally have my sound on, but I have of late. It seems that my keys may be sticking, or trackpad, or mouse .. Â
Symptoms: I can hear constant beeping, like you are clicking on a link that is not working, you get that Ding/beep. It is constant, like your continuing hitting the enter button on a link that is not working.Â
I reboot and the sound stops. I don't think it is the mouse - and I do not always have it turned on. Sometimes also when I log in, when you type password, there are characters already entered, and it keeps going ... I have to hard reboot.Â
As far as I know I have not dropped this laptop, nothing has been dropped on it. I can not see if any of the keys are pushed in, and the trackpad looks normal.Â
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Early 2013
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