Why is my MacBook shift key always pressed?
My right shift button wasn't working. I took it off with a paperclip in order to clean around underneath. After putting the key back I was confronted with a far more annoying problem—the computer is now registering that the key is always being pushed. I restarted my laptop, which was a terrible idea, because now I can only boot in safe mode.
Ideally, I'd like it all to be better. How could I possibly fix this key? If not that, I'd at least have it not working again in the sense that it isn't stuck "on" anymore. There are a limited number of things that I can do from "Safe Boot," and it totally sucks. Worst comes to worse, is there a way I can just completely disable my internal keyboard so that I'm only using this external one? Apparently it doesn't register as connected until AFTER my computer has booted in to safe mode.
Any suggestions? :)
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18 Comments
I have a continueus shift key down prob as well, i didn't fix it yet but i saw a tip somewhere that ressing esc key while booting prevents it from going into safe boot,
that might help ya with that part of the prob.
Regards
Jeroen v Goor
by Jeroen
i have this problem aswell. I'm on the edge of ordering a new topcase for my 17 inch unibody MBP.
the system just thinks i always have the shift key pressed in. I already removed the key but there's no difference.
what if it's not the keyboard?
what more could it be???
I don't want to order the topcase only to find out it's not the shift key.
by hetishesseljeweettoch
I have the same problem but I don't see any answer here. How do you remove caps lock key or shift key?
by Tim Rondthaler
Pry them up from underneath the top edge. Spudger, tweezers, small flat blade screw driver.
by originalmachead
Hi guys, I have the same problem and the same Macbook of your. But I have also FN stuck . I tried reinstall mac os x, the problem remains. I think that the problem is firmware because I tried Live cd ubuntu and the keyboard work greatly. Do You think the problem is firmware? What I have to do if it's a firmware problem?
by Giuseppe Battista
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