Weird behavior, "sticky" letter

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Hi,

I just got a MacBook Pro a few days ago. Long time PC user, I am new to the world of Mac and slowly adapting... Anyway, my problem...: every now and then the computer is acting very strangely as if the letter f or g was stuck being pressed. This happens whether I'm in a browser, a terminal window, any text area, even sometimes at the login screen / password... this makes the computer completely unusable, I have to reboot and then hurry to write in this forum before it happens again...
I've installed the ClamXav free virus checker, but after 41 minutes of scanning, it didn't find anything. I'm not sure how to go on troubleshooting this..
Oh, and before you ask, yes I have checked and there isn't any piece of cake nor glue or drooling either in the keyboard.
Any hint very appreciated :)

Cheers:
 
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Try creating a new user and see if the problem recurs with that user. If it does, then barring some bizarre Library issue, I'd say you have a hardware problem.

You can do a hardware test to see if that picks up anything. Instructions here.
 

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Hi,

I just got a MacBook Pro a few days ago. Long time PC user, I am new to the world of Mac and slowly adapting... Anyway, my problem...: every now and then the computer is acting very strangely as if the letter f or g was stuck being pressed. This happens whether I'm in a browser, a terminal window, any text area, even sometimes at the login screen / password... this makes the computer completely unusable, I have to reboot and then hurry to write in this forum before it happens again...
I've installed the ClamXav free virus checker, but after 41 minutes of scanning, it didn't find anything. I'm not sure how to go on troubleshooting this..
Oh, and before you ask, yes I have checked and there isn't any piece of cake nor glue or drooling either in the keyboard.
Any hint very appreciated :)

Cheers:

There have actually been a number of known issues identified with the MacBook Pros in relation to occasionally sticky keys. Apple addressed it with a couple of different firmware updates. Have you run Software Update from the Apple menu and gotten all the latest updates?
 

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