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Greetings, everyone! I got an old MacBook early 2008 white for free, no battery but MagSafe. I tested it when I received, and verified that everything worked despite being with no battery - keyboard, touchpad, screen, sound, Airport, etc. It has MacOS 10.5 Leopard, and I intend to upgrade it to Lion.
Now, here's the deal. After I tested it, it went okay until I arrived home. Here, I turned it on again, saw that was set up with a Canadian dictionary and switched it to US, and then I added my own WiFi network. Everything kept working. But upon restart... First, the touchpad stopped working. Tried to start it in safe mode, holding Shift, and went in; a previous user name appeared, and asked for a password. Not knowing it, and being that I wanted to do a factory reset anyway, I restarted it again in a normal boot. This time not only the touchpad but also the keyboard itself stopped working. The power button still works though. The Caps Lock LED does not turn on. It's like the keyboard/touchpad assembly were suddenly disconnected...
Now, I read that MacBooks sometimes do that; what I didn't understand is, why all of a sudden, and seemingly in "phases" (first the pad, then the keyboard)? I didn't move anything, unplugged anything or done anything unusual to it. I can open and check it up - I have the tools for the job - but I really wanted to know if there's some non-invasive way to check it up. I could try to connect an external USB mouse and keyboard, but I only have Windows ones (don't think it will be an issue, but as a Mac newbie I have to ask).
Thoughts?
Now, here's the deal. After I tested it, it went okay until I arrived home. Here, I turned it on again, saw that was set up with a Canadian dictionary and switched it to US, and then I added my own WiFi network. Everything kept working. But upon restart... First, the touchpad stopped working. Tried to start it in safe mode, holding Shift, and went in; a previous user name appeared, and asked for a password. Not knowing it, and being that I wanted to do a factory reset anyway, I restarted it again in a normal boot. This time not only the touchpad but also the keyboard itself stopped working. The power button still works though. The Caps Lock LED does not turn on. It's like the keyboard/touchpad assembly were suddenly disconnected...
Now, I read that MacBooks sometimes do that; what I didn't understand is, why all of a sudden, and seemingly in "phases" (first the pad, then the keyboard)? I didn't move anything, unplugged anything or done anything unusual to it. I can open and check it up - I have the tools for the job - but I really wanted to know if there's some non-invasive way to check it up. I could try to connect an external USB mouse and keyboard, but I only have Windows ones (don't think it will be an issue, but as a Mac newbie I have to ask).
Thoughts?