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<blockquote data-quote="DarthStaalwart" data-source="post: 1879806" data-attributes="member: 407521">Allright, [USER=46727]@chscag[/USER] and everybody else, you fairly well demonstrated why I decided to enroll myself in this particular forum page. You have been SO helpful so far! Ok, to sum it up:* Try to check the entire keyboard/trackpad assembly, to check if any possible battery bulging could've compromised the parts (I don't see any evident warping or crack beneath, in the battery placeholder, but I do know Macs can be brittle), fix what I can, replace what I cannot.* Getting a retail Snow Leopard DVD. NOTE: I read that Apple does NOT officially support this particular model, MacBook 4.1 A1181, early 2008; will it work anyways? And the USB boot, then, is a no-go? If I get the bootable USB instead of the DVD, I mean.* Updating to the respective OS version, after performing the factory reset of course.* When everything looks okay, getting a battery replacement and perhaps a 4GB memory upgrade kit. In the future, I'd consider using an SSD disk as well, I think I have several laying around ranging between 128GB and 500GB.I'll keep you all posted of this interesting adventure. And thanks again! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarthStaalwart, post: 1879806, member: 407521"] Allright, [USER=46727]@chscag[/USER] and everybody else, you fairly well demonstrated why I decided to enroll myself in this particular forum page. You have been SO helpful so far! Ok, to sum it up: * Try to check the entire keyboard/trackpad assembly, to check if any possible battery bulging could've compromised the parts (I don't see any evident warping or crack beneath, in the battery placeholder, but I do know Macs can be brittle), fix what I can, replace what I cannot. * Getting a retail Snow Leopard DVD. NOTE: I read that Apple does NOT officially support this particular model, MacBook 4.1 A1181, early 2008; will it work anyways? And the USB boot, then, is a no-go? If I get the bootable USB instead of the DVD, I mean. * Updating to the respective OS version, after performing the factory reset of course. * When everything looks okay, getting a battery replacement and perhaps a 4GB memory upgrade kit. In the future, I'd consider using an SSD disk as well, I think I have several laying around ranging between 128GB and 500GB. I'll keep you all posted of this interesting adventure. And thanks again! :-) [/QUOTE]

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