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Macbook A1181 (early 2008) stopped reading keyboard and TouchPad
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<blockquote data-quote="DarthStaalwart" data-source="post: 1879919" data-attributes="member: 407521"><p>Now, now, guys, the mistake was actually mine. When I said "Getting a retail <strong>Snow Leopard</strong> DVD. <em>NOTE: I read that Apple does NOT officially support this particular model</em>", I actually meant to say a <strong>Mountain Lion</strong> DVD, and I indeed read that Apple didn't officially supported it for my old model. My bad. As a matter of fact I found an also old Snow Leopard DVD, but unfortunately was so scratched the SuperDisk tried to read it, and ejected it. So, plan B: I used an USB installer instead. And worked as a charm! I at least am now on 10.6.8 (the USB upgraded my ancient 10.5 Leopard to 10.6, and afterwards the Software Updater did the 10.6.8 Combo update), and things are far more stable now. </p><p></p><p>And speaking of stability, there's another thing. The internal keyboard and touchpad began working again... and so far have been working with no more disconnections whatsoever. I used them for some half hour navigating, browsing, typing, you name it, and the things now perform as new. No glitches. So it might have been a software issue after all, perhaps a corrupted kext file or something. I'll keep monitoring. </p><p></p><p>Now, next step: should I continue upgrading to Lion? I don't think Mountain Lion will be an option, not unless I tweak the installer. Or shall I remain in Snow Leopard, which from what I've read is the Windows 7 of Macs (an old OS, but one so cherished and stable a lot of Windows users still run it instead of 8 and even 10)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarthStaalwart, post: 1879919, member: 407521"] Now, now, guys, the mistake was actually mine. When I said "Getting a retail [B]Snow Leopard[/B] DVD. [I]NOTE: I read that Apple does NOT officially support this particular model[/I]", I actually meant to say a [B]Mountain Lion[/B] DVD, and I indeed read that Apple didn't officially supported it for my old model. My bad. As a matter of fact I found an also old Snow Leopard DVD, but unfortunately was so scratched the SuperDisk tried to read it, and ejected it. So, plan B: I used an USB installer instead. And worked as a charm! I at least am now on 10.6.8 (the USB upgraded my ancient 10.5 Leopard to 10.6, and afterwards the Software Updater did the 10.6.8 Combo update), and things are far more stable now. And speaking of stability, there's another thing. The internal keyboard and touchpad began working again... and so far have been working with no more disconnections whatsoever. I used them for some half hour navigating, browsing, typing, you name it, and the things now perform as new. No glitches. So it might have been a software issue after all, perhaps a corrupted kext file or something. I'll keep monitoring. Now, next step: should I continue upgrading to Lion? I don't think Mountain Lion will be an option, not unless I tweak the installer. Or shall I remain in Snow Leopard, which from what I've read is the Windows 7 of Macs (an old OS, but one so cherished and stable a lot of Windows users still run it instead of 8 and even 10)? [/QUOTE]
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