5.

With optical media in the drive,

Yes

Media eject key delay. No

 

 

hold the Media Eject key. Does

 

repair necessary.

 

 

the disc eject normally and the

 

 

 

 

No

Go to Optical Drive Won’t

 

 

eject symbol appear?

 

 

 

Accept/Reject Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Open System Preferences >

Yes

With “Slow Keys” on, you need

 

 

Universal Access > Keyboard. Is

 

to press a key for a longer

 

 

“Slow Keys” enabled?

 

period of time for it to be

 

 

 

 

recognized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Go to step 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Open System Preferences >

Yes

With “Mouse Keys” on, you

 

 

Universal Access > Keyboard. Is

 

cannot use the Numeric

 

 

“Mouse Keys” enabled?

 

Keypad to enter numbers. It

 

 

 

 

will move the mouse pointer

 

 

 

 

instead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Go to step 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Open System Preferences >

Yes

The keys are being

 

 

International > Input Menu.

 

recognized. Go to step 9

 

 

Check “Keyboard Viewer”.

 

 

 

 

Then, from the Input Menu in

 

 

 

 

the Menu Bar (flag), choose

No

The keys are not being

K01

 

“Show Keyboard Viewer”. When

 

 

recognized. Replace the

 

 

typing on the keys that are not

 

 

 

 

keyboard.

 

 

responding, do they show in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Keyboard Viewer?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Open TextEdit or another text

Yes

Application specific issue.

 

 

application and try typing

 

Troubleshoot the application.

 

 

something using the non-

 

 

 

 

No

Test another User to isolate a

 

 

responding keys. Do they type

 

 

in another application?

 

User account issue. If the issue

 

 

 

 

persists, reinstall Mac OS X

 

 

 

 

from the Install DVD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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