The unsolved Macbook Melted Key Mystery

[mrspin]

http://www.last100.com/2009/10/11/the-unsolved-macbook-melted-key-mystery/

[bcl]

Possibly a chemical, not heat.

When I was a kid I sprayed 'Off' (a mosquito repellent) on a calculator and the keys had a similar melted look to them.

[yangyang]

"Rubberized keys"?

I've got a couple-of-years old white plastic MacBook and the keys certainly aren't rubber. Have they changed to be like calculator keys now?

[kevinherron → yangyang]

No.

[st3fan]

Does anyone know what is under that key? Component wise? Anyway, that dude should go see a Genius and get his Mac replaced.

[carbon8 → st3fan]

Optical drive and/or subwoofer.

[papyromancer → st3fan]

I wonder if the fact that the key is now detached would lead a cynical genius(tm) to believe that the key was melted after it was removed?

[mrspin → papyromancer]

It wasn't melted after it was removed lol

It was removed because the key no longer registered a click. So it was taken off so that the button under the key could be used instead... 000 ))))) like that.

[papyromancer → mrspin]

hehe ;) Definitely take that baby back and get the store to figure out wtf happened. If it's either the optical drive or the subwoofer, my minimal knowledge of heat generation in electronics leads me to believe that those shouldn't be generating that much heat except from friction in in the drive or a short in the subwoofer.