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I spilled some water on my trackpad few weeks ago. I bought new trackpad from ifixit and swapped the old one out. Before I “repaired” it, my keyboard worked perfectly. But after the “repair”, no response when I click “A” and “D” on my keyboard, althought the backlight is working… Please help… Thanks!
Hi, I just had this very same issue with a new 2020 M1 MacBook Air. Model A2337 EMC 3598. The problem is not your keyboard its an incompatible trackpad. Customer of mine brought in an M1 MacBook Air with a cracked trackpad. Everything was working great no issues with the keyboard. When I replaced the trackpad all of the sudden the A & D keys wouldn’t work anymore. Putting the old cracked trackpad back on would fix the issue. The new trackpad I had would work on another 2020 MacBook Air Intel version but that Intel trackpad would cause the same issue on the M1 as the brand new trackpad so I was confused. This particular problem with the A & D keys is caused by using a trackpad from an Intel MacBook Air on an M1 MacBook Air and possibly the other way around as well. I purchased my trackpads off of a vendor that lists them being compatible with all 2020 MacBook Air (Mobile Sentrix) but they are not. I use a local parts distributor that has this trackpad in stock if you are still looking for it. You will have to order the trackpad from your exact model MacBook which I am assuming is the M1. https://www.protechrestore.com/index.php…
Sounds like a bad keyboard the keys A & D share the same row line with S but they use different column lines! so Q & E should also be affected too, if not then the given keys are bad. Contact iFixit for a new keyboard.
Hi there, I have a similar problem. Water got on the trackpad and the keyboard. Some keys do not work or show other keys that have been pressed, although this is not the case. When a new replacement keyboard is connected, all keys work normally again - except for A and D! The trackpad works without problems with the defective original keyboard and also with the replacement keyboard. Now the question is, is this a keyboard problem or a trackpad problem or even a motherboard problem? The macbook works flawlessly except for the keyboard. There are no problems whatsoever with an externally connected keyboard. Please help.
