macbook professional keyboard replacement

imactheknife · Mar 24th, 2011, 10:21 PM

So I bought a macbook pro today (2.53 ghz core 2 duo) for $100 bucks. It was said that it was not working in the ad due to water spilled on the keyboard. I brought it home as I still thought $100 bucks was amazing and low and behold I turn it on and get a chime.

The screen came on and it came up with a question mark (no bootable drive). I knew this as the seller kept the 320 gig that was in it. I put in my SL DVD and it booted fine off of that, so I ripped over to staples and bought a 320 gig drive on sale. I came home, and installed SL on the drive. Everything works well except the keyboard is completely DOA. Non of the keys work so I use an external keyboard. How hard is it to replace and or is it costly??

Besides the keyboard I have a macbook pro 2009 with 4 gigs of ram, 320 gig HD, superdrive 15" glossy screen for $190 bucks. Bye bye Powerbook G4!

monokitty · Mar 24th, 2011, 10:52 PM

The keyboard isn't expensive - if it's the keyboard. Does the trackpad work? If not, the top case assembly is toast, and possibly the keyboard as well, which are two different parts. The top case can be pricey. I can quote you if you PM me the serial number.