MacBook (White) 2.4Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS X 10.6.7
Keyboard language – Canadian English (have also tried US English). All other languages
removed, computer language ENGLISH.
All keys type fine apart from the S key which frequently types a ß or when capitalized an Í. I am typing from a USB keyboard which types the S (s – see) fine no issues but as soon as I reach over and type on the laptop – ß there it is.
Have looked and Googled without help, I see a few others with the issue with no resolve. Ready to throw this computer out the window!
Best Answer
You can check to see what OS X thinks is happening when you press the key by opening the
Keyboard Viewerapplet.First, go to Language and Text in System Preferences, to enable it:
Then select 'Show Keyboard Viewer' from the Input Sources icon in the status bar.
Now, when you press the key, you can see which combination of keys OS X thinks is being pressed. You can use the keyboard viewer to enter text, too, in order to work around the problem:
You can confirm this way that it is indeed a hardware problem.