Initially, the MacBook would not run without the charger plugged in (though the battery does charge) and it would not detect the SSD.

I thoroughly scrubbed everything with a brush and 99% isopropyl, and now I'm installing OS X on the ssd, but I'm not able to power on the MacBook without the charger connected.

The MagSafe indicates when charging and when fully charged. I've attempted SMC reset and NVRAM as well.

Could this fault be repaired by a replacement IO board?

Thanks for the advice Dan. I've never seen coconut battery recognize a battery that OS X doesn't. Is there some other function of coconut battery I don't know about?

As the gods smile upon me, the thorough cleaning and battery replacement did the trick. All is well!

⟐ Answer accepted julho 12, 2017 at 7:45 GMT-7

MegaSafe2 cable.

⟐ Commented julho 12, 2017 at 7:43 GMT-7

Any ideas? I do have another Macbook that works, if connecting them might help for some reason???

Thanks guys!

⟐ Answer accepted julho 04, 2017 at 16:28 GMT-7

Now I'm replacing my old MacBook Air 2011 with the 2015 model (the last one till now)

My question is if the SSD I got from the Mac Pro will be compatible with the Air.

If so I can buy the 128 GB version and replacing the 128 GB SSD by the one came from Mac Pro sparing me a lot of euros.

Will it work OK?

⟐ Commented junho 27, 2017 at 10:58 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted junho 15, 2017 at 7:50 GMT-7

⟐ Commented maio 24, 2017 at 3:49 GMT-7

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• Macbook Air (13", A1466) not powering up
• No charging light on MagSafe
• No sounds, not even fan
• Screen will occasionally come on displaying charging symbol or low power symbol

• SMC reset
• Disconnecting and reconnecting battery
• Different charger (non-official but working)
• Cleaning charging port

Okay, so firstly this is not my MacBook Air and nor do I know much about them, so please keep things simple. This is my friends device, he said it was being used as normal and then it suddenly switched off and never powered up again - the battery was apparently at 40% at the time.

I have tried all the above fixes with no success so far. Upon trying a new charger the charging light initially turned orange before going off again, this makes me think that there is some kind of charging issue. Also the screen occasionally shows that the device is charging before quickly going off again.

Is the issue the charging port, the battery or perhaps something else. Any help and direction would be kindly appreciated as I'm afraid I have little experience working with Macs.

Marty

⟐ Answered maio 13, 2017 at 11:57 GMT-7

My shift key has stopped working and the service centres have recommended that I replace the key board.

Why is there no iFixit manual for keyboard replacement? Where can I purchase a replacement keyboard?

Cheers

⟐ Answer accepted maio 11, 2017 at 8:00 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted maio 05, 2017 at 8:54 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted maio 05, 2017 at 8:51 GMT-7

Since I was thinking of buying a 4gb version I noticed in your guide all the connectors as well as screw positions seem identical to the 2011 model (except the keyboard light which wouldn't be used anyway)

Can it be used this way? Does the IO board cable connector which supports Thunderbolt in the 2011 poses any issues if used with the 2010 IO board?

Is the bluetooth module compatible?

Worst case scenario if you think I should give it a go, I would buy a 2011 logicboard, try it and if it doesn't work I would try to resell it, but obviously that only works if it doesn't get damaged somehow...

Thank you for your time and all the invaluable info you share.

⟐ Commented maio 04, 2017 at 3:15 GMT-7

I have a very frustrating issue.

A customer has come to my shop with a this Macbook air for the internal sound not working.

First of all I noticed that the "Alt Sound Option" was only showing Headphones, when none were plugged in.

So I replaced the IO board and data flex connecting it to the main board, no change to issue.

Then I used a USB drive with a known good copy of OSX on it, no change to issue

Next I replaced the logic board, no change to issue.

Next I removed the logic board from the chassis incase there was some kind of short from the casing, I set the logic board and IO board up in my test bay and connected only the required hardware to boot the device.

So the state of play so far is, new logic board, new IO board and flex, no SSD, OSX loaded from external HDD, no wifi board, new internal speakers connected, new fan.

THE ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT.

How can this be possible?

I should note that the start up chime works .

Also when using headphones the sound is really low on both IO boards and logic boards, but when I would use the MIDI setup and mute either channel one or two on the output the sound is at the correct volume on the headphones.

Also note internal speakers do not appear anywhere in the MIDI setup only headphones, even with new parts.

Any Help would let me sleep tonight.

Cheers

Brendan

⟐ Answer accepted abril 30, 2017 at 7:31 GMT-7

Its position as illustrated

... Thanks

It was gone this is mca air A1466

as illustrated

⟐ Answer accepted março 27, 2017 at 11:45 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted março 15, 2017 at 14:57 GMT-7

-I have not yet opened the laptop

-smell is unchanged whether the Mac Air plugged in on mains or running on battery

-smell started yesterday

-smell seems to still occur when laptop turned off but charging

-smell does not occure turned and disconnected from battery

-I have reset the Mac Air's PRAM and SMC

-my battery is not user-removable

-I have been the only owner, purchasing it from Apple in 2010.

-the fan does not come on both otherwise it has been running on other occasions.

-the Mac Air has a 2.13 GHz process, 4 GB of memory, and a 128 GB drive, with about 50 GB available.

-I cannot correlate this issue to anything else, HW or SW event-wise that has occurred recently

-all parts original, laptop has enever been taken apart

-laptop is always used while it sits on an open air laptop support stand 3" off tabletop

Can anyone help me figure out what the problem is and what to do?

Thanks in advance

Mike

⟐ Commented fevereiro 28, 2017 at 11:28 GMT-7

i see people selling keyboard but no tutorials online realy

⟐ Answer edited fevereiro 04, 2017 at 12:39 GMT-7

I have a MacBook Air 13" Early 2015 that suddenly stopped booting up. I've taken it to the Apple Store, and unfortunately, they were unable to fix it right then & there (and it's outside of warranty, and I don't have Apple Care on it), but they were kind enough to extract the SSD out of it, so that I can recover the data before going any further. I now need to connect this SSD to some sort of chassis or sled (as inexpensive as possible), so that I can copy the data from it to another volume. Through my searches, I happened upon this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-3-0-to-Macbo...

Certainly LOOKS like it'll work. Will it?

⟐ Answer edited janeiro 11, 2017 at 20:03 GMT-7

After cleaning and inspecting the logic board (820-00164-A), I found broken backlight fuse (no continuity), apparently no short to ground on both sides of the fuse and screw holes (no beep), and LVDS connector with heavy burn on the backlight side (side towards the backlight fuse). So, I am planning to replace these components.

Is there anything else that I should worry about?

Thanks for your help!!

⟐ Answer accepted janeiro 06, 2017 at 12:46 GMT-7

There doesn't seem to be a continuous supply of these, because they are pulled from MacBooks, and the price is very unstable.

Hate fixing a board to find the SSD is shorted, then telling the customer it would be an extra £150-£200+ for a new one, on top of the logic board work :(

⟐ Commented janeiro 04, 2017 at 3:19 GMT-7

⟐ Answered janeiro 02, 2017 at 18:34 GMT-7