Kirol Barbour

Bullard Independent School District

Bullard, Texas

⟐ Commented June 17, 2013 at 8:30 am -0700

i understand the ram in a macbook air is soldered. i would like to replace the 2 gig chips with 4 gig or even 8 gig, will the macbook air hardware recognize the additional memory?

if yes, other than warrenty issues; why would ifixit team not take a chance to un-solder the chips?

⟐ Commented June 14, 2013 at 6:30 am -0700

I have found instructions for doing just about everything for Macs on your site, but I don't see anything about you guys doing the repairs. I need a new keyboard for my MacBook Air 11". Can you guys replace it for me and if so, how much would it cost? The touch pad works fine and only some of the keys are affected. The keys that don't work aren't loose - they just either don't type the character or type a string of characters. Left Shift and Caps Lock work intermittently, so I think completely replacing the keyboard is in order.

Thanks a bunch,

Curtis Laird

⟐ Answer edited June 13, 2013 at 5:19 pm -0700

I was about to abandon my Air because it wasn't able to charge at all (after the tea spill) but tried to boot it up without the battery. Boom, it went up! ;) Whatta? The service folks won't say if I have to replace the battery, that's why I need you. Is it battery? Will it work with new battery?

Thanks

⟐ Answered June 12, 2013 at 10:19 am -0700

I accidentally knocked a glass of water over and some of the droplets from that hit my keyboard. I dried it off immediately and continued to use my MBA like normal. Ten minutes later the keyboard and trackpad completely stopped working, with the exception of the power button.

So I turned it off and on and finally did the 'Shift + Control + Alt + Power Button" combination while the computer was off, which worked and recovered the keyboard and trackpad functionality, though full functionality came back in pieces. Now every button is fully functional, though sometimes when pressing delete it backspaces excessively.

At first the processor was operating at 300% capacity which of course made the computer extremely slow, but that calmed down as well.

Now the only problems are as follows:

- Computer sporadically becomes slow / fan runs excessively

- Power button does not work, so I shut down through the Apple Icon menu.

- The power button does seem to work when the computer is completely shut down, as pressing it will wake it up. The shut down options just don't show up anymore when the computer is on.

Any ideas?

⟐ Answered June 5, 2013 at 1:28 pm -0700

⟐ Answer edited May 24, 2013 at 8:11 pm -0700

Thanks.

⟐ Edited May 24, 2013 at 2:45 pm -0700

1. How do I dry the inside? Any particular techniques?

2. How do I take apart my MacBook Air safely? I couldn't find a step by step guide.

Thanks!

⟐ Edited May 24, 2013 at 2:45 pm -0700

My kid spilled a cup of tea with sugar on wife's Air. Now it doesn't charge with it's own charger (14.5V, 3.1A) but it does with macbook pro's charger (18.5V, 4.6A). This is weird. Our local "certified" reseller (we don't have Apple Store in out country) suggested to avoid fixing it, since they could not identify the problem. I think they're lame but I'm ok with uncomfy charging. But there's still 2 keys not workng. The comma and period keys. These are quite important and used very frequently. Resseler suggested to replace keboard, but €250 is a bit pricey.

So what I was thinking — to get them fixed by myself. This is apparently circute closing, which in theory is easy to fix. I have experience disassembling our mid 2011 Air. Not the keyboard, but I did clean the logic board and most of other compartments.

What do you think? Is it worth disassembling the front cover from the keyboard and fix it? Are there any downfalls assembling it back?

Another idea I had is to wash the I/O board. I thought that if I could wash it in fresh water it would remove the left sugar out of the connectors. Sounds a bit ridiculous, but what do you think? :)

Notes: it does turn on, it works, just doesn't charge. Actually charging became unstable. I now cannot charge it with charger that I used just 10 mins ago, the one 18.5V.

Thanks.

Alex.

⟐ Commented May 17, 2013 at 1:54 pm -0700

While replacing the screen in my MBA 11.6" I damaged the led backlight cable. Does any body know where I can source a replacement? Unfortunately only half the screen lights up now.

Thanks in advance.

Josh

⟐ Answered May 2, 2013 at 7:07 pm -0700

I just replaced the lcd of my macbook and now the backlight does not work. when I turn on the laptop, the lcd works but the backlight does not turn on. I tested with a couple of screens but no success.

Is the problem with the backlight LED, or fuse or logic board, is there any solution?

Model: Macbook air, 11 inches model A1370, 2011.

Any help would be highly appreciated

⟐ Commented May 1, 2013 at 11:14 am -0700

The 11" MBA of my wife is not turning on (no sign of life at all) anymore after she connected an 65w power adapter on it. It caused a little blow sound and a soft "burn smell" near the power connector...

As I work with computer maintenance but I'm no expert in Mac, I'm thinking about changing the I/O board and/or the I/O cable.

So do you think it can solve the problem?

Thank you!!

⟐ Answer accepted April 3, 2013 at 4:02 am -0700

I never turn my macbook air off, so I put it to sleep one day and after about two hours I tried to use it, but it wouldn't wake up. No fans, no screen, no noise. Nothing at all. It was dead. (It was plugged on the generic charger during all this time)

The thing is: I don't think the new charger caused the problem (although is the only thing that should make sense):

When I plug the new charger OR the original charger, I get a green light. I opened the macbook, disconnected the battery, plugged the AC charger and tried to power it. This didn't work either.

Is it possible to be a magsafe problem, even if the light on the AC charger is green?

My warranty ended two months ago and I have no idea what the problem can be. Any thoughts?

PS: I have tried everything like PRAM and SMC reset, cmd+control+power. Also tried to leave it for 24 hours without charging and then tried to power it on again. Nothing worked. Nothing happened. It is completely dead.

⟐ Commented March 28, 2013 at 4:37 am -0700

My macbook air trackpad and keybroad sometime will disconnect.

i have following ifixit Installing MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Trackpad to try .

but it's not work and i have update mac os and system .

thank you !

⟐ Commented March 18, 2013 at 2:40 am -0700

⟐ Answered March 17, 2013 at 5:29 pm -0700

What is it called, what is it for (do i need it) where can i buy some to replace this one?

Thanks a lot,

⟐ Marked as duplicate February 24, 2013 at 12:03 pm -0700

My power-button is dead, i want to try changing the keyboard before buying a whole uppercase (not the same price).

But, the first time i opened the Macbook, to see the inner, cleaning it up and to power-it up unplugging the battery. I torn the black paper behind the keyboard.

What is it for, do i need it if i replace the keyboard?, if i need it, what is it called, where can i buy some?

Thanks a lot,

⟐ Marked as duplicate February 24, 2013 at 12:03 pm -0700

⟐ Commented January 28, 2013 at 6:49 am -0700

⟐ Answer edited January 3, 2013 at 6:29 pm -0700

Go tit working... finally. It is a bad hard drive cable. After I am able to swap a new cable, the old hard drive is working now. Must have kinked the old one too much that I break it.

⟐ Answer accepted November 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm -0700

Any recommendation on the external case (brand) for the SSD? Also, I plan on buying the latest MBA. I assume this will not be compatible with the old SSD right?

So is there a way for me to boot from the external drive? I would like to restore my image as much as I can (in terms of settings).

Thanks in advance!

⟐ Answer accepted November 12, 2012 at 9:06 pm -0700

I know this question has been asked many times. I have read them all. I am desperate to remove two screws off the bottom case of my MacBook Air. They simply wont budge. I have absolutely no idea what I can do next.

I bought the screw extractors on iFixt but that did not help even though they are great quality. I don't have much money and therefore wont be able to buy another tool. I cannot afford to break my macbook air as I wont be able to pay for another one.

Please Help :) Any help is much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

⟐ Answered November 10, 2012 at 7:09 pm -0700

is there a chance to upgrade macbook air mid 2011, 11.6 model DDR3 RAM from 2GB to 4GB?

⟐ Answer accepted November 4, 2012 at 10:06 pm -0700

⟐ Answered September 11, 2012 at 11:38 am -0700

Thank in advance

⟐ Answer edited August 21, 2012 at 11:31 pm -0700

I just tried to remove the SSD screw from my Macbook AIr 2011. The screwdriver did not fit in exactly into the screw and now the sharp edges in the centre are gone. Any solution on how to remove that $&#& screw?

Thanks

⟐ Answered August 3, 2012 at 7:23 am -0700

Then, no power up. Charger lights up when connect, but seems there's no power in the laptop.

Do you think is power adapter? Can I save all my information store at SSD disk?

Thanks in advance

⟐ Answered July 31, 2012 at 8:32 am -0700

Is there a solution to this problem?

Thank you

Ekaterina

Update: ran the hardware test, result: No trouble found.

Tried to reinstall OS, no change

⟐ Edited July 24, 2012 at 7:37 am -0700

I went ahead and ordered my own screwdriver in order to try and tighten the screws but no luck, the screws were already in fine. I then decided to take the lower case off and put it back on again with no luck still.

It flexes a tiny bit around the edge when you squeeze on it, about the same as the other good side.

I'm not sure if the lower case is warped or something's been installed wrong (battery not in properly?). I don't have the tools to remove the battery right now, only the lower case (not sure why they needed to make the inside parts torx).

The repair was around 6 months ago and I've put up with it since then. My warranty ends in a few weeks so it's now or never. There are no Apple stores around here so my only option would be to bring it in to the place that replaced my trackpad (under warranty with Apple's approval).

I'm willing to DIY (why else would I post here) but first I need to know where the issue lies. Warped case or loose battery are at the top of my list.

Edit: I've contacted the place that replaced the trackpad initially. See how that goes.

⟐ Answered July 4, 2012 at 8:39 am -0700

Would it be possible to save it by cleaning?

Thank you

Ekaterina

⟐ Answer edited June 10, 2012 at 1:25 pm -0700

I want replace my broken screen and first of all I should remove the display. So I stopped at this step: Installing MacBook Air 11" Mid 2011 Display Assembly cause I have broken thread of screw. Its bad I know but I do not want replace SSD. So my question: Can I continue this guide without remove of SSD?

⟐ Commented June 7, 2012 at 2:36 am -0700

I'm looking for a way to take out the SSD out of the unit and be able to read it externally on a Mac.

Reason

I am an engineer and have clients with dead units and I am guessing the the data on the SSD would be fine (no way of knowing at this stage) and would like to be able to take out the SSD and see if I can get to the data for my clients, is there a reader of some sort for this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

⟐ Answered June 1, 2012 at 3:11 am -0700

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