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The April 2014 update of Apple's 13" MacBook Air features refreshed dual-core i5 and i7 processors, plus slightly increased battery performance.

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MacBook Air (early 2014 version) is not booting after SMC reset

Hey,

I bought this refurbished MacBook in 2014.

A few days ago, the battery level was around 10 - 15%. After that I left the MacBook on the sofa, closed the lit and wanted to turn it on yesterday. Unfortunately, this did not work. I thought that this was probably because the battery was now completely drained. So I plugged the MacBook into the charging cable. After attaching the charging cable, the light turned amber, indicating that it was indeed charging the MacBook.

After a couple of hours I decided to turn it on, but it still did not start.

Now it's been around 24 hours attached to the charging cable, the light is still amber and nothing happens, when I press the power button. The MacBook stays silent and there is no fan or any other noise, when I press the power button.

I already searched this forum, the ifixit forum and YouTube for helpful advises and found out that I had to do a SMC reset. I did this by pressing the Power button + shift + ctrl + option buttons at the same time. The amber light turned to green for a few seconds on the charging cable, but still nothing happens when I pressed the power button.

Since I don't know what I should do now, I was hoping that someone might help me here in this forum. Does anyone know what this problem might be related to? Faulty Batteries?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

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What is the color of the MagSafe charger is it still Amber or Green now?

If you haven't let it continue to charge let it run plugged in for a good four hours the LED should turn green if not you likely need a new battery.

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@danj Hey thank you for your reply. The color is still amber. It has been attached to the MagSafe for more than 24 hours now...

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Sorry time for a new battery ;-{

Heres the needed part MacBook Air 13" (Late 2010-2017) Battery and the guide MacBook Air 13" Early 2014 Battery Replacement

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MacBook Air 13" (Late 2010-2017) Battery

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Hi Dan, I bought a new battery and followed the manual. Unfortunately, this didn’t help and we have still the same problem. Do you have any idea what else could be the reason?

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Did you let the system charge the battery for a good 10 hours? What is the color of the MagSafe LED? Amber or Green

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