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Blank screen, no boot after hard-drive wipe?

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Was running OS High Sierra on early 2014 MacBook air

The computer was working 100% fine before I formatted the hard-drive

It has never experienced falls, hits, or water damage

Battery and charger components are fine and working accordingly

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Originally the screen displayed the folder with a “?” but I did not have a bootable USB set up yet so I shut it down

After restarting the mac the screen is just a blank blueish-purpleish color

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with:

  • Keyboard backlight - Off
  • Display backlight - On
  • Apple logo on back of Mac - On
  • Fan spinning at normal speed
  • Does not get overly hot if left on
  • No peripherals connected

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Things I’ve already tried:

  • Every possible key combination during and before the boot phase
  • (The only keys that do anything at all are the power button held down and the SMC reset, which fixes nothing)
  • Booting without battery connected and on charger
  • Booting without SSD connected

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Any advice would be appreciated, the nearest apple store is over 2 hours from me and if it is hardware related I cannot afford to replace it at the moment.

Don’t think this will help but will include anyway:

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Screw in SSD has now been put back btw

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Let’s disconnect the MagSafe & battery. Press the power button a good minute. Putting the system on its side with the MagSafe up, Now plug in the MagSafe and press the Option (⌥) key are you getting to the Startup Manager screen?

Reference: Mac startup key combinations

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@danj No luck, I also just tried with the battery plugged in just in case.

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Ouch! Somehow the logic board got damaged.

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@danj I thought the issue may be more serious but do you think it's a bit strange that the logic board would go the same time I wiped my SSD? This all happened within the hours

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Did you unplug the battery before taking the SSD out?

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