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Repair guides, support, and troubleshooting information for the first 13-inch MacBook Air to feature Apple's Arm-based M1 SoC (with an 8-core CPU and up to an 8-core GPU). Released in November 2020 and identified by model numbers A2337 or EMC 3598.

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Why does my screen turn off when I open the lid fully?

Over the last few months I have found that I cannot open my M1 Air lid more than 90 degrees, or the display turns itself off. To get the display back on I have to close, then reopen the lid. This is very reliable and gets the display back on every time, but recently I cant open the lid more than maybe 80 degrees.

I've noticed that if I place some magnets either side of the keyboad it affects/helps the problem. I've opened the underneath and reseated cable connections but that hasnt helped.

It feels like there is some mis-calibration with the lid open sensor but I cant find a decent answer on how an M1 Air senses how far open or closed the lid is.

I'm out of ideas. Feels like a cheap solution is possible but I'm not sure what that could be!

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Hello Ben, the problem you are having is called flexgate. this happens when the Macs backlight ribbon cable rips slightly after years of open and closing the lid.

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I've had Macs that have suffered from Flexgate - this isnt it. Also 99% sure the M1 air is a different design and nto affected?

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