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The new I/O board works, but only when the battery isn't plugged in to the logic board. I decided to get the I/O board first and it finally arrived a few days ago.Īfter installing it, I'm left with more questions. Up to now, it's really looking like the Logic board and/or I/O board and cable might not be working properly. Same result: it works off the AC, but no battery. I scrubbed away with the toothbrush and alcohol and let it dry for another week. The solder was fine, but there was rust on half of the connectors. I was concerned I may have damaged it while unplugging the battery the first time I disassembled it. I took another look at the logic board, this time focusing around the battery connector. Best I could do was boot off a Debian DVD and use those logs, which reported that there's no battery and nothing more. It was running Mountain Lion, but I downgraded to Snow Leopard (complete clean install) in an attempt to run some diagnostic software. Since it's a used machine, I don't have the USB stick that came with the 2010 MBAs. But before I bought more parts, I wanted to see what the computer had to say, so to speak. Someone on another board sugested it might be the I/O board and/or I/O cable. I did notice that while the computer boots and works fine off the AC, it does take anywhere from 5-10 seconds to hear the chime. Ordered a "new" one on eBay (a used one pulled from a MacBook Air) and tried that, same result. I checked the battery and it had corrosion (on the cable mostly) and figured it was probably dead. With the "new" topcase, the MBA booted up, hurray!īut no battery. My guess was a fried keyboard, so I replaced the topcase (was gonna do it anyway as the old keyboard was a little grimy). After putting it all back together, the machine still wouldn't boot. I didn't give it an alcohol bath as I wasn't sure if it was recomended for these guys. There was a bit and I spent a few days cleaning it off with a kids' toothbrush and 99% alcohol. My first step was to open it up and look for corrosion. This has always been a learning project, and getting a fully functional computer was always a nice little bonus. This summer, I decided to try my hand at fixing a MacBook Air (I figured it couldn't be worse than a fourth generation iPod touch) and picked up a used 2010 model (1.8ghz/2gb) with water damage.
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I love to fix broken things, and have had some success with iPhones, iPod Touches, Powerbooks and a Mac Pro. I'll start at the beginning and try to have as much detail as possible. I've read several threads here and on other sites regarding batteries that aren't being recognized (done the SMC resets, heated the charger, etc) with no luck. I have unsuccessfully tried to find a solution to my MacBook Air's current situation.