Help from the community plz

[lord e55ex]

Hi all

My trusty MacBook Air 2011 has finally given up and died. I am all ready to part ways and put it on eBay, but I wanted to check in with the community.

So the story goes I was backing up to Time Machine and the whole thing just turned off and started bleeping. whenever I tried to turn it back on, more bleeping (you get the gist).

I took it to the Genius Bar and given the age they said its likely the logic board, and the cost to repair by third party likely be more than the device is worth. They did look inside the macbook and couldn’t see anything that could have caused the problem.

So, all I wanted to know, has anyone experienced a similar issue and were you able to fix it?

 

[Audit13]

Remove the bottom casing, disconnect the battery, attach the charger, don't touch the machine, and see if it boots up on its own without being. If it does, shut it down, perform SMC and nvram reset, reboot.

 

[lord e55ex]

Remove the bottom casing, disconnect the battery, attach the charger, don't touch the machine, and see if it boots up on its own without being. If it does, shut it down, perform SMC and nvram reset, reboot.

Gave it a go, still bleeping away. Looks like it’s heading to eBay. Thanks for the input though

 

[Audit13]

Too bad. That beeping is probably due to failed memory.

 

[HDFan]

Here's an article about the beep codes:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht202768

 

[kohlson]

Tke note that the SSD has a "sort of" SATA interface. For less than $20 you can get an adapter to make it work with any SATA port. Or, Target Mode may work...I'm saying this mostly to remind you that you should delete any sensitive information on the disk.