Hi everyone!
I have a nasty issue after doing the following swaps on my A1466 2014 Macbook Air 13"
— new (used) I/O port to replace a headphone jack that got jammed up somehow
— new (used) upper case as a replacement for the keyboard, which for a while had non operational 1-9 number keys.
— new battery (just because)
I made the changes by following an iFixit guide for the upper case replacement and was as careful as I could be.
Everything worked ok at first, except for the sound. The sound devices (audio output/input) were not recognized in the audio settings pane. They just didn't appear. Furthermore, on a test google hangouts call, music I was playing was going through as if it was my microphone audio!!! I still don't get what happened. I re-opened the computer and saw that the mic cable wasn't as thoroughly in as it could have been. I adjusted. After boot the audio worked, as did the mic.
However, it'll work and then not work. I can't tell what changes, other than me opening and closing the mac. Is it possible that a cable is being tensioned with the hinge opening and closing? Could me not using gloves have gotten some oils on the logic board?
Does this sound to you like a cable issue or perhaps a logic board or I/O cable issue?
Thank you for any advice, community! I miss my audio already.
I have a nasty issue after doing the following swaps on my A1466 2014 Macbook Air 13"
— new (used) I/O port to replace a headphone jack that got jammed up somehow
— new (used) upper case as a replacement for the keyboard, which for a while had non operational 1-9 number keys.
— new battery (just because)
I made the changes by following an iFixit guide for the upper case replacement and was as careful as I could be.
Everything worked ok at first, except for the sound. The sound devices (audio output/input) were not recognized in the audio settings pane. They just didn't appear. Furthermore, on a test google hangouts call, music I was playing was going through as if it was my microphone audio!!! I still don't get what happened. I re-opened the computer and saw that the mic cable wasn't as thoroughly in as it could have been. I adjusted. After boot the audio worked, as did the mic.
However, it'll work and then not work. I can't tell what changes, other than me opening and closing the mac. Is it possible that a cable is being tensioned with the hinge opening and closing? Could me not using gloves have gotten some oils on the logic board?
Does this sound to you like a cable issue or perhaps a logic board or I/O cable issue?
Thank you for any advice, community! I miss my audio already.
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