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MacBook Air 2013 troubles
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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 1670847" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>I have never seen an OS problem causing the fault description you have described. Go ahead and reinstall the OS, I suspect the fault will in time reoccur. </p><p></p><p>In all instances I've seen when repeated SMC resets have been required the logic board is failing. As mentioned above, if the MBA is working no diagnostics will identify a problem. If you had AppleCare it would have been straight forward to replace the logic board, out of warranty intermittent faults pose problems. If Apple or an AASP replaced your logic board as the most likely cause of failure, and by some obscure chance it didn't fix the problem, they are not able to reinstall your original logic board and you would obviously demand a refund. Therefore they will be reluctant to suggest the logic board is failing, unless you accept, likely in writing, that the logic board is only being replaced as the most likely cause of failure and no refund will be offered. If the fault was solid there would be no problem. It's a difficult situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 1670847, member: 98520"] I have never seen an OS problem causing the fault description you have described. Go ahead and reinstall the OS, I suspect the fault will in time reoccur. In all instances I've seen when repeated SMC resets have been required the logic board is failing. As mentioned above, if the MBA is working no diagnostics will identify a problem. If you had AppleCare it would have been straight forward to replace the logic board, out of warranty intermittent faults pose problems. If Apple or an AASP replaced your logic board as the most likely cause of failure, and by some obscure chance it didn't fix the problem, they are not able to reinstall your original logic board and you would obviously demand a refund. Therefore they will be reluctant to suggest the logic board is failing, unless you accept, likely in writing, that the logic board is only being replaced as the most likely cause of failure and no refund will be offered. If the fault was solid there would be no problem. It's a difficult situation. [/QUOTE]
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