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Macbook Air 2011 Issue
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1570154" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Purchasing something that is sold as "known faulty" is a BIG risk. ESPECIALLY on a computer item like a MacBook Air...where basically nothing inside can be repaired or replaced...without incurring a large expense.</p><p></p><p>Paying a reduced price for a faulty or possible faulty item can have its rewards...since maybe the problem is only software based & not hardware. But...then it is possible that the problem is hardware based...and then you are stuck with what was purchased...a known faulty computer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess this is "semi-positiive"<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />...but maybe what you succeeded in doing is getting this computer back to it's original condition when you first bought it (and before you erased the internal storage). </p><p></p><p>And now it's working...but still has the...<em>"it has a funny 5 mins when installing things..."</em> that the seller mentioned originally.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All not very good signs. Everything points to a hardware issue.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again...not good.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even if you could test the ram/computer further...and you do confirm that the ram is bad...what good is this information going to do you? The ram is not replaceable. The only way to repair/fix things is to replace the logic board...and this is VERY cost prohibitive!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>What you may or may not realize is...laptop/notebook computers suffer damage in two VERY frequent ways:</p><p></p><p>1. Physical abuse (dropping the computer).</p><p>2. Liquid spills.</p><p></p><p>Either one of these things could have happened to this computer...and thus the problems. Is the seller going to tell you this?...probably not. Since if you knew one of these areas was 100% the source of the problem...you never would have purchased it.</p><p></p><p>BELIEVE ME...I've been exactly where you are now.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> You purchased a computer with a problem at a reduced price...and the hope/desire was...maybe the problem is something simple that can be easily resolved via software. And if so...then you have a great computer...purchased at possibly a greatly reduced price.</p><p></p><p>The problem in this case is...it does seem that the computer has hardware problems...and unfortunately on a computer like a MacBook Air (which has VERY few parts that are replaceable)...the repair is not going to be cheap. Most likely the logic board needs to be replaced...and the cost of a replacement logic board is probably more than you paid for the whole computer.</p><p></p><p>About all you can do at this point is sell the computer as a "parts computer". Maybe someone else needs a display, a keyboard, a trackpad, the exterior case, etc.</p><p></p><p>Sorry. Sometimes buying a used (but faulty) computer can work out in your favor...and sometimes not.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1570154, member: 56379"] Purchasing something that is sold as "known faulty" is a BIG risk. ESPECIALLY on a computer item like a MacBook Air...where basically nothing inside can be repaired or replaced...without incurring a large expense. Paying a reduced price for a faulty or possible faulty item can have its rewards...since maybe the problem is only software based & not hardware. But...then it is possible that the problem is hardware based...and then you are stuck with what was purchased...a known faulty computer. I guess this is "semi-positiive":)...but maybe what you succeeded in doing is getting this computer back to it's original condition when you first bought it (and before you erased the internal storage). And now it's working...but still has the...[i]"it has a funny 5 mins when installing things..."[/i] that the seller mentioned originally. All not very good signs. Everything points to a hardware issue.:( Again...not good. Even if you could test the ram/computer further...and you do confirm that the ram is bad...what good is this information going to do you? The ram is not replaceable. The only way to repair/fix things is to replace the logic board...and this is VERY cost prohibitive!:( What you may or may not realize is...laptop/notebook computers suffer damage in two VERY frequent ways: 1. Physical abuse (dropping the computer). 2. Liquid spills. Either one of these things could have happened to this computer...and thus the problems. Is the seller going to tell you this?...probably not. Since if you knew one of these areas was 100% the source of the problem...you never would have purchased it. BELIEVE ME...I've been exactly where you are now.:) You purchased a computer with a problem at a reduced price...and the hope/desire was...maybe the problem is something simple that can be easily resolved via software. And if so...then you have a great computer...purchased at possibly a greatly reduced price. The problem in this case is...it does seem that the computer has hardware problems...and unfortunately on a computer like a MacBook Air (which has VERY few parts that are replaceable)...the repair is not going to be cheap. Most likely the logic board needs to be replaced...and the cost of a replacement logic board is probably more than you paid for the whole computer. About all you can do at this point is sell the computer as a "parts computer". Maybe someone else needs a display, a keyboard, a trackpad, the exterior case, etc. Sorry. Sometimes buying a used (but faulty) computer can work out in your favor...and sometimes not. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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