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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1570165" data-attributes="member: 56379">Yes...some of the info I mentioned may seem harsh...but true.&nbsp; I speak from a lot of personal experience.&nbsp; I most recently purchased a 2011 iMac that wasn't supposed to have any problems.&nbsp; Then when I met with the seller...a problem developed.&nbsp; But the computer seemed to work properly in all respects...so I took a chance (great price).Got it home...tried every software trick in the book that I knew.&nbsp; Still no solution to the problem.&nbsp; Long story short...I worked on it an entire weekend (3 days).&nbsp; The problem eventually turned out to be a lousy $5.00 bad hard drive SATA cable (which I had an extra one laying around).&nbsp; Problem solved!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Safe mode is a situation where the computer is operating on a reduced set of instructions.&nbsp; So maybe something isn't being triggered (or triggered as often) to cause the problem(s) to surface.From what I'm reading...it does sound like this computer has a hardware issue.&nbsp; Can I be 100% positive...no (since I don't have it in front of me).&nbsp; But from the various software things that you have done...it does sound like a hardware issue.Remember the iMac example I mentioned above.&nbsp; The iMac was taken to Best Buy by me and the seller of the iMac (2 times)...for the &quot;Geek Squad&quot; to work on.&nbsp; They replaced the internal hard drive twice!&nbsp; After the 2nd time...the &quot;Geek Squad&quot; declared that the logic board was bad.&nbsp; But as I discovered (very fortunately)...it was just a bad $5.00 SATA cable.Unfortunately with a MacBook Air...you don't have nearly the flexibility to swap/replace parts like can be done on a older iMac.&nbsp; The only thing you really can do is...swap out the logic board.&nbsp; But logic boards for MBA's are not cheap...so this is not easily done.&nbsp; And even if you were willing &amp; able to purchase an expensive replacement logic board...and it did solve the problems.&nbsp; The purchase price of the MacBook Air + the purchase price of the replacement logic board...would almost definitely exceed the current used value of what a 100% working 2011 11&quot; MacBook Air is worth.- Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1570165, member: 56379"] Yes...some of the info I mentioned may seem harsh...but true. I speak from a lot of personal experience. I most recently purchased a 2011 iMac that wasn't supposed to have any problems. Then when I met with the seller...a problem developed. But the computer seemed to work properly in all respects...so I took a chance (great price). Got it home...tried every software trick in the book that I knew. Still no solution to the problem. Long story short...I worked on it an entire weekend (3 days). The problem eventually turned out to be a lousy $5.00 bad hard drive SATA cable (which I had an extra one laying around). Problem solved!:) Safe mode is a situation where the computer is operating on a reduced set of instructions. So maybe something isn't being triggered (or triggered as often) to cause the problem(s) to surface. From what I'm reading...it does sound like this computer has a hardware issue. Can I be 100% positive...no (since I don't have it in front of me). But from the various software things that you have done...it does sound like a hardware issue. Remember the iMac example I mentioned above. The iMac was taken to Best Buy by me and the seller of the iMac (2 times)...for the "Geek Squad" to work on. They replaced the internal hard drive twice! After the 2nd time...the "Geek Squad" declared that the logic board was bad. But as I discovered (very fortunately)...it was just a bad $5.00 SATA cable. Unfortunately with a MacBook Air...you don't have nearly the flexibility to swap/replace parts like can be done on a older iMac. The only thing you really can do is...swap out the logic board. But logic boards for MBA's are not cheap...so this is not easily done. And even if you were willing & able to purchase an expensive replacement logic board...and it did solve the problems. The purchase price of the MacBook Air + the purchase price of the replacement logic board...would almost definitely exceed the current used value of what a 100% working 2011 11" MacBook Air is worth. - Nick [/QUOTE]

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