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I’ve had my laptop for a little over a year now. Haven’t really had any issues until the last couple of months. I was traveling with my laptop and once I came back home, it refused to switch on. I left it alone for 2 days, and it started working again miraculously. The same thing happened yesterday. I had left my otherwise normal functioning laptop at home, and came back to a dead laptop that wouldn’t start. I left it overnight and it switched on. Once I was done with my work, I switched it off, and the same issue happened. Now after leaving it alone fo a while, it has switched on again.I’m scared to switch it off in case it goes dead again. What exactly is the issue here? Has anyone else faced this.
I went to a repair shop, and they said they found moisture on the logic board. They cleaned the logic board & it is working now.
You talk about having it just over a year did you buy it used? It sounds like your power switch is damaged. Did you have a liquid spill? If you bought it used it might have been the previous owner. What is your warranty coverage? If you have AppleCare + or live in Europe you have coverage for two years. I would see if you can get it fixed under warranty. Update (07/21/2019) At this point the easiest way to fix this is to replace the uppercase MacBook Air 13" (Mid 2013-2017) Upper Case with Keyboard and here’s the guide MacBook Air 13" Early 2015 Upper Case Replacement You could also replace the discreet keyboard which is a bit cheaper but given the amount of work I would recommened sticking with the uppercase replacement if you’ve never replaced the keyboard before.
