Hey everyone,
I’ve got a MacBook Air A2179 that got some water damage through the keyboard. Now it powers on, shows the Apple logo, but just stays stuck there — no startup chime, no keyboard backlight, and no progress bar under the Apple logo.
When I try to boot into Internet Recovery (Option + Command + R), the mouse cursor is extremely slow and laggy — like when I lift my finger off the trackpad, the cursor keeps drifting slowly for a second or two.
I opened it up and found some corrosion around the LED driver IC area on the logic board. I cleaned it and even isolated the IC from the mainboard. I also disconnected almost all connectors, including the internal display, and even tried using an external monitor — but the issue didn’t change.
It’s still the same: stuck on the Apple logo, no sound, no progress bar.
Has anyone dealt with a similar issue or have any idea what could be wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!
I’ve got a MacBook Air A2179 that got some water damage through the keyboard. Now it powers on, shows the Apple logo, but just stays stuck there — no startup chime, no keyboard backlight, and no progress bar under the Apple logo.
When I try to boot into Internet Recovery (Option + Command + R), the mouse cursor is extremely slow and laggy — like when I lift my finger off the trackpad, the cursor keeps drifting slowly for a second or two.
I opened it up and found some corrosion around the LED driver IC area on the logic board. I cleaned it and even isolated the IC from the mainboard. I also disconnected almost all connectors, including the internal display, and even tried using an external monitor — but the issue didn’t change.
It’s still the same: stuck on the Apple logo, no sound, no progress bar.
Has anyone dealt with a similar issue or have any idea what could be wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!
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