MacBook Air 11 "(mi-2011) material issue"

Hi, I had a MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.6 11 "(mid-2011) a few months ago by my sister. I'm new to Mac, but I've been fixing PC for more than 20 years. Need a little advice on the model of this issue.

Full specs are here MacBook Air (11 inch, mid 2011) - technical specifications

Short story is that the Macbook Air was dead. After buying the screwdriver specialized to open the macbook air, I managed to get out the internal SSD Flashdrive on but as Apple uses customized connectors I had to buy an external case to test the drive and he was DEAD.

So I installed El Capitan on an EXTERNAL drive plugged into the USB. It's a plus for Apple to initialize external drives and a nice feature.

Once I got the macbook air I found following several breakdowns of equipment.

1 SSD drive is dead

2 camera and the Microphone is dead. No facetime.

3 the POWER BUTTON is dead and holding down the macbook air will not shut. (I had to unplug the connector from the motherboard) This allowed me to switch on/off the computer buy pulling on the magsafe power supply.

I have been fixing computers based on Windows for decades and never seen so many parts fail both.    WHAT CAN CAUSE THIS?

At first I thought it was the logic board at fault, but I doubt that is the case. I can only assume a power SURGE or something to do as much damage.

I was hoping to get this up and running for my daughter from school to save money, but unfortunately not the case. The price of all the ssd drive is high and he still has a chance to not work if the logic board is also damaged.

THEN AND MATERIAL SPECIALISTS MACBOOK GOT SOME ADVICE?

It's true that to fix the power button that is dead the keyboard needs to be replaced?

Advice would be useful. For now I am able to use with the base of the cover off and the battery disconnected but is now portable way.

Thank you very much

cinospotts

Like you, I had business with the PC and computers relatively old. You have quite the list, and you probably answered your own question. I have studied logic board only and lives at $ 200-300 min. purchase from a reliable source of Apple pieces. In my opinion.

Put the Mac Air 2011 all back together and its trade.

Refurbished MacBook Air 2015 11 "Apple. $759,00 with Apple 90 days and 1 year Apple Care warranty. All new accessories. Apple shall be their refurb as new Mac for this new experience of the box. Here is a link:

Hz-dual-core-Intel-Core-i5 http://www.Apple.com/Shop/Product/FJVM2LL/A/refurbished-116-inch-MacBook-Air-16g

Nobody here can estimate what your Mac Air recovery value holds, but the Apple Store can discuss with you. I hope this helps!

Bravo!

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