MacBook Air logic board repair for the trade

MacBook Airs fail differently to Pros. No fans means thermal stress shows up in different places, and the thin chassis makes port and liquid damage common. Either way, the repair path is the same: component-level work on the original board, at a fixed price, for UK trade customers only.

Fixed price

£120 + VAT per logic board repair

Priority slot

£180 + VAT: diagnosed in 1 working day, back within 2

Diagnosis

£35 + VAT, waived when the repair goes ahead

Warranty

12 months on parts and labour

What fails on MacBook Air boards

• Completely dead after charging problems: the Air's single port carries everything, so port faults hit harder
• Charging faults: USB-C port damage, the power controller behind it, or the charging circuit itself
• Liquid damage: spills reach the board fast in a fanless, tightly packed chassis
• No backlight or no image: the board side of a black screen, often a fuse or driver rather than the panel
• Storage faults: "no bootable device" messages on machines whose SSD is soldered to the board
• Damage from a drop or a previous repair: torn pads, cracked joints, bent chassis pressuring the board

Apple Silicon and Intel Airs, both eras

Intel-era Airs (2013–2020) and the M-series machines that followed are different boards with different failure modes, and both are regulars at the bench. On Apple Silicon machines, the storage is soldered and encrypted by design, which is exactly why fixing the board is usually the way the customer's data comes back. That path is spelled out in data from a dead laptop.

What to check before you post it

Start with MacBook won't turn on for no-power jobs, and MacBook not charging for port and charging faults. Ten minutes of triage that tells you (and the customer) what the job really is. Then send the complete machine; it is tested against a real battery, port and display before it goes back.