My macbook air sort of exploded. I was working on it when suddenly it made a pop sound, turned off and exhaled a smelly smoke. This machine has 2 and a half years.
I called apple support but they said the smoke is OK since there wasn't any fire, and I should take it to a repair shop.

Oh well.

They'll tell you they can't repair it. If you can find a reputable shop that will do board soldering work, they can replace the power components and any damage. Otherwise, you'll likely be looking at apple care or repair.

@Nanl That must be a bloated LiPo battery...

There. New username. SortOfExploded.

> smelly smoke
> smoke is OK since there was not any fire

Ma'am you need to replace your battery quickly.
Also don't try to smell the smelly next time.

*battery completely explodes*

Apple Support: well there's no fire so technically fine, have you tried reinstalling safari

iSmoke

I think it is time to buy a new Mac...

Get ready to hear "water damaged, not covered under apple care".

Go to a reputable repair shop (read: NOT an Apple Store).

@kescherRant HAHA when It is more reliable to go to other store other than the manufacturer XD because they got it all....geeez

Louis Rossmann Repair Group

Your Mac will smell like freshly sanitized hospital after fixing.

- What are computers made of?
- Smoke.
- How can you tell?
- Smoke came out of mine and it stopped working.

macbook bad air

@010001111 I was looking for that

THE MAGIC BLUE DEATH SMOKE!!! causes cancer, ventilate well and grab the surface mount solder kit

@Demolishun badbook air

@linuxxx MacBook Fart?

I'm having bad brain time.

@010001111 i second that. Louis is the new jesus for me

@lanfiro I was able to open it up and inspected battery and board. I spotted a blown capacitor.

I called the number Apple support gave me, out of curiosity (since it's the only one Apple Authorized Service Provider in my city), just to found out @SortOfTested was right. They don't fix it - only replace with new board, which costs 80% of the value I paid for this machine.

I found out 3 places that said they can repair MacBook boards, but I didn't decide where to go yet. Pandemics makes everything more difficult.

Just to quickly explain the misunderstanding - it wasn't smoke. This is how soul looks like on a Mac, they add it in the factory process. All you need to do is to put it back in and it's fixed. Send it to Louis, he did that before.

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