Battery Disconnect

Escrito Por: Adam O'Camb

Comentários: 12

Dificuldade

Moderate

Passos

Tempo necessário

No estimate

Introdução

Prerequisite-only guide to disconnect the battery in a 2019 MacBook Air.

Ferramentas

Passo 1

Peel back the tape covering the battery connector enough to reveal the connector underneath.

There was no tape covering the battery connector on my 2018 MacBook Air.

Alexander -

Passo 2

Use a spudger to slide the battery connector parallel to the logic board and out of its socket on the logic board.

Before the battery can be fully disconnected, the battery disconnect button needs to be held down. There is a gold button just above the battery socket, along with a small LED much like the 12” machines. Once this has been held down and the LED has switched off it is safe to remove the battery.

Aaron Dalziel - 08/12/20

This seems like an important step?

maccentric - 28/02/21

Also, seems like this should be done after the battery is disconnected, not before? Otherwise, wouldn’t the battery re-charge it?

maccentric -

What if the white LED dosent light up after pressing the yellow button again?

Iron05 -

I just performed this repair on my late 2018 mac air. I did click the gold button but saw no LED illuminated or otherwise. Question- after reassembly does the button get pressed again to connect the battery? Please clarify if this button is to be pressed and if it needs pressing again after the repair.

All said - I pressed again after the battery connector clicked, assembled the back and all worked perfectly. The original issue was one dead port (no charge, no communication). The battery charge lightening bold icon was acting funny too. Genuis bar guy in Naperville said it was likely a logic board too. But it was not. The port was apparently confusing the logic board with regards to the charge function. Thanks Adam for saving me $440 and sending my computer back to Apple. I am 71 yrs young - who says an old dog can’t learn new tricks with good training!!

William Lane - 13/07/21

I didn't see Aaron's comment before completing the battery replacement. Afterwards, the computer would not turn on despite multiple SMC reset procedures. Upon double-checking the comments I see the importance of pressing the gold button. I pressed the gold button before disconnecting the new battery, then pressed it again after reconnecting for good measure. Computer booted!

It would be good of iFixit to add this important step as most people probably don't open up every single comment on (seemingly) simple steps.

Corey Matsumoto -

Seconding Corey's comment. If paid more attention to the comment section, I would have avoided 15-30 minutes of panic. (BTW I did not notice any LED, but the golden button was easy to find).

Lorenzo Sorbo -

Where is the gold button? I replaced my battery and my laptop will not start

Candace Williams -

Where is the white LED you are referring to?

Sam -

Well... I have a 2018 MacBook Air and just replaced the battery. I did not see this comment about pressing a gold button. I took pictures during disassembly and it is only now that I see the gold button. Even thought I did not press the magic gold button all is working fine. I have had no issues with re-boot or battery charging since replacement. One suggestion though is when reconnecting the battery, make sure you feel a click when you re-insert the connector into the socket.

Alexander -

One note when reassembing, be sure to press down lightly on the plug with the spudger, so that it fully slides into the socket on the logic board.

Thomas Ventimiglia -