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Replaced battery in MacBook Air Late 2012 & 3 Beeps

Replaced battery in MacBook Air 13” late 2012 and get three beeps and won’t turn on. Been charging for 3 hours and charger light is still orange.

Posted on Jan 4, 2019 11:36 PM

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It’s solved. I was worried the hard drive would be affected when it kept beeing and wouldn’t turn on.


I unplugged the charger and plugged it in again and it was still orange but the lid was closed and the Apple logo lit up for a second then turned off. Then I tried turning it on and it didn’t beep and the keyboard lights turned on but not the screen. I turned it off and turned it on again and it turned on okay.


Why would it have beeped 3 times as I’ve heard it’s to do with RAM but we only replaced the battery?


I really needed this replacement battery. The original one said ‘Replace Battery’ for the last year and a half or more and the battery has been the worst it’s been this past half year. It would almost always say it was at 0% even after it was charged earlier in the day. It was truly a terrible battery and you’d have to have to charge it all the time to use it.

Posted on Jan 5, 2019 12:58 PM

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Jan 5, 2019 12:58 PM in response to callie7575

It’s solved. I was worried the hard drive would be affected when it kept beeing and wouldn’t turn on.


I unplugged the charger and plugged it in again and it was still orange but the lid was closed and the Apple logo lit up for a second then turned off. Then I tried turning it on and it didn’t beep and the keyboard lights turned on but not the screen. I turned it off and turned it on again and it turned on okay.


Why would it have beeped 3 times as I’ve heard it’s to do with RAM but we only replaced the battery?


I really needed this replacement battery. The original one said ‘Replace Battery’ for the last year and a half or more and the battery has been the worst it’s been this past half year. It would almost always say it was at 0% even after it was charged earlier in the day. It was truly a terrible battery and you’d have to have to charge it all the time to use it.

Replaced battery in MacBook Air Late 2012 & 3 Beeps

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