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Mac Air 2011 Beeping 3 times with Black screen

My macbook air (July 2011) screen was blinking/flashing while in use (was plugged in with 100% charge) & screen went blank and now doesn’t get switched ON but only beeps multiple times (3 times i think) when I press power button. None of the known fixes work. Could you suggest something?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 24, 2020 2:45 PM

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Mar 25, 2020 7:36 AM in response to rachit1289

Three beeps, pause, repeat: RAM failure.

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Mar 24, 2020 2:50 PM in response to rachit1289

I'd at least reseat the memory. If that did not work then I'd either reseat the internal hard drive or better yet swap it for an SSD.

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Mar 25, 2020 3:47 PM in response to rachit1289

Perhaps, but you will need to Contact Support to determine if a better solution exists. MacBook Air memory is not user-replaceable.

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rachit1289 Author

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Mar 25, 2020 5:03 AM in response to DonH49

Has a 4GB non removable RAM and 128GB SSD

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rachit1289 Author

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Mar 25, 2020 3:40 PM in response to John Galt

Is there a solution without having to change the laptop?

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