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Repair and disassembly information for the 2020 refresh of the MacBook Air model A2179 with an Intel processor that was released in March 2020.

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What part of my laptop is this?

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it looks like it can’t be fixed. 😭

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This is the audio board. It's also the board where the touch ID/power button connects. It's a super common point for liquid damage.

It's very easy to replace the whole board, but Touch ID is more complicated if that was damaged (and I suspect it may have been, even if just the connector). It's paired to your logic board, so installing a new button won't get Touch ID back unless Apple is the one that does the repair. You can use the Audio board replacement guide to get a better look at the whole area.

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MacBook Air 13" (A2179, Early 2020) Audio Daughterboard

$119.99

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Thank you. Do you mean track pad? Because I don’t care about Touch ID since I never programmed it.

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@atticus26 Touch ID lives in the power button, but if you don't use it, then replacing it wouldn't be an issue. I believe the power on/off signal still works even with an unpaired button, so in your case this shouldn't matter.

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