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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.

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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