Sounds like it is possible to remove the SSD. iFixit has instructions
for both the 11" and 13" models:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+11-Inch+Mid+2012+Solid-State+Drive+Replacement/12351
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+13-Inch+Mid+2012+Solid-State+Drive+Replacement/10961
Those guides are under the assumption you want to pull out the old SSD
to upgrade it. In this case you want to pull it out to try and recover
the contents. If you're daring enough to go this far then you'll need to
mount the drive in an enclosure to hook it back up to another machine
and find out what's on there still. OWC sells an external MacBook SSD
drive enclosure for about $50:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MAU3ENVOY/
So you could get one of those, install the questionable SSD drive in
there and then connect it via USB to another Mac and hope for the best.
CB
On 1/13/14 3:12 AM, Vic wrote:
This is a mid-2012 model.
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 2:45:30 PM UTC-8, Vic wrote:
Hello all.
One of the most ordinary situations but the one I need your help
with (especially if you live in California).
My wife spilled some coffee on her Macbook Air and, naturally, the
machine stopped working.
At first, the machine wouldn't boot up, but after a day or so it
eventually did. However, now we are getting three long
(repetitive) beeps, blank screen and no further activity. In
reading various forums (those on ifix.com <http://ifix.com> as
well), we discovered that the hardware problem could be anything
from a thermal paste that needs to be reapplied to possible
problems with RAM module. In any case, it's a hardware issue, most
likely.
unfortunately, her machine was not hooked to a Time Capsule, a
mistake we now realized, but it's too late to worry about it now.
We went to a local Apple store but they told us that the national
repair store will be replacing the whole board, most likely, and
will not be taking care of our data.
So, questions:
- does anybody know a place where I could send the machine to be
inspected first? Perhaps there is an easy fix and no need for the
board replacement.
- If we do have to go the data recovery route, has anyone done
that and how reliable such a process is? Will they actually
recover your whole OS or just certain files?
Thanks for any ideas, pointers and suggestions.
Best,
Vic
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