Resurrect dead i5 MacBook Air (early 2015) - can I swap the SSD?

[sandman42]

I have a 13” MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Core i5, early 2015) that died due to a coffee spill accident. Mostly went into the keyboard area, but now it won’t turn on. The logic board and SSD area look ok with the back off. I found working example of the exact same computer on eBay for cheap. Assuming the SSD on my original computer is ok (there’s no evidence of contamination on it or anywhere on that side of the logic board), is it reasonable to think I can put the SSD in the eBay computer and expect it to boot? All I really want to be able to do is get the thing to boot up so I can get the data off it, then go buy a contemporary replacement.

 

[kitKAC]

Get an adapter for the SSD and you can connect it to any Mac to pull off your data, no need for an enitre replacement machine.

 

[Bigwaff]

This enclosure works with SSD from 2013 MBA. Plop it in this

OWC Envoy Pro 1A Portable Enclosure for Apple and OWC SSDs

Add your own Apple SSD from most 2013-2019 Mac models or select OWC SSDs, including Aura Pro X2, Aura N2, and more. Rugged, bus-powered, portable.

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