Macbook Air dropped.

Frank Bullitt

Hi all,

I had the beautiful experience of dropping my MacBook Air on the ground today, there are some superficial marks on the case but she is still working well.

I picked up the laptop after streaming some stuff on the TV and the base feels warm, not sure if it is just me thinking it is warmer than normal or if the fan was damaged in the fall, as it is the only moving part.

There is no rattling or anything of that sort, so I am just wondering if there is a way to run a diagnostic on the computer to be safe?

Thanks.

Zcott

It's no fun dropping a laptop :-( Here's an article by Apple about the built in hardware diagnostics:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

Frank Bullitt

Just noticed that it is cool again now, so it might have been a little warm from streaming the TV.

Zcott

Hopefully so, let us know how you get on.

moc moc a moc

It's probably fine. The most vulnerable part of laptops is usually the hard drive, but Mac Airs (and decent PC laptops) use solid-state drives which are close to immune to damage by dropping.

anothernight

Meh, I've dropped my 2009, non SSD macbook pro many times (a few times on its corners!) and it's still working perfectly. So I bet your laptop is fine

Frank Bullitt

All is well, I am a lucky boy.

Nonoperational

You are, but they are resilient little things.