Faulty logic boards installed in the 2013 MacBook Air?

Just discovered the logic board in my 2013 MacBook Air, only one year old, has to be replaced. Computer will not boot up. Anybody else seeing this problem?

squillo,
A logic board failure can indeed be frustrating! If the computer is within it's one year warranty or you have Apple Care, Apple will be able to take care of you at no charge! I have a few friends with 2013 MacBook Airs with no issues. Can you be more specific about the model. Most of the time Apple will have two to three release refreshes a year and the hardware is different.
Thanks,
Ludeth

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          MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
          1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: (null)
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          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 13:15:5
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499,42 GB (372,12 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) Support
          [not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) Support
          [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.35) Support
          [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.35) Support
          [not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) Support
          [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) Support
          [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) Support
          [not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) Support
          [kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
          [not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) Support
          [not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) Support
          [not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.26) Support
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          [not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMControl (3.2.12) Support
          [not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) Support
          [not loaded] de.novamedia.oem.vodafone.vtp.huawei.cdc (0.0.2) Support
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          [running] de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist Support
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
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          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          MusicManager Support
          Xmarks for Safari Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
          Destinations:
                    My Passport Air [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 465.41 GB
                    Total number of backups: 1
                    Oldest backup: 2014-02-20 22:28:07 +0000
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                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 465.41 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
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               3%          WindowServer
               1%          hidd
               1%          mds_stores
               0%          fontd
               0%          warmd
Top Processes by Memory:
          82 MB          Google Chrome
          52 MB          Google Chrome Helper
          49 MB          mds_stores
          41 MB          Calendar
          33 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          6.03 GB          Free RAM
          998 MB          Active RAM
          97 MB          Inactive RAM
          633 MB          Wired RAM
          522 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs
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