Airport Card appears to be uninstalled on MacBook Pro

Hey Folks,
I was attempting to help a friend who recently purchased a MacBook Pro off ebay update the software on his computer. After downloading a number of firmware updates and OS software updates his Airport stopped working. It appears that his airport card is no longer installed, however we did nothing to the card itself. I attempted to find support on-line on apple's web site under airports and installing airport cards, but nothing would appear when I typed "installing airport cards" in the search window. Where do I go to check the airport antenna on his MacBook Pro? In the network preferences the airport is grayed out, so it is not possible to turn it back on. Please disregard the laptop model in my user information. The information there is my computer and not my friends.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
You have a Mid 2010 15-inch MacBook Pro, which supports 8 GB of memory. Your MacBook Pro requires 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM. You can have a look at all the memory specs in this site > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US#link2
You can buy more RAM at OWC or Crucial > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3 You can buy RAM from other sources, but if you buy RAM from these two websites, you can be sure that the RAM will work with your Mac.
If you want to have a look at other brands, Corsair and a lot of manufacturers sell Mac-compatible RAM > http://www.corsair.com/us/memory-by-product-family/mac-memory-upgrades.html

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