Apple Hardware Test at Startup

I restarted my computer and it is not seeing the startup disc. Ran disk utility through C drive boot disk, but now when I reboot I get a screen with the Apple Hardware test icon, a right arrow icon, what looks like the refresh screen icon and the CD disc icon (with an X). The b/w clock cycles for a bit then nothing. Disk utility did its verify and repair tasks and indicated repairs were made.
Suggestions on a next step to get the computer to boot up?

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    Although several reasonnaably reliable sources (including such page as http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1533 ) mention that pressing 'D' at startup will invoke the Apple Hardware Test startup option, at leats on my Macbook Pro 2011 with OSX Lion, EFI 2.8 it is really 'ALT-D' that invokes AHT not 'D'. Pressing the 'D' at startup simply seems to hangs bootup until I release the key.

    OS X Lion- About OS X Recovery
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  • Cannot start-up to the Apple Hardware Test — MacBook Pro & Lion

    Whenever I try holding the D key before and throughout all of the start-up process, it simply makes the grey screen appear for longer, and slow the whole process... but never beings the Apple Hardware Test.
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    Apple is the keeper of the error codes. If you have access to an Apple Store, you could probably ask about this.
    Don't know about the other intermittent problems. Does an external keyboard work? If so, there's likely a problem with the internal, maybe even again, a cable or connection.
    You could also try creating a new use account and see if the keyboard and mouse problems persist. If not, there could be some sort of software corruption in your usual account. Ditto with the freezing.
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    AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
    Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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    0x1cfb3d88 : 0x19b3a4 (0x1cfb3da0 0x4b00d0 0x1cfb3dc8 0x4)
    0x1cfb3e58 : 0x3c10b5 (0x37de760 0x378bdc0 0x1cfb3e88 0x389d2b)
    0x1cfb3e88 : 0x38af5f (0x37de760 0x378bdc0 0x1cfb3eb8 0x38998b)
    0x1cfb3eb8 : 0x38ed6e (0x3821f00 0x37602c0 0x37de764 0x3821f08)
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