I can't seem to run a hardware diagnostics on my MacBook Pro.
I recently had an issue with the Wi-Fi hardware on my MacBook. I wasn't able to view any local networks. Instead, the menu option stated that there was an issue with my wireless hardware. I resterted my MacBook and the issue persisted. My computer also went to sleep and I wasn't able to wake it up. Since then, everything is back to normal and functioning properly. I searched some articles on the support site on how to run the diagnostics at startup, but holding down the D key doesn't do anything. I'm currently running the latest version of Mavericks (10.9) and I have a 15-inch, mid 2010 MacBook Pro. Is there something missing that's causing me not to have the on-board diagnostics available to me? Is there even a way to check for something liek that? Any advice is greatly appreciated in advance.
ChrisJ1927,
with Mid 2010 MacBook Pros, you’ll need to use the Apple Hardware Test that came on the model-specific grey installation DVDs that originally came in the box. The diagnostic tools on the Recovery Partition aren’t usable on MacBook Pros that were originally equipped with Snow Leopard or before.
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