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Hardware Test in Yosemite?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I have an older MacBook Pro (2009) running the most recent version of Yosemite. Is there a way to run a Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostic test? Holding down the D (or Option+D) doesn't work on my older MacBook Pro, and booting into Recovery mode simply gives me the option of using Disk Utility.
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17" MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 320G HD | 8 GB RAM | 10.10.3
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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It should be there still. Perhaps a silly point to make, but you have to turn the MBP completely off, then turn it on and immediately after press D, holding it down until the AHT symbol shows up. I also think you should use the built-in keyboard on an MBP.
If you still have an optical drive, you can also trigger it using the install discs. Insert the "Applications Install Disc 2" and do the same thing as above (turn off, back on, hold D).
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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From what I have been able to discover, the install disk is required for a MacBook Pro as old as mine. My optical drive died years ago. I have two external optical drives, but wasn't able to complete the test on either of them. I was able to boot up into the AHT and actually start the test, but it only went a few seconds before completely stopping. Everything was unresponsive. I had to hold down the power button to restart. That happened on both external drives. So much for that. Anybody aware of any other options?
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17" MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 320G HD | 8 GB RAM | 10.10.3
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Moderator Join Date: Apr 2000
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If it has booted, the external optical should not affect things. I suspect that the act that your computer freezes in AHT is a good indication that something is wrong with your hardware. I would start experimenting with pulling DIMMs.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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