Need to perform a hardware test, but pressing D during startup is fruitless

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Need to perform a hardware test, but pressing D during startup is fruitless

I've got some sort of glitch I need to work through. I'm assuming it's hardware related, and I directly suspect the GPU, or maybe a lose connection thereto (symptoms are coming and going). Symptoms coincided directly with an OSX update to 10.9.4, but that might just be incidental. Unfortunately, upon startup, I can't load into the Hardware Tester/Diagnostics tool... pressing 'D' during startup leads me to looking at a grey screen for about half a minute, then the MBP just decides to load into OSX. I've tried to perform this test about ten times now - same result each time.

Here's a couple of pictures of my screen when the issue is playing up. It's obviously rendering the computer unusable:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh230/ravenhaller/IMG_0290_zps1166b6b2.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh230/ravenhaller/IMG_0293_zps67c6c3fb.jpg

I'm trying for a combo update reinstall of 10.9.4 right now. But if you have any other advice i'm all ears.

Posted on Jul 12, 2014 6:30 PM

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Che_Guitarra Author

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Jul 12, 2014 6:32 PM in response to Che_Guitarra

Oh yeah. Early 2011 MBP, 2.2G i7 quad, 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD.

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Jul 12, 2014 6:46 PM in response to Che_Guitarra

First image ... maybe a graphics card problem.

Have you tried restoring OS X using OS X Recovery??

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Che_Guitarra Author

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Jul 12, 2014 7:49 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Yes. In one of those photos i've provided it's the OSX recovery screen that is bugging out. I seem to have a 50/50 hit rate in getting through - like I said - the symptoms are coming and going. Once within OSX recovery menu i've fired up disk utilities to make sure i'm not dealing with a dying HD - disk utility is suggesting my HD is in perfect health and perfect working order.

I just followed through with reinstalling the 10.9.4 combo update too - I still can't perform a hardware test.

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