wifi not working hardware not installed mac book pro

My wifi started to fail this week

first i got disconnected

I couldn't start or stop wifi later I got (no hardware installed)

Is there a way to fix wifi hardware or is this onboard on macbook pro?

I bought a wifi usb asus usb 13 but the drivers do not support captain

what should I do?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3), null

Posted on Jan 20, 2016 5:04 AM

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Jan 20, 2016 5:37 AM in response to CarlosPt

- Try resetting the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

About NVRAM and PRAM

- Try starting in Safe Mode

OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

- Boot to Recovery and repair the startup disk

OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support

Also, can yoo connect via wifi in Recovery? That will help determine if you have a hardware proboem

- If it is repairable reinstall the OSX

How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support

- If you do not have a backup use disk utility to restore the internal disk to an external disk so you can try to recover data.

Then format the startup disk and do a fresh install of OSX

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