User profile for user: MatthewLotus
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Mac PRO 5,1 Apple hardware test MISSING

I have had this problem for awhile, apple support has been pretty useless in aiding me as everyone i speak to on the phone seems to know less about this issue than i do myself, which is super frustrating.


APPLE HARDWARE TEST FILES ARE COMPLETELY GONE.

i need to find a way to reinstall the apple hardware test, i have a mac pro 5,1. it was shipped in june 2012, it came with os X lion.

I've installed pacifist, i cannot find CPU_AHT or even CPUHELPFILES. (research has shown this is the solution to my issue)


i have done all provided troubleshooting options apple support gave me (the usual crap they tell everyone to do when they don't know what they're talking about)


Please help ASAP. i would like to run this hardware test to determine if there is any damage to my parts after a pretty serious tumblr it took while being moved (luckily in the original, massive foam padded box)

Mac Pro (Mid 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Dec 12, 2016 7:26 PM

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User profile for user: K Shaffer
K Shaffer
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Dec 12, 2016 10:29 PM in response to MatthewLotus

Although I've not tried the link to see if it works, from a website where several

versions of older Apple Hardware Tests are archived, this was among others:


MacPro5,1 Mac-F221BEC8 (this is a .dmg image file -- see more info below)


Read the following site to see if the additional info there may be required to be

able to use this information. There is a bit of other stuff there, that may apply.


Link to site where archives are located has some helpful info on how to use it.

•GitHub - AppleHardwareTest - Download links:

https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest


Above says you have options on how to use these tests.


Main topic for intel-based pre- June 2013 Mac hardware tests:

•Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support


Later models, after 06/2013 use Apple Diagnostics with different instructions.

•Using Apple Diagnostics - Apple Support


Hopefully this may help your troubleshooting issues, to resolve the problem.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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