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Need help! Macbook Pro Mid 2010 (WIFI: No hardware installed)

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greatmacky

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Oct 10, 2020
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Hey guys!

Desperately need help on how I can fix my Macbook Pro's wifi. All of a sudden, I got a "No hardware installed" on my wifi. All help will be greatly appreciated.

My Mac is a Macbook Pro Mid 2010.

Thanks a lot in advance!
 
Do you have Bluetooth? Wifi and Bluetooth may be on the same card.

If the wifi card is bad, get a cheap usb dongle that works with Mac to quickly get wifi access.
 
Audit13 said:
Do you have Bluetooth? Wifi and Bluetooth may be on the same card.

If the wifi card is bad, get a cheap usb dongle that works with Mac to quickly get wifi access.
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As per checking, my bluetooth is working as I tried my Airpods. It appears it's isolated to the wifi only.
 
Have you tried running wireless diagnostics to see if it finds anything?
Hold down the option key and press on the wifi icon then you'll see the diagnostics tab in the drop down list along with a lot more detailed information.
It might well find something.
I assume you have another device that can find the wifi networks so you've excluded that half of things.
 
Ruggy said:
Have you tried running wireless diagnostics to see if it finds anything?
Hold down the option key and press on the wifi icon then you'll see the diagnostics tab in the drop down list along with a lot more detailed information.
It might well find something.
I assume you have another device that can find the wifi networks so you've excluded that half of things.
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Already did that but that didn't find anything from the Diagnostics.
 
Just an update. I did try to reinstall the OS (had problems with it though too), but still my wifi is not working. It doesn't show any wifi adapters anymore. And also, whenever I restart my macbook pro, it won't boot up anymore unless i perform the SMC reset (holding the ctrl+option and shift keys).

What do you guys think is the problem? Did I mess up somewhere or anything?

Desperately need your help guys. Thanks!
 
Sounds pure hardware, repair logic board if you can find a capable local shop that charges $200-300, otherwise buy a new machine as your logic board costs $500 to replace
 
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