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Use hardware test mode directly on latest MacBook pro
Authored by: wallybear on Tue, Jun 17 2008 at 8:27AM PDT

All new Macs have Hardware Test embedded in EFI.
If you install an old rEFIt you will see these additional partitions for every drive you have the system on (in newer rEFIt you can show them pressing F2); non need of the system disk inserted.