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MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 Problems
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Im happy you are, but im not in the least bit. Im enraged apple wont even acknowledge this issue, i think the only way to get this going anywhere is with legal action.
I'm trying to get my firmware back to a previous version by following the instructions on this thread but I keep getting an error message when it tries to write to the USB memory.
It says "An error (-34) occurred while copying (No space left on device)"
I've tried two USB memory sticks and both had the same result. They have just been formatted as per the instructions so there's nothing else on them and plenty of space.
What's the problem?
Is there another way to get these files onto the USB drive?
It says "An error (-34) occurred while copying (No space left on device)"
I've tried two USB memory sticks and both had the same result. They have just been formatted as per the instructions so there's nothing else on them and plenty of space.
What's the problem?
Is there another way to get these files onto the USB drive?
I've done it a number of times, going back and forth between 1.6 and 1.7. To go to 1.6 I put the software on a USB drive. If you don't have an extra USB drive hanging around, but if you do have one that you use as a backup for instance, you can erase that drive and partition it. Make a large partition and a tiny one. Use the tiny one for your 1.6 restore drive. You will boot from it by holding the Option key during the boot process. Use the large partition to clone your Mac's HD to assuming that is what you had been using it for in the first place.
This way you still have a clone in case something goes wrong and you have a USB drive which works every time, at least for me, to restore the EFI 1.6 software.
I don't own a HD that has not been partitioned. It comes in handy so often to be able to make extra bootable drives for various reasons.
My experience with flash memory cards of various types has been that they are not consistent in many regards. I have no idea why it will work on one type and not another. I was suggesting to use a bootable USB external hard drive because that should work.
I couldn't seem to get it on a USB drive either, so I just burned it to a cd and then held down the "C" button on startup, worked flawlessly.
Still get BeachBalls and Insert-Hang-Detections with EFI Firmware 1.6
Hi Folks,
just downgraded to the recommended EFI Firmware 1.6, which was posted here. I the latest MB Pro 13" from June/July 2009.
And I have still beachballs and freezes and of course this log messages:
Seems as this fix doesn't help.
Cheers.
Hi Folks,
just downgraded to the recommended EFI Firmware 1.6, which was posted here. I the latest MB Pro 13" from June/July 2009.
And I have still beachballs and freezes and of course this log messages:
Code:
Sep 19 22:44:17 iah Software Update[304]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:36.400365, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: NO
Sep 19 22:44:18 iah Software Update[304]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:23.449423, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: NOSeems as this fix doesn't help.
Cheers.
What brand/capacity/etc hard drive is currently installed in your machine? May be able to help you out.
This is my drive. It's not new. It worked like a charm with Leopard.
SAMSUNG HM320JI:
Capacity: 320,07 GB (320.072.933.376 bytes)
Model: SAMSUNG HM320JI
Revision: 2SS00_01
Serial Number: S16LJD0Q718225
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Capacity: 319,73 GB (319.728.959.488 bytes)
Available: 29,96 GB (29.959.438.336 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Capacity: 320,07 GB (320.072.933.376 bytes)
Model: SAMSUNG HM320JI
Revision: 2SS00_01
Serial Number: S16LJD0Q718225
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Capacity: 319,73 GB (319.728.959.488 bytes)
Available: 29,96 GB (29.959.438.336 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
I have a new 15" MBP 2.53GHz with the same drive. I never had any problem even with the 1.7 that it came with. I only got problems after installing an SSD so I am using the stock Hitachi drive until Apple or Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or whoever might be interested provides us with a fix.
However, I have noticed that I get 9% faster disk performance as measured with Xbench when using 1.6 than when using 1.7 firmware. So, I am using 1.6 for that reason alone.
Has anyone tried the suggestion made by forum user KiD0M4N at this link?
http://www.erodov.com/forums/13-15-macbook-pro-owners-still-plagued-sata-ii-issues/24807.html
"I had noticed that a few times... basically the OS being over jealous at times with the HDD power savings.
Using HDAPM and setting the HDD to high performance mode solved it for me. Just another day in the Macworld. Unfortunately, most of the Mac users are not tech savvy enough to figure all that out. Waiting for Apple to package something up and present it."
http://www.erodov.com/forums/13-15-macbook-pro-owners-still-plagued-sata-ii-issues/24807.html
"I had noticed that a few times... basically the OS being over jealous at times with the HDD power savings.
Using HDAPM and setting the HDD to high performance mode solved it for me. Just another day in the Macworld. Unfortunately, most of the Mac users are not tech savvy enough to figure all that out. Waiting for Apple to package something up and present it."
After reading this thread, I was scared to install my old WD 320GB drive in my 13" that is five days old running SL. I did that two days ago and it's been absolutely perfect.
It's a Scorpio Blue drive that I originally bought just over a year ago for a black MacBook that I no longer have. It's been in my MBP for two days now.
It's a Scorpio Blue drive that I originally bought just over a year ago for a black MacBook that I no longer have. It's been in my MBP for two days now.
If you read this thread you'd think all MBP's with 1.7 are having problems. That's not true. I have a 13MBP purchased in August and I've had a Scorpio Black 320 7200, Scorpio Blue 500 and an Intel X25 G2 all installed and working at one time or another without a single hitch. Presently running the X25 & Scorpio Blue concurrently and don't have spinning beach balls, system slowdowns or decreased MBPS throughput.
With the randomness of these problems, I'm leaning more to a hardware issue than 1.7 alone. I'm curious if anyone has replaced the flimsy ass black ribbon that connects the main drive bay to the motherboard?
With the randomness of these problems, I'm leaning more to a hardware issue than 1.7 alone. I'm curious if anyone has replaced the flimsy ass black ribbon that connects the main drive bay to the motherboard?
я выложил на этот форум снимки экрана с понижением прошивки 1.7 на 1,6 на моём macbook проблемы с прошивкой 1,6 пляжных мячей нет, но я получаю тормоза в играх warcraft и cs . позже я купил новый hdd диск WD 500 и обновил прошивку до 1,7 в итоге тормоза исчезли и я не имею пляжных мячей более 6 ти дней!!!
I posted this message on the forum screen shots with a decrease in the 1.7 firmware 1.6 on my macbook problems with firmware 1.6 there is no beach balls, but I get the brakes in the games warcraft and cs. later I bought a new hdd drive WD 500 and updated the firmware to 1.7 as a result of the brakes disappeared and I do not have beach balls over 6 days!
I posted this message on the forum screen shots with a decrease in the 1.7 firmware 1.6 on my macbook problems with firmware 1.6 there is no beach balls, but I get the brakes in the games warcraft and cs. later I bought a new hdd drive WD 500 and updated the firmware to 1.7 as a result of the brakes disappeared and I do not have beach balls over 6 days!
It did not for me. I have to download the 1.7 update, it is not on my SL install DVDs. However, with the trackpad unresponsiveness that I and many others are having with SL I have gone back to 10.5.8 anyway. (a bit off topic but thought it might be useful for some).
Not working
I have tried this several times following the instructions. Each time I get a circle with a line through it instead of the apple logo upon botting from the USB drive. It's the "UnsupportedHW.png" image from the 1.6 .dmg.
Here are some specs
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP52.008E.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.42f4
It's a 17", not sure if that matters.
I have tried this several times following the instructions. Each time I get a circle with a line through it instead of the apple logo upon botting from the USB drive. It's the "UnsupportedHW.png" image from the 1.6 .dmg.
Here are some specs
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP52.008E.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.42f4
It's a 17", not sure if that matters.
I was at the apple store yesterday in town and one of the genius's I know said that he had 2 people come in with this problem and when they exchanged the drives and put in new ones there were NO problems, these were 3rd party not Apple drives. Also the one of the tech's at macsales said that its hit or miss, but the update is not the cause that they tell, there leaning towards the firmware on the drives themselves.
Also return rate on WD scorpio blue 500 gig is up because of NOISE.
Just passing the information on, that's all.