Macbook Core Duo wont install EFI firmware update

MacDaddy08 · Feb 28, 2008, 07:06 PM

My firmware version is currently MB11.0061.B02 and Apple says it should be MB11.0061.B03. I can't use bootcamp until I update my firmware. I download the update and when it goes to install it all i get is "Your computer does not need this update," and then it closes. I have tried formatting and re-installing the OS. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas, please?

TEG · Feb 28, 2008, 07:25 PM

You either have the update installed, or do not need it. Your OS has NOTHING to do with it, it is a hardware thing. If BootCamp still won't work, I'd take into an Apple Store and see what they say.

TEG

MacDaddy08 · Feb 28, 2008, 07:34 PM

Yeah, I knew the OS didnt have anything to do with it but I had just replace the HD and installed fresh so I though maybe I should do it again like something might have gone wrong. When I try to open the bootcamp assistant to install Windows, it says I must update my computer's boot rom before i can run it. I had to do the same thing when I updated my Macbook Pro but it worked fine (the update) and I was able to run bootcamp. My Macbook is a different story. Apple's website says my boot rom firmware should be MB11.0061.B03 but my Macbook won't let me install it. I hate having to go to the Apple store, that place is PACKED all the time. I guess I have to suck it up and do it.

dethl · Feb 28, 2008, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacDaddy08

Yeah, I knew the OS didnt have anything to do with it but I had just replace the HD and installed fresh so I though maybe I should do it again like something might have gone wrong. When I try to open the bootcamp assistant to install Windows, it says I must update my computer's boot rom before i can run it. I had to do the same thing when I updated my Macbook Pro but it worked fine (the update) and I was able to run bootcamp. My Macbook is a different story. Apple's website says my boot rom firmware should be MB11.0061.B03 but my Macbook won't let me install it. I hate having to go to the Apple store, that place is PACKED all the time. I guess I have to suck it up and do it.

Make an appointment, you'll thank yourself later.

Feb 28, 2008, 07:06 PM	#1
MacDaddy08 macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008	Macbook Core Duo wont install EFI firmware update My firmware version is currently MB11.0061.B02 and Apple says it should be MB11.0061.B03. I can't use bootcamp until I update my firmware. I download the update and when it goes to install it all i get is "Your computer does not need this update," and then it closes. I have tried formatting and re-installing the OS. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas, please? __________________ 13" MB 2.0GHz C2D 2 16GB iPhone 4s 16GB iPad 2 Black Wifi 16GB iPad 2 White Wifi 30GB 5th Gen. iPod
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Feb 28, 2008, 07:25 PM	#2
TEG macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Langley, Washington	You either have the update installed, or do not need it. Your OS has NOTHING to do with it, it is a hardware thing. If BootCamp still won't work, I'd take into an Apple Store and see what they say. TEG __________________ Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation, - Steve Jobs The Tegian Zone-Glass Onion Radio
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Feb 28, 2008, 07:34 PM	#3
MacDaddy08 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008	Yeah, I knew the OS didnt have anything to do with it but I had just replace the HD and installed fresh so I though maybe I should do it again like something might have gone wrong. When I try to open the bootcamp assistant to install Windows, it says I must update my computer's boot rom before i can run it. I had to do the same thing when I updated my Macbook Pro but it worked fine (the update) and I was able to run bootcamp. My Macbook is a different story. Apple's website says my boot rom firmware should be MB11.0061.B03 but my Macbook won't let me install it. I hate having to go to the Apple store, that place is PACKED all the time. I guess I have to suck it up and do it. __________________ 13" MB 2.0GHz C2D 2 16GB iPhone 4s 16GB iPad 2 Black Wifi 16GB iPad 2 White Wifi 30GB 5th Gen. iPod
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