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Apple Releases Firmware Updates for 'Late 2008' Portables
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Nope it fixes the fan control too. Turned on my computer and they run slightly higher when idle now. Try wow/ other games now and it should be good
they should calm down after a minute or two. I got my cpu and gpu up to 145 degrees F and nothing happened with the fans.
The CPU can't damage itself until it's well above 212 F, so seriously, no worries.
well yeah but when you set it on your lap the heat can get a little annoying after awhile (unless its cold in the room
). I know 5-10 degrees won't make a huge difference though.
I did both of these updates on an MBP 2.4/2GB.
I'd been having a problem in BootCamp, running XP, with DirectX9 games like Painkiller and Half-Life 2. Quake 4 and Max Payne run brilliantly, but they're OpenGL and DX8 games, respectively.
This has, so far, not helped. The BKSOD remains an issue.
I'm in the process of doing a clean install of the latest build of the NVidia drivers from laptopvideo2go (180.84).
I'd been having a problem in BootCamp, running XP, with DirectX9 games like Painkiller and Half-Life 2. Quake 4 and Max Payne run brilliantly, but they're OpenGL and DX8 games, respectively.
This has, so far, not helped. The BKSOD remains an issue.
I'm in the process of doing a clean install of the latest build of the NVidia drivers from laptopvideo2go (180.84).
Things i have noticed
ive only had the updates for about 20mins so far, but ussually after i reboot firefox takes many "bounces" to start up (a long time) after this it starts alot faster, secondly default fan speed on my MBP has increased from 2000 to 3000rpm and i'm using my 9400 right now
ive only had the updates for about 20mins so far, but ussually after i reboot firefox takes many "bounces" to start up (a long time) after this it starts alot faster, secondly default fan speed on my MBP has increased from 2000 to 3000rpm and i'm using my 9400 right now
That's a mac program. Won't do any good in XP.
Surely someone has seen whether or not the "insomnia" problem is gone? I can't wait to get home and find out.
Unless there's a Windows version, I don't think it'll work.
Quake 4, as I mentioned, runs perfectly, as does Max Payne. The fans turn on, whirring away as the GPU cranks on the pixels and texels, and I don't have a problem.
I played through the entire Quake 4 single-player campaign with no problems, and am 2/3rd the way through Max Payne, yet I can't go for more than 120 seconds in either Half-Life 2 or Painkiller.
That's a mac program. Won't do any good in XP.
Surely someone has seen whether or not the "insomnia" problem is gone? I can't wait to get home and find out.
you have to run fancontrol in osx then when you restart to xp the settings will carry over so the fans will be running at a higher speed in xp. assuming you are using bootcamp that is
hmmm..... mine slowly rose to 5000rpms then slowly returned to a normal 2000 rpms and they are still at that speed. 2.4 MBP
yep my bad smcfancontrol's setting were still active even though it was shutdown, fans at 2000rpms now
Oh, I've never gotten that (SMC Fan Control) to work before.
Just make sure you are using the OSX version, it is very simple ... sits up top by your clock... i finally am able to game with this thing... even on my lap! with this.. i set the fans to 6,000 RPM then boot into vista... ya it's loud but this way it only gets warm at most, no more burning. And plus i play games with either the speakers cranked up or headphones in. The fan noise is a non issue.
Oh, I've never gotten that to work before.
works for me all the time. Its almost necessary when using bootcamp.... ESPECIALLY when running dedicated graphics. I wouldn't be surprised if gpu/cpu reached around the 200's (F) when doing that. SMCfan, at full speed should stop the BKSOD from what I understand of the issue
The EFI update showed up in Software Update. I installed it and then, after the reboot, the SMC update showed up in Software Update. After the reboot, the fan speeds slowly increased to 4500 and then went back down to 2000 with a CPU temp of 108.
Cheers.
Edit: Oh ... and of course ... it seems much "snappier" now
Cheers.
Edit: Oh ... and of course ... it seems much "snappier" now
Wow
What they should do now is make a Firmware update for us 06 iMac users, my DualLayer Dvd drive hasn't worked the right way since the last Firmware update, doesn't let me use Dual Layer disks anymore and won't let me use my Windata DVDs that used to work perfectly fine before the updates. And in the Mac-forums many have had this problem, not just me. Makes me pretty mad that they don't even look into this problem.
What they should do now is make a Firmware update for us 06 iMac users, my DualLayer Dvd drive hasn't worked the right way since the last Firmware update, doesn't let me use Dual Layer disks anymore and won't let me use my Windata DVDs that used to work perfectly fine before the updates.
And in the Mac-forums many have had this problem, not just me. Makes me pretty mad that they don't even look into this problem.Yeah, tried some stress testing on the machine in my sig after updating. Definitely more trigger happy with the fans now. iStat Menu shows them speeding up to around 3200rpm with the CPU at 75C (before it let it get to around 90C)
What they should do now is make a Firmware update for us 06 iMac users, my DualLayer Dvd drive hasn't worked the right way since the last Firmware update, doesn't let me use Dual Layer disks anymore and won't let me use my Windata DVDs that used to work perfectly fine before the updates.
06?...... you should still have apple care coverage....... you did buy the extended warranty didn't you? bwahaha