Actually this fix is for people that have been having freezing issues with their early 2008 Mac Pros with this card installed. This has been a widespread issue and has been a much needed fix.
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Firmware Update
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ah well, I confirm this also. Pro went to sleep last night, rebooted this morning on wake.
Well if this update is something to do with "energy Star" requirements maybe it was done in vain as I think it may be related to power usage when the card is idle or asleep and hey we dont need the card using any less juice when its asleep as its really powered off with these new none sleeping rebooting Pro's!
an angry none sleeping Pro owner.
I don't understand why people are so obsessed with putting their MP to sleep rather than just a proper shut down.
The mac pro takes about 15 seconds to boot, why are you putting it to sleep. For a laptop i can understand (my iBook has been awake for 43d 12h 5m) but there is no need to keep a MP awake
The mac pro takes about 15 seconds to boot, why are you putting it to sleep. For a laptop i can understand (my iBook has been awake for 43d 12h 5m) but there is no need to keep a MP awake
Because a lot of people (myself included) don't want to shut down their applications all the time. I often have a lot of stuff open, and shutting down means that I have to "clean up." This quickly becomes a hassle for me.
Also, I don't want a computer that does not work 100%. And that alone makes it OK to bitch about the sleep issue.
Also, I don't want a computer that does not work 100%. And that alone makes it OK to bitch about the sleep issue.
Exactly! Thing should just work! Have you experienced the freeze issues also?
Jeg er helt ening med dig!
No, I haven't. This is most likely because I'm waiting with my purchase until the problem has been fixed by Apple
I don't think I could live with myself if I spent that much on a computer that doesn't work the way it should.Cool. Lad os haabe de snart faar fingeren ud derovre hos Apple ;-)Jeg er helt ening med dig!
No, I haven't. This is most likely because I'm waiting with my purchase until the problem has been fixed by Apple
I was feeling the same way, but I purchased anyway. And you know what, I've not had any problems with my machine. It's not all machines that are doomed - are you feeling lucky?
are you feeling lucky?
Not really. My history with Apple products hasn't been smooth sailing. I think it's safe to say that the reboot on wake issue is still a general problem, so that's a no go for me.
I've had this exact same issue, but only on occasion and it seemed to go along with a hard reboot. I don't know if this patch has anything to do with the issue. After some investigation, I found a couple of articles, here and here, granted not all refer to Leopard, but they both refer to this issue related to incompatible "ApplicationEnhancers" and/or Login Items. I had imported user info from my Tiger machine and it carried over two entries for apps I no longer use, so I deleted them out of the "Application Enhancers" folder and have not had the issue again. I don't know if these items had anything to do with the blue screen issue or not, but I'm pretty darn sure that when those two items were intially installed, Leopard was not on anyone's mind.
I hope this helps. I suppose I could do a hard reboot to test it out.
I use the wake-on-LAN feature which only works when the machine is in sleep mode.
Interesting thread. I have an early 2008 Mac Pro with the 2600, and I haven't had any problems since I bought it. Installed the firmware update, and still haven't had any problems.
Someone mentioned single display users having problems. I have just one display right now.
Someone mentioned putting the computer to sleep instead of shutting it down. I always let it sleep instead of shutting it down. No problems there.
I also have noticed no difference in the fan noise, which was mentioned earlier as well.
Someone mentioned single display users having problems. I have just one display right now.
Someone mentioned putting the computer to sleep instead of shutting it down. I always let it sleep instead of shutting it down. No problems there.
I also have noticed no difference in the fan noise, which was mentioned earlier as well.
I've only rebooted once since the patch and it took a few min on the blue screen. I didn't hard power off because I was worried the card was updating. It came up after a few min and ran FCP and Color fine for the couple hours I was at it. No discernible differences. If the 5 min reboots continue I'll be upset. Will test when I get home.
For anyone with performance concerns.. I'd ran XBench earlier in the day and have run it again after this update and.. not really a difference. I've run it a few times and the differences are statistically insignificant (some up, some down.)
Its not an obsession to enable a feature in the OS that is currently broken.
Is your mac pro bare? I only have standard apps on mine with 10gig of ram and its takes nearly 2 minutes to boot, including logging in and loading up safari on boot along with garagesale and growl.
I should have the WORKING option of putting the Pro to sleep and then waking it in the morning which would normally take 6 seconds to wake.
Problem with Lightroom after update? (RESOLVED)
Just did the update this morning. All else is fine except when using Lightroom.
In Loupe or Develop mode activate zoom to 100% (haven't tried other zoom settings) and drag to move to different area in zoomed image. Image gets weird overlay that progressivly makes it go very dark like multiply layer mode in Photoshop.
Problem only exists whilst drag mode active, unclick & back to normal.
Weird & a brand new & totally unwelcome feature for Lightroom.
Anyone else?
SORRY FOR THIS. PROBLEM SORTED. RESTARTED AND BACK TO NORMAL. Cam.
Just did the update this morning. All else is fine except when using Lightroom.
In Loupe or Develop mode activate zoom to 100% (haven't tried other zoom settings) and drag to move to different area in zoomed image. Image gets weird overlay that progressivly makes it go very dark like multiply layer mode in Photoshop.
Problem only exists whilst drag mode active, unclick & back to normal.
Weird & a brand new & totally unwelcome feature for Lightroom.
Anyone else?
SORRY FOR THIS. PROBLEM SORTED. RESTARTED AND BACK TO NORMAL. Cam.
No it's far from bare - i've got Maya, Final Cut and CS3 installed on it. Only takes about 30 seconds to boot
I don't know if it's a case of the placebo effect or in actual fact but it does appear to be dead silent. iStat doesn't report anything out of the regular regarding the fan rotation speed. Unlike you, my start up fan sequence was much shorter rather than longer.
Just tried sleeping/waking it and it went to sleep much faster. No reboot upon wake (on the first try, anyway).
Firewire or firmware?? I don't understand what this has to do with FW.
Please explain.
Update:
Since the update, when I put the computer to sleep on the apple menu it reboots upon wake. This really irks since the card worked great before the update. I'm going to call AC and whine that the update thrashed my card. Completely unacceptable. This is a new machine, new card, new Leopard install and the update made it unstable. They need to test a lot better than that before they send out freakin firmware updates. I feel like I've been sucker punched.
Chances are it's unrelated to the update. Out of the hundreds that
applied the update, you just happen to be one that experienced
the reboot issue soon after.