MacBook Pro EFI/Boot ROM issue! Help!

[ThePlacidCasual]

Been trying to find help on this for ages... Help!

Back in 2006, I did some work for a company close to Apple, who got updates and things very slightly before the public. I joined a private wireless network, and looking through /library/receipts it lists:

"Macbook Pro EFI Firmware Update Pre-Release"

It seems my firmware is marked MBP11.0055.B06, but the release one is MBP11.0055.B08 (update 1.2). When I try to install the 'official' version it won't take.

As such, when I try to Boot Camp, I can't because I get a 'You need to update the Boot ROM' message, and it closes. I basically can't run Bootcamp at all on my Mac

Need to find a way to get the wrong firmware removed, and the new one installed, but I can find no way to do it. All the updates don't work, and the EFI Restore CD also does not work...

Help!

 

[dhirajpatil]

Multiple Installation of EFI Firmware

I have installed three times EFI Firmware 1.5.1, the log shows previous installations were successful. When I try to run software updates, it still shows up as required update?

Any Reason why

 

[mas90guru]

I have installed three times EFI Firmware 1.5.1, the log shows previous installations were successful. When I try to run software updates, it still shows up as required update?

Any Reason why

Same thing is happening to me.

 

[e12a]

You have to run the EFI update separately. Its located in your Apps>Utilities folder. It does not automatically update.

Updating the EFI requires a restart, which you've probably have not done.

 

[aldog]

You have to run the EFI update separately. Its located in your Apps>Utilities folder. It does not automatically update.

Updating the EFI requires a restart, which you've probably have not done.

Thank you, i had no clue about that. software update has been running every night and trying to install. I figured it was like whatever the update was a couple of months ago that people had to let run numerous times until it worked.
I'm not MBP31.0070.B07

 

[e12a]

yea its misleading how it works, but i'm pretty sure if you read the description it tells you about running it separately. I didnt know about this either at first and asked a fellow tech why it kept showing up even though I "installed" it numerous times.

superdrive firmware in my experience automatically launch the installer after downloading. I suppose since the install requires a restart they let the user decide when to do it.

 

[aldog]

It actually says in the software update dialog "this update does not require a restart" or "you will not have to restart your computer with this update"
something like that, perhaps the link it gives has an explanation like yours, but I never clicked it, hehe, shows how concerned I was.