Unable to reset SMC - rPro

Have you set a firmware password?

 

Can you give the exact steps you are taking to do this? Including the state of the machine at each step.

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter MAY change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.

 

Maybe there is nothing wrong with the system for the SMC reset to fix?

What are you using to measure the performance?

 

Then no. you'd have set it yourself. Just noting that this may cause blocking of PRAM reset and other startup key combinations.

 

Personally, i dont think i am experiencing any lags or whatsoever on my rmbp (2.6ghz one), but then again, i updated the EFI before even installing anything else, so i dont even know how my performance could be...

In any case, i did just for the fun of it (maybe i do get better speed by trying it nevertheless) also reset my SMC...or so think. Just like the OP, my lights arent flashing either...even if i do it exactly like Apple tells us to for 30 times in a row...not a single time that light flashes. Is it maybe possible that certain types of rMBPs (like the high end ones) behave differently and maybe dont even experience this kind of severe throttling?

 

I also own the same machine and I'm not experiencing anything wrong with my rMBP. Everything just works great while playing BF3 or Diablo 3 on Bootcamp. I also play Portal 2 on Steam, mac version, just great. Not even a blink.

I would bring it to a Genius otherwise.

 

While i didnt play TF2, i can tell you about my temperatures while playing Skyrim on Bootcamp (No FPS drops, getting pretty good framerates with a heavily modded Skyrim at 1920X1200, 8xAF, no AA and everything else beyond ultra (except shadows, these are modified medium/high settings))

CPU 76-80°C (No Throttlestop, but with the processor state set to 95% in the power profiles) Fan at 5000 RPM
GPU 65-75°C (Overclocked to 1150/3100) Fan at 3500-4000 RPM

Games like Half Life 2 or Black Mesa as well as Portal 2 are even fully playable at Retina resolution with the same temperatures, sometimes even less, as they are a lot less intensive than Skyrim.

Hope this helps. My suggestion : Keep trying to reset the SMC, if that doesnt work, try reinstalling the driver...or just bring the whole thing to an Apple Store..