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Mac pro efi firmware update update#
Mac pro efi firmware update driver#
Mac pro efi firmware update software#

The same problem occur, it reads well but fails in writing anything back.

Mac pro efi firmware update driver#

but after trying reinstall driver this wont help. I tried this many times, never successful in copy anything back to the drive.Īt first I thought reinstall driver might help. It can read well but when I try to copy anything to the drive that connects via Sil3132, it becomes slow and stops responding till OS X is hung. So this solved the problem with cannot mount a NTFS drive after new Firmware.Īnyway I found a new problem - all drives that connect to sil3132 not working properly in both OS X and Vista bootcamp. Then I uninstall Paragon NTFS then Reinstall it again. I saw (the) drive connected but it says it cannot mount.

Mac pro efi firmware update update#

Then when I update firmware successfully, it seems like I can't see any NTFS drive that connect to my Mac via Sil3132 and also wth Vista drive in Bay 4.

Mac pro efi firmware update software#

"I own a new Mac pro 8-Core 2.8GHz, 4 Drives, 3 in Software raid and boot OS X with Sil3132 PCIe Card.īefore Firmware update. ( Disconnecting AC power for awhile resets SMC)Īnother report on PCIe SATA Card Problems:

I think I fixed the problem by disconnetting all cables from macpro, waiting five minutes and connecting all again. ( Have you shut down/restarted a few times? Cleared caches? Tried resetting the SMC/zap the pram? Any addons? (PCI cards, external devices attached, startup/3rd party login/startup items installed?)-Mike) Now (after update) on wake from sleep my mac freezes. "My MacPro (2008) 3.2 Ghz had no problems on wake from sleep before the update of EFI. (Anyone try clearing the kext caches to see if that helps?) But the latest problem report below noted some issues even in slot 4. Some earlier reports noted PCIe SATA card problems after the update (at least cards in slot 2, moving it to another slot got it recognized/working again). I have not noticed any other problems, such as with my PCIe Sonnet SATA card or any drives connected through it. "My Mac Pro now seems to sleep properly with the new firmware, at least for the last 6 or so opportunities it has had. Sometimes the machine boots up real quickly, sometime it takes twice as long. Yeah, And unfortunately I have to report it went back to normal. Have you rebooted/restarted a few times since the update?-Mike) ( I wondered if they had changed the init/power up routine (as many noted restart on wake was fixed, although not all) but one RAID user (below - Sam W.) said his RAID boot drive startup seems faster. I wonder if something was tweaked in the SATA portion of the firmware? I'm speculating. Programs are also loading significantly faster. But ever since I updated the firmware, my boot to "usable" time (that is, when everything is loaded, including all the icons in the menu bar) has dramatically increased. It remains to be seen if it will still trip the arc fault interrupter, but it hasn't yet. The room lights still dim briefly when it wakes up, but it now wakes instead of rebooting. Since installing the update, my system has properly woken from sleep every time, even after reconnecting it to my UPS.

"The EFI firmware update appears to have fixed my reboot on wake from sleep problem. Everything is working great after the firmware update and there have been no wake from sleep issues. "It seems that a number of little quirks are gone from my machine. Here's the links from the 3/27 news page on the update and firmware restore CD v1.5:įor those 2008 Mac Pro owners that have seen problems in the past if this update helps (or not) let me know. You can confirm the version of the Boot ROM installed on your computer using System Profiler." "This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of Mac Pro (Early 2008) computers.Īfter the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your Boot ROM Version will be: Here's a clip with apple notes on the update: