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 Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: Mac Mini SMC Firmware Update 1.0 |
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Mac Mini SMC Firmware Update 1.0
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Apple has released the Mac mini SMC Firmware Update 1.0 via Mac OS X's Software Update utility and on the Web. The System Management Controller (SMC) is a chip on the logic board of Intel-based Macs that controls several functions, including: telling the computer when to turn on, turn off, sleep, wake, idle, and so forth; handling system resets from various commands; and controlling the fans. The updater application will be installed in your /Applications/Utilities folder and will launch automatically after restart. Apple also released SMC firmware updates for the Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro.
Thanks, bsnoel!
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/478.html |
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Weee
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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I never heard my Mac mini's fan come on like that hard before. 
I got scared for a second.
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Ah ha! I'm not going nuts. I've posted previously about my Mini's weird sleep (or not) habits. This morning at 6:30AM when it was supposed to go back to sleep after waking at 3:00AM to do periodics, it had a cpu Halt and I came in to find it shut down. It also hasn't been sleeping as scheduled if I'm logged off. I finally selected Sleep Never today... but wouldn't be surprised if it did sleep sometime tonight. I've reset the SMC twice so far.
I hope this update fixes it. Thanks for the heads up!
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| My fan rarely comes on and sleep/wake work just pimpy. Think I'll pass on this one for now. Perhaps mine runs cooler as the internal hard drive is unused. |
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Weee
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| MiniMoe wrote: | | I hope this update fixes it. Thanks for the heads up! |
We just talked about the SMC thingy the other day. It will be interesting to see if this update helps you out. |
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I'm going to hold off on this update until this morning's reinstallation of the OS is complete. I've been doing a lot of playing around with older applications, networking, etc, and I'm not convinced the latest security update hasn't caused me some problems. I intended to rebuild it from scratch once I was through playing, but decided to go ahead and see if it clears up some problems.
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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My MacBook Pro has some wierd habits (like trying to wake up a 13 year old). I hope this firmware fix helps!!!
But, for the most part this computer rocks with its bad self! |
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Uh oh -- I've just done the firmware installation on my intel Mac Mini, and suddenly, none of my USB devices are working. (I didn't hear the fan spin up either...) Anybody else having a problem like this?
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An update: it turns out that it's just my keyboard (a fancy Kinesis one) that is no longer responding. Unplugging my mouse from the keyboard, and plugging it directly into the computer, allows the mouse to work.
Still, I didn't hear the fan spin up yet. I doubt the firmware went in correctly. I'll see if I can connect up a different keyboard and retry the firmware installation... |
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| Copernicus wrote: | | Uh oh -- I've just done the firmware installation on my intel Mac Mini, and suddenly, none of my USB devices are working. (I didn't hear the fan spin up either...) Anybody else having a problem like this? |
Did you get a message on the restart saying the update was complete? I would try resetting the SMC again by unplugging all the cables (every last one of them) connected to your Mac mini. Let your mini sit for like a minute, plug everything back in, and restart. The only issue I encountered after the update was with my Apple Remote. I had to pair it again with the mini.
You can read more about a SMC reset here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303446 |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| devo wrote: | | Did you get a message on the restart saying the update was complete? I would try resetting the SMC again by unplugging all the cables (every last one of them) connected to your Mac mini. Let your mini sit for like a minute, plug everything back in, and restart. |
Thanks, that did it. Yeah, I didn't get a message saying the update was complete; I'm not entirely sure what was going on. Anyway, after unplugging and replugging lots of cables, and starting the SMC update over again, I finally got the little screen telling me to restart one more time (and I did hear the fan spin up this time), and finally the message stating that the update completed successfully.
Strangely enough, even the Kinesis keyboard is working again.
I have no clue what happened. But, everything seems normal now.  |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
OMG THE SMC FIRMWARE UPDATE WAS AWESOME 
I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN
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That's the first time I've heard my Mini's fan since I got it.
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| MiniMoe wrote: | | That's the first time I've heard my Mini's fan since I got it. |
To be honest, I didn't know the fan could ramp up that high. I thought the little bugger was going to take off.  |
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| devo wrote: | | To be honest, I didn't know the fan could ramp up that high. I thought the little bugger was going to take off. |
Me neither. Bodes well for upgradeability though. Roll on Merom...
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| Well.. won't have to worry about overheating during the summer. I think it has quite enough power to cool itself off.. |
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