ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Firmware Update

surprised no one has posted about this yet...

anyway hopefully this will resolve some issues, fingers crossed with regards to the wake/reboot issue.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1237

Here it is @VersionTracker:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33306

surprised no one has posted about this yet...

anyway hopefully this will resolve some issues, fingers crossed with regards to the wake/reboot issue.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1237

That link didn't work for me. But there's this instead:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/atiradeonhd2600xtfirmwareupdate.html

[EDIT] Your link is now working for me.

Not sure whether to download it. I've had zero freezes and
the like so far.

[EDIT] ps Yes it is surprising there have been few posts about this.
After all the hoo-ha, barely a whisper when a potential fix actually
appears. Maybe it's the wrong time of day or maybe they've all
got 8800s by now :)

That link didn't work for me. But there's this instead:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/atiradeonhd2600xtfirmwareupdate.html

[EDIT] Your link is now working for me.

Not sure whether to download it. I've had zero freezes and
the like so far.

[EDIT] ps Yes it is surprising there have been few posts about this.
After all the hoo-ha, barely a whisper when a potential fix actually
appears. Maybe it's the wrong time of day or maybe they've all
got 8800s by now :)

So what did it do?

My assessment is that is downgrades its power even more.

I downloaded the update and upon launching it, I was told I did not need it.

Perhaps it's because I'm running on a 2006 Mac Pro...

surprised no one has posted about this yet...

anyway hopefully this will resolve some issues, fingers crossed with regards to the wake/reboot issue.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1237

so say we all!

It installed fine in my Mac Pro (early 2008). All is well. No crashes...so far.

Now I'm wondering....

I have not been having any problems on my machine, I wonder if I should install this or not. It shouldn't hurt it....right?

Can anyone confirm or deny that it's slowing down the video card?

I just sold my HD2600XT on eBay yesterday evening.
I flashed one of the PC 8800GT's with Mac firmware and it works great. Even runs at an overclocked speed since I flashed those parameters into it as well.

For what it's worth though, I didn't have a single problem with my 2600 card while I was using it, BUT I was also using it in a dual display configuration. As I understood things, dual-monitor users weren't having problems with it anyway. The firmware fix was supposed to address issues people only had when using it with 1 display.

ps Yes it is surprising there have been few posts about this.
After all the hoo-ha, barely a whisper when a potential fix actually
appears. Maybe it's the wrong time of day or maybe they've all
got 8800s by now :)

My Mac Pro is much quieter after the update. Anyone else experiencing this? Fans fire up longer at boot, but now all I hear is my drives.