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Apple Releases iMac and RAID Card Firmware Updates

Thursday September 10, 2009 3:42 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
Apple today released a pair of firmware updates for iMac users and users of Apple's RAID card for the Mac Pro and Xserve.

- iMac Graphics FW Update 1.0.2 improves system stability for iMacs using ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics cards.

This update is for iMac computers with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card installed, running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later.

It updates the graphics card firmware on the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card in the iMac to improve system stability.

- Apple RAID Card Firmware Update fixes several issues for all Mac Pro and Xserve systems using Apple's RAID card.

This update provides several fixes, including:

- Reliability improvements during boot and power fail recovery
- Addresses a potential issue when rebuilding a degraded RAID 5
- Resolves an issue that can fill the on-board flash file system
- Improves battery handling and reporting

The update is recommend for all Mac Pro (Late 2006, Early 2008) and Xserve (Late 2006, Early 2008) systems with the Apple RAID card.

The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder and will launch automatically. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the update process.

For detailed information on this update, please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3784.

The update weighs in at 26.12 MB and requires OS X 10.5.8 or later.
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fluidedge
32 months ago
and about time too.
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daneoni
32 months ago
Were people having problems with these?
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Virtuoso
32 months ago
Odd - I get this...
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intel
32 months ago

Were people having problems with these?


after i installed my raid card, i created a striped raid of 2 harddrives thinking boot will be faster. wrong. boot does speed up but u have to add the time for the card to initialize. mine was taking close to 20 seconds for the apple logo to show at start up. then i count boot from there so as not to be disappointed.
hopefully this update fixes or improves initialization.


During OS run, the speed of file transfer and application start up nearly doubled. in my opinion, this card is a little (severely) overpriced but good none the less.
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ravenvii
32 months ago
I have the 2600 Pro, but the update didn't appear in Software Update? (I'm using 10.5.8).
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zerostar
32 months ago

Odd - I get this...


I didn't do the update and I have a newer ROM?

ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro:

Chipset Model: ATI,RadeonHD2600
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9583
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B2250F-219
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.219
Displays:
iMac:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
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Wyvernspirit
32 months ago

Odd - I get this...


I'm getting the same message. I am currently running Snow Leopard, perhaps it was included?
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macintoshtoffy
32 months ago

I'm getting the same message. I am currently running Snow Leopard, perhaps it was included?


I'd be surprised given that it is a firmware update that needs to be written directly to the hardware itself.
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benoitgphoto
32 months ago

I'm getting the same message. I am currently running Snow Leopard, perhaps it was included?


Same here too...:confused:
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Schumach5
32 months ago
Getting the same alert message over here too. Running Snow Leopard.
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