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Apple has issued an EFI Firmware Update 1.0 which "fixes several Boot Camp and start up issues on Mac Pro computers." We've been hearing about these problems for a little while now, so here's hoping this 1.8MB update can let Mac Pro + XP owners sleep a little better at night. To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.
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John Russell said 9:26AM on 9-20-2006
Why is it EFI firmware update 1.0?
Isn't Extensible Firmware Interface Firmware a bit repetative?
Also, why doesn't it start at 1.0 when it is first shipped?
That makes it seem like version you had before was a beta or something.
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andy said 10:34AM on 9-20-2006
update 1.0, as in the 1st update
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Jason Liske said 11:13AM on 9-20-2006
Doesnt work for me, just keeps restarting without installing. I am following instructions, blinking light, etc.
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El Payo said 1:04PM on 9-20-2006
Having updated, I now can't get Windows XP to boot properly. Not that I really need XP, but it didn't solve any problems for me, it created some instead.
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shaninho said 6:50PM on 9-23-2006
Doesn't work for me either, sounds the same problem reported by Jason.
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shaninho said 6:52PM on 9-23-2006
BTW it turns out the problem I was having was related to the vpn-startup installed by Cisco VPN 4.9.00 (0050). See Apple Discussion forums for more info!
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Mondoslug said 12:16AM on 10-12-2006
Will this firmware update fix the fact that my Mac pro in BBoot Camp/XP mode only sees 2 of the 4 cores!
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chris said 12:48AM on 11-07-2006
EFI doesn't fix Mac Pro problems installing Windows with bootcamp 1.1.2
Having absolutely no luck installing Wondows XP SP2 on a basic Mac Pro configuration - apple keyboard, apple GFroce 7300 video card, 2 button USB mouse. Running lastest OSX updates 10.4.8 with latest EFI and SMC firmware updates. Using bootcamp 1.1.2, I can partition disk and burn the Mac drivers but when I click the install button and the system restarts to do the windows install the screen stays blank and I ocassionally get a small no video message on the LCD screen (a 21" Viewsonic VX2025 connected via a DVI cable to the video card output on the back of my Mac Pro).
Doing a manually restart (holding the option key down and selecting the Window CD drive to boot from) and then tapping the keyboard a few times will sometime bring the screen back and allow the first stage of the install to start.
I can then format the C drive (I use FAT not NTFS format) and the install then proceed to copy all the Windows necessary file to the new drive.
However, after all the files have been copied when it attemps to reboot, I am back to the blank screen and no video and tapping the screen soesn't seem to do anything.
It is really upsetting as I tested bootcamp on a loan MacBook Pro 17" (just before the Mac Pro's were released) and it installed and ran OK and on that basis decided to give the Mac environment a go while still being able to run my Windows specific programs.
I have tried parallels and was involved in their testing to get the product running on the Mac Pro but their lack of proper working USB functionality, is what prevent me from using what is otherwise a really great product.
Chris
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Ken Comrie said 12:37PM on 11-15-2006
Keyboard does not work to start the install of windows. Is there any way to roll back this firmware update? Went to boot camp and tried with 1.1.2 then found an older 1.1.1 and still no joy....
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Tom said 8:24AM on 11-20-2006
I did the recommended EFI firmware upgrade and now my macbook pro will not start. Anyone else have this problem and is there a fix anyone knows of?
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NIck Mulder said 5:41PM on 11-16-2006
Meant to fix issues with Bootcamp ??? it caused one! XP will no longer load ...
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