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Apple Firmware Restoration CD 1.2
The Apple Firmware Restoration CD 1.2 will restore your Intel-based Intel-based Mac to original factory condition. It can only be used to restore the Firmware after an interrupted or failed update.If your computer is already bricked, you'll need to download the update and create the CD on another Mac computer (PowerPC or Intel), or take your Mac to your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider and they'll do it for you.
If any of you had a problem with yesterday's firmware update, you might want to try this restore CD before you panic. Let us know how it goes!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tony Barnhill said 1:39PM on 11-14-2006
Close your italics tag, you're messing up the entire site.
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jonas said 1:42PM on 11-14-2006
tuaw goes italic! :D
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Quix said 1:48PM on 11-14-2006
Hopefully this firmware fix will get rid of the annoying problem I have sometimes where the fans will kick in at high speed upon waking from sleep and won't turn off unless I unplug the power, plug it back in and then reboot.
This was supposed to be fixed with an earlier firmware update, but my machine still does it (though not every time). REALLY annoying.
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Daniel Choi said 1:53PM on 11-14-2006
I had different problem... My remote started to not work. And after a restart, it will work for a while and goes dead. When I check the preference>>security the check box for disabling the remote was gone. It seemed as if MBP wasn't recognizing the hardware for remote receiver.
Questing... if I run the restoration, which firmware would it restore to?
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Justin Lane said 2:01PM on 11-14-2006
It seemed to have fixed a problem I was having with my iSight...just in time before i took it into the Apple Store today to figure it out. It wasn't showing anything except a black screen, I did the update, and it is working again.
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Mark said 2:00PM on 11-14-2006
Yeah....last firmware update I did besides yesterdays fucked up, but still worked kinda. Like I could be totally full of shit, but i think it screwed up my print drivers, and was I've been unable to print for the past 3 months...yeah i got lazy. But hopefully the new update patched my retarded update up....oh and if anyone cared enough to ask what the print error is/was it said something like client list too long or something to that extent, i looked it up and it was related to the OS install, from what i found on the apple forums. wee.
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Adam said 2:05PM on 11-14-2006
My MacBook bricked after the update, and this disc does nothing for it. Followed all the instructions. It's now going in for a logic board replacement. Nothing was wrong with my MacBook before this update.
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Twylight said 2:04PM on 11-14-2006
When i did the update my screen was white for a couple of hours ( i went to school, so i let it)
when i came home, i just turned it off again and tried to hold the button a couple seconds again, and then it just booted..
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thomas said 2:09PM on 11-14-2006
this is an apple blog, not a laurie duncan blog. please only one post a day at the most.
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Velourium said 2:18PM on 11-14-2006
I would mention that the Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider's very well may charge to have the disc burned, or even looked at.
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Donald Burr said 2:26PM on 11-14-2006
#9 - Are you blind, man? This posting *IS* Apple news. And who the hell cares if a poster has posted more than once a day? I didn't see anything like that in "The Official TUAW Rules for Blogging" (If such a document even exists!) Who died and made you God?
It's something that many I am sure will find useful. I, for one, am going to be downloading this and putting a copy in my toolbox, as soon as I get home, even though I (so far, knock on wood) have yet to have a bad firmware upgrade problem.
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jar240 said 2:42PM on 11-14-2006
I noticed the download from the Apple site is a .dmg. If Apple *really* wanted to be helpful, they'd also offer it as an ISO image so it's downloadable and burnable from a PC, Mac, or Linux box...
Chris
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Aron T said 3:42PM on 11-14-2006
@Justin Lane
Your iSight problem is due to bootcamp. One of the previous versions caused that issue to appear on my own mac. Simply updating to the latest version of bootcamp took care of it.
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Alex said 3:10PM on 11-14-2006
my MBP seems to be working fine after the update
Alex
P.S. who cares how many post you make per day, thats just more apple news for us to read
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Marky Mark said 3:54PM on 11-14-2006
Well i just tried the firmware update on my MacBook Pro and the screen went black afterwards. So i burned the restoration cd and tried to follow the instructions but at the point where the light is supposed to blink fast/slow 3 times it does nothing. So now i have a dead MBP...looks like a trip to Sheffield's Apple Store tomorrow after work.
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Neil Desai said 4:13PM on 11-14-2006
I went to the Apple Store today and fixed the update that bricked my mbp yesterday. ironically, the genius didn't know about this restoration cd so i told him about it (otherwise i would have had my logic board replaced, yikes!). I taught a genius something. ooo yea.
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Justin Lane said 7:19PM on 11-14-2006
Aron,
See, but I don't use bootcamp, so that doesn't really make much sense, now does it. Anyways, what had happened the video feed slowly faded to black...getting darker and darker, until I could not see anything but a glare off of my glasses, finally so dark I couldn't even see that.
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Raven88 said 1:40AM on 11-15-2006
i had no problem with yesterday's firmware update. everything seems to b working fine (mbp user).
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Jorge said 9:22PM on 11-15-2006
I just attempted the firmware update and it failed. I tried the firmware restoration CD, and the failed too. Now I have a dead MBP with a restoration CD stuck inside.
Apple care couldn't help me any further over the phone, and said it's most likely a new hardware issue.
I called the local authorized repair shops, and they both said that it would take about a week to fix - I think I may buy a mb, use it for a week, and then return it once I get my mbp back, but I should have a better idea after I take it in tomorrow.
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Jorge said 5:05PM on 11-16-2006
Update - just spoke with the Apple Tech working on my computer. It turns out that I need a new motherboard, and it may not be covered because the software could have caused it... I'll update again when I hear more.
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