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iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0

I've never had my 20" 2.4GHz alu iMac freeze, but thought I'd install the update anyway (I'm a sucker for updates). It didn't appear in my software update, so I downloaded it from Apple's site. It told me that I don't need the update.

Seems like there was a large batch of iMacs shipped with the error, and some that weren't. Glad that everyone's happy now!
 
ceres said:
The solution seems to be in line with the one dell provided (new vga bios as well). I shelled out 2300 eur for my 2.8ghz machine that will be arriving shortly.
As I am a student that´s a lot of money. I am really looking forward to a new computer experience.

vince
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Well, to say you are a student and that's a lot of money, you didn't really have to get the 2.8 model either.:rolleyes:
 
j-a-x said:
Repair Permissions in disk utility now reports "Estimated Time: Less than 1 minute" and yet it's been going for more than a minute without the progress bar moving. That's kinda weird.

Anybody else tried Disk Utility yet?

Also it seems to have fixed the funky problem with the finder cursor getting stuck as the dock resize cursor if you move the mouse away from the dock fast enough.
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Repair permissions worked fine on my iMac - but I did have this problem on my Macbook after the 10.5.1 update. It will verify permissions fine if I just run that... but no repair.

Also - the fix seems to be working for me! Numerous reboots now, WoW, iPhoto, Leopard screen savers, iTunes visualizer - none of them seem to lock up the machine.

I also gave it a go in Boot Camp, and didn't have any weird white flickering or crashes in games. I did only give it about 15 minutes, so I think more time will need to be spent seeing if this had an effect on Windows performance or not, but so far so good! FINALLY! :D
 
Darn it! I got mine to freeze even though it is fully patched!

Open System Preferences, goto Keyboard & Mouse, stand on Keyboard, grab both sides of screen and shake vigorously.

Freezes every time!

... waiting for the next patch.
 
huh

AppleMojo said:
Darn it! I got mine to freeze even though it is fully patched!

Open System Preferences, goto Keyboard & Mouse, stand on Keyboard, grab both sides of screen and shake vigorously.

Freezes every time!

... waiting for the next patch.
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wow.. sucks to be you
 
AppleMojo said:
Darn it! I got mine to freeze even though it is fully patched!

Open System Preferences, goto Keyboard & Mouse, stand on Keyboard, grab both sides of screen and shake vigorously.

Freezes every time!

... waiting for the next patch.
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Lame excuse for a joke???
 
Nice update!

I had a non-freezer before. After applying both the firmware update and 10.5.1, I'm happy to report I still have a non-freezer! :)

In addition, I agree with those who are seeing a difference in display quality. The default profile seems a bit less yellow and/or more neutral. That or we're all victims of placebo! :p
 
AppleMojo said:
Darn it! I got mine to freeze even though it is fully patched!

Open System Preferences, goto Keyboard & Mouse, stand on Keyboard, grab both sides of screen and shake vigorously.

Freezes every time!

... waiting for the next patch.
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Got me to giggle :D

wakerider017 said:
Lame excuse for a joke???
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BAH it was a good attempt, short notice improvisation, I'd say not bad.

But we're here to chat up about the patch/update. So far so good again on my end and I've been really hitting with WoW, BF2142, PotC, Remote Desktop, Time Machine (thank God I can safely backup restore files again), and I'm still good to go.
 
Repair Permissions

j-a-x said:
Repair Permissions in disk utility now reports "Estimated Time: Less than 1 minute" and yet it's been going for more than a minute without the progress bar moving. That's kinda weird.

Anybody else tried Disk Utility yet?

Also it seems to have fixed the funky problem with the finder cursor getting stuck as the dock resize cursor if you move the mouse away from the dock fast enough.
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Yes, although it indicates: Estimated time less than 1 minute, it has been taking longer than that. Once the progress bar starts to move, 35 seconds max. Overall, much improved having a progress bar instead of the striped blue animation of ambiguity.
 
My cousin's iMac no longer suffers from the freeze after the update was installed.
 
I used xbench and got basically the same score before (147.10) as after (146.92). I also installed the 10.4.11 upgrade.

I had a 'freezer' before. All seems ok now, but we will see.

kkat69 said:
First page of Intel iMac discussions has them up at the top.



Damn good idea. Since I haven't installed yet (I have a freezer but I can get a few days before a freeze most times) I would love to do that as well.

What exactly are you using for the benchmark. I used a tool when I first got my iMac but forgot it's name.
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Amazing how many people have voted this thread negative, considering that it's a successful bug fix that resolves a problem on a large number of iMacs. Maybe jcgnu07 voted negative because he couldn't get it to fix his PC?
 
Major Problems Logic 8 and Imac Graphics Update

I'm having major problems with Logic 8 freezing right after I updated the Graphics Firmware update. Prior to the update Logic 8 was running somewhat smoothly (considering it has a lot of bugs that need to be addressed). This is on a 24" 2.4 IMAC running 10.5.1 3 meg memory. Just a caution.
 
October purchaser here ... with a grand total of 4-5 freezes since it arrived 4 weeks ago with Tiger. Didn't apply ANY Mac OS X updates. Saw this firmware update release and decided to go Leopard. No freezes since Leopard went on; none since 10.5.1; and the firmware upgrade did not appear as an option for me when I tried a force update.

All is well in my little macworld.

This was my second Mac purchase (first brand new purchase; my Macbook was second-hand) and I was a bit worried at first that I had made a bad choice to abandon AMD and Windows right now ... but all doubts are now gone.
 
JohanCruyff said:
In this thread, search for what Rick Ward said.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1096520&tstart=0

He claimed his 2400 card was a freezer!
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Yes that's right. We had a 20" 2.0ghz with 2400 graphics that would freeze 2 or 3 times a day. Same symptoms as the 2600's, (screen would freeze but mouse cursor would still move). I took it back to the Apple store at MeadowHall, UK and they gave me a new one as I was just within the 14 days. That was 2 weeks ago and the new one has been fine. Maybe I was just unlucky to get the only 2400 with a problem? I assume it had the correct graphics internally as it wouldn't play Sims 2, which is a known bug with the 2400's but not 2600's. (We also have a 24" 2.4ghz 2600 iMac that has never had freezing problems).
Is there anyone else out there that's had a freezing 20" 2400?
 
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