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    EFI firmware 1.2, observation with SMC

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by JimyTheAssassin, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I just upgraded my MBP with the latest firmware. I'm can't remember if I ignored this a few times, or if this is a recent update, but anyways. Everything is okay. I just wanted to share something I noticed immediately after the update and restarting.

    My fans were quite loud and I worried that the update had caused a conflict with SMC. iStatpro reported over 6000 rpm while my cpu core temp was about 122ferenheit. My SMC reported it should be closer to 2700 rpm, but the temp was ~50celcius which is equal. Within 5 minutes the temp remained the same..and the fan speed dropped to normal speed.

    As Han Solo would say...
    "Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal."
    Voice: What happened?
    Han Solo: "Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"
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    JimyTheAssassin, Oct 8, 2007
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    I had a weird thing happen, in that my virtual machine in parallels disappeared. Luckily I run parallels through boot camp so all I had to do was create a new virtual machine, and everything was the same.

    You should notice a bit of a speed increase, and better allocation of ram now too.
     
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    LOL, funny yet appropriate quote :)!

    Sometimes after a significant update and subsequent first restart the fans act in overdrive. I don't know why, but I think it's normal. This has happened to me a few times on my iMac G5. After the second restart the fans return to normal speeds every time.
     
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    Slightly off-topic, but I'd go so far as to default SMC Fan Control (or even default and then uninstall it) before any major OS or hardware update. You don't want a freak accident (maybe lightning will hit your laptop?) to get your fans stuck at 5k as the minimum forever :p
     
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  5. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks.. I just upgraded my quote to be more correct. I'm glad you liked it. Good think I didn't have a reactor leak. Cause we know how that ended for Han. :D If my fans got stuck, I can imagine a digital Bill Gates walking onto my desktop as windows Icons flood my MBP. Bill says something like, "Now you know that Evil will always triumph..because good.. is Dumb!"
     
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    my guess, they are recalibrating the speed after the firmware update.
     
    RadcomTxx, Oct 9, 2007
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    hey you have the same wallpaper as i am!!
     
    easyeye, Oct 9, 2007
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  8. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    Ya, the photographer really did an amazing job. I can't remember how I found it, but it always gets comments.

    For anyone who isn't familiar, it's a night exposure of New York City, but I can't remember what avenue. I guess it's on the east side.. but here's a clue.. there's a sheraton in the left of the photo
     
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    Xander, Oct 10, 2007
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  10. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, that's it.. thanks for the credit to the photographer. +1

    aww, it won't let me give you more street cred.. guess I need to spread the love more first.. next time
     
    JimyTheAssassin, Oct 10, 2007
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