I updated my MacBook firmware….and now it’s a lot worse than before

Posted by Troy Angrignon

September 29, 2006

Beware the SMC update for your MacBook 13. Mine now shuts itself off whenever it wants and the fan runs a lot more often.

Note to self: Remember that last note to self about not buying 1.0 hardware? You should have listened to that.

(sigh)

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Comment by Anonymous on September 30, 2006 @ 1:28 am

Apparently this or something like it is a known issue with early Macbooks. That’s the bad news.

The good news? The fix involves replacing a heat sink, and is covered under AppleCare.

More details at MacFixIt.

Comment by Anonymous on September 30, 2006 @ 1:36 am

Yes, but it’s bizarre that a firmware update would make it WORSE. I did call the dealer and they’re apparently back-ordered on logic boards and parts for these machines.

Oh well, buying this averted me from living on a Thinkpad. So it’s not all bad.

Troy

I updated my MacBook firmware….and now it’s a lot worse than before

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