[X-Newbies] Firmware Update 5.1.8f7

[Carter Tomassi]

Sorry I misread your first post. It sounds like when you restart your  
computer it does not go through the firmware update cycle, is that  
correct?

Have you checked to see if the firmware has already been updated?  
This may already be obvious to you but in case it is not: if you go  
to the blue apple in the upper left hand corner of the menu bar,  
click on "About the Mac", when the box comes up click on the More  
Info button and under the Hardware Overview in the right side of that  
menu look down to the next to the last line for the Boot ROM Version.  
That should read 5.1.8f7 if the firmware was installed correctly. Or  
already installed.

That is the same version Tiger uses in the G5. Which is the only  
reason I knew what to suggest. Hope this solves the problem.


>> I have a G5, and I am running 10.3.9.
>> I did run the Software update but I seem to be unable to update  
>> the "Firmware Update 5.1.8f7".
>>
>> A window comes up: It tells me to shut down and to restart by  
>> pressing the Power button. I am supposed to get a "long tone or  
>> see the power button light flashing... the firmware starts  
>> automatically. A status bar shows the progress of the update. You  
>> may see more than one status bar....etc"
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