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| Some readers w/ATI 2600XT Firmware Update Problems getting new cards |
Just a FYI to anyone that had major problems with the 2600XT firmware update that a couple readers have written today they are getting new 2600XT cards after discussing their problems with Apple support. (I've added their updated comments to their previous posts on the Mac ATI 2600XT Firmware Update Feedback page.)
One reader said he was told there were "issues" with some early cards but not sure that's an official stance or just his specific contact's opinion. (I had wondered early on if those that had problems from day one could have a suspect card - i.e. something like the higher than normal problems (vram/display artifacts, etc.) seen by more than a few owners of the last build/batch of the X800 cards...) Although several that did have those sorts of problems (before the firmware update) said running dual monitors seemed to help. (Per posts on the 2008 Mac Pro reports page here in the past.)
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| Updates to Hardware Monitor and Temperature Monitor (for MacBook Air, Penryn CPUs, more) |
| Marcel Bresink has posted updated to his Hardware Monitor (shareware) and Temperature Monitor (freeware) utilities:
- Hardware Monitor v4.5
- Added support for new portable Mac systems with Intel T8000 processors.
- Added temperature sensor support for the standard PATA hard drive of the MacBook Air.
- Support for on-core temperature sensors of Intel processors based on 45 nm technology ("Penryn") has been modified: As confirmed by Intel, the core sensors behave no longer linear enough for the display of absolute readings in low temperature ranges. For this reason, support for core temperature sensors in 45 nm technology has been removed in Temperature Monitor. Hardware Monitor will display them as logical sensors showing "Core Hot" status information.
- The application will now detect first generation Intel Core processors which are affected by a hardware problem that can cause the core temperature sensors to stop working after the system wakes from sleep mode.
- Enhanced support for CPU clock frequency monitoring, especially on systems with Xeon 5400 processors and MacBooks running Leopard or running without a battery unit.
- Added a workaround for a security problem in Mac OS X which affects systems containing a GPU of the ATI Radeon X1000 series. In those systems, the GPU driver can crash, causing the screen content to freeze. Hardware Monitor now tries to avoid situations that could increase the likelihood for this defect to become noticable. NOTE: It is our policy not to discuss security holes in third-party products before giving the vendor (Apple) six months time to fix this problem.
- Corrected a problem with the display of Intel processor model codes when the model code was greater than 15.
- Hardware Monitor Remote v4.5 (similar chgs as above - see vers. history)
- Temperature Monitor v4.5
- Added support for new portable Mac systems with Intel T8000 processors.
- Added temperature sensor support for the standard PATA hard drive of the MacBook Air.
- Support for on-core temperature sensors of Intel processors based on 45 nm technology ("Penryn") has been modified: As confirmed by Intel, the core sensors behave no longer linear enough for the display of absolute readings in low temperature ranges. For this reason, support for core temperature sensors in 45 nm technology has been removed in Temperature Monitor.
- The application will now detect first generation Intel Core processors which are affected by a hardware problem that can cause the core temperature sensors to stop working after the system wakes from sleep mode.
- Corrected a problem with the display of Intel processor model codes when the model code was greater than 15.
- Temperature Monitor Widget Edition v2.5 (similar chgs as above)
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