jkontherun.com - 12/11/2008
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The appearance of the Apple firmware upgrades released yesterday for late 2008 MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs was welcome news to me and other owners and many applied the upgrades immediately. I was one of those in that crowd and my experiences with trying to run my MacBook ...
support.apple.com - 12/10/2008
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support.apple.com —
Download icon About MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.3
This update fixes several issues to improve the stability...
of MacBook (Late 2008) computers. Boot ROM or SMC Version Information: MB51.0073.06B For more information, please visit: ...
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MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.3
jkontherun.com - 12/7/2008
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jkontherun.com —
Macs are notorious for being intolerant when it
comes to memory upgrades. They have been known for...
years to start exhibiting problems when RAM goes bad and especially when third party RAM upgrades are installed. Savvy Mac owners know ...
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Aluminum MacBooks don't like memory upgrades
support.apple.com - 12/10/2008
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support.apple.com —
Download icon About MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.2
This SMC Firmware Update improves the sensing and accuracy...
of the MagSafe Power Adapter indicator light, and the battery charge indicator lights on MacBook (Late 2008) computers. The updater ...
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MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.2
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MacBook Firmware Update Doesn't Fix Cranky RAM Problems [MacBook]
Gizmodo —
It looks likethe MacBook update released yesterday doesn't fix everything we wanted it to. JkOnTheRun reports it still freezes and hangs with the full 4GB installed. But at least sleep seems fixed. [jkOnTheRun]
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New MacBook firmware update doesn't resolve memory issues
Engadget —
... Apple may well have an update on the way that fixes the 4GB memory problem affecting at least some new MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but it apparently isn't the firmware update that was just released yesterday. According to jkOnTheRun, while the update ...
New Mac notebooks still having problems with 4GB of RAM
Infinite Loop —
[image] When the new MacBooks were released in October, the RAM capacity was bumped up to 4GB from 2GB. The MacBook Pro also supports 4GB of RAM, but many owners of the new laptops have had their machines crash frequently with 4GB of memory installed, forcing them to do without memory they have purchased. Even worse, jkOnTheRun is reporting that the RAM-related crashes are still present after applying the notebook firmware updates that were released last week. The new ...
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