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The most recent was in August, when Apple offered free battery replacements for some iPhone 5 models that were deemed to have defective batteries.
MacBook Pro models that were affected by this problem would often have visual banding or malfunctions on the screen, especially when users were performing highly intensive tasks like watching high-resolution videos or using multimedia programs like the Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro and similar software.Īpple did offer a free video card replacement on some mid-2011 iMacs exhibiting similar symptoms, though the cards in the MacBook Pro are different, and recalls as a whole are rare. According to court documents, the issue stems from a defective AMD GPU that did not function correctly because of lead-free soldering that caused short circuiting among other problems. The lawsuit covers California and Florida residents that purchased an affected MacBook Pro model between approximately February 2011 and May 2012. The class-action lawsuit was filed by Kentucky-based law firm Whitfield Bryson & Mason on behalf of plaintiffs Zachary Book, Donald Cowart, and John Manners, a trio of individuals that accuse Apple of failing to rectify the graphical issues that have affected both 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models released in 2011. Look for the Model Identifier entry.Following a petition with thousands of signatures related to GPU complaints, Apple has been named a defendant in a new class-action lawsuit filed against the Cupertino-based company in the United States District Court for Northern California over system failures and graphical issues affecting 2011 MacBook Pros. The same system report you looked at earlier should now appear. Once the machine is rebooted and you have logged in check the following: It will automatically reboot to the login screen when completed. The machine should display a grey screen with the Apple logo while it updates.
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The update can take some time but do not unplug, shutdown, restart or disturb you mac Pro while the update takes place.
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Navigate to Apple's support site and download the Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.Navigate to the Netkas Forums and download the MacPro2009-2010FirwareTool.zip file.The overview of upgrading your firmware is to download the Firmware utility, download the firmware, run the upgrade, and finally check that it all worked out. Again, non Apple sanctioned hardware can cause compatibility issues. Similarly, make certain that your original Mac hardware (or at least officially Apple supported hardware) is what is running inside the computer. Attached peripherals can sometimes cause compatibility issues. Although some have reported success with upgrading firmware on the 2007-2008 Mac Pros, we did not test this and cannot state for certain that these steps will function for you.īefore performing the upgrade, make certain that you do not have any unnecessarily attached USB devices plugged in.
Secondly, the firmware upgrade performed in these steps are specifically for a 2009 Mac Pro.
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If you Mac Pro was installed to boot into 32-bit mode for 32-bit drivers for some hardware then this will make that hardware unusable as it defaults into 64-bit mode. If you absolutely cannot have a non-working Mac Pro, then do not perform this upgrade. Note that upgrading your firmware could result in a dead system if performed incorrectly.
#MAC PRO UPGRADE VIDEO CARD 2010 INSTALL#
Do you have an older model 2009 Mac Pro (pre-Trash Can Mac Pro) that could use a makeover? Updating your firmware could give you added benefits such as the ability to install faster processors, faster memory, and newer macOS versions.
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