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Jun 2 2009

REEGOR  The 1.3 SMC update has an unclear effect on temperatures. (It brings me up to version 1.27f2 - go figure.) I was running up to 83C or slightly higher according to iStat, under moderate to heavy load. (The load was an external monitor streaming Netflix, Wi-Fi running at 150 KBps, and several applications. This does not seem like a heavy load to me, but I guess decoding a movie takes work.)

Tonight, I went up to 83 without even any streaming (but with an external monitor). But after a few minutes it has settled down to between 72 and 76.

Here's my complete temperature list for comparison. First number is first reading; second is 10 minutes after startup.

CPU A 82 / 71

Airport Card 51 /52

Battery 30 / 30

Enclosure Bottom 33 / 34

GPU Diode 82 / 79

GPU Heatsink 68 / 65

Heatsink A 62 /61

Heatsink B 46 /45

Memory Controller 52 /51

Hitachi Drive 21 /21  
(Version 1.3)

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May 31 2009

FELIX01  To reiterate, not for unibody MBPs.  
(Version 1.3)

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May 29 2009

YOXI  Not for late 2006 MBP's either.  
(Version 1.3)

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May 29 2009

SUCKERPUNCH86  Is this meant only for the unibody models?  
(Version 1.3)

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May 29 2009

KICHI  No. It was offfered by Software update for my MBP early 2008.  
(Version 1.3)

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May 29 2009

D9  Actually for my unibody, it doesn't work. It doesn't show up in Software Update. If I run the downloaded installer, it says it's not needed for my model.

So this must be meant for older MacBook Pros, like the previous reply stated.  
(Version 1.3)

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May 30 2009

MICHAEL XVI  I also have the Unibody MacBook Pro, April 2009 and this firmware update doesn't appear in my Software Update. I'm running 10.5.7.  
(Version 1.3)

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