Mac Pro 2006-2007 Firmware Tool Released

[Squishy Tia]

Squishy Tia you have all that in a mac pro 1,1 ? I would think maybe you could allso buy yourself a newer mac pro ? ;-) To the point: you have in: pcie-slot 1 (x16 lanes) with ati 5870, slot 2 (x1 lane) with ati 5770, slot 3 (x1 lane) empty, and slot 4 (x8 lanes) the Areca sas-sata card ? Are you shure though that your not working with profile #2 ? where slots 3 & 4 are both x4 lanes ? (system-library-coreservices-expansionslotutility)

I said I own both the 5770 and 5870. I only use the 5870, so my profile is this:

Slot 4: Areca 1880ix-12 RAID Controller
Slot 3: Empty
Slot 2: Empty; using PCI bracket SATA->eSATA converter from the ODD_SATA_2 port on the motherboard
Slot 1: Radeon HD5870

Configuration of slots:

Slot 4: x8
Slot 3: x1
Slot 2: x1
Slot 1: x16

The Areca card is still only reporting itself as x4 even though it's an x8 card and in an x8 assigned lane.

[chromafile]

My 2006 Mac Pro has firmware version MP11.005D.B00. So I guess this doesn't work with my MP since Apple doesn't release MP11.005D.B00 to the public.

Same here:

Code:

Boot ROM Version: MP11.005D.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.7f10

I haven't tried the utility since I'm not sure it would really change anything for me. I'm already running a MacPro1,1 with a flashed Powercolor 5770 and upgraded dual Xeon X5365 3GHz quad-core processors (ie. same as the 2,1) without any apparent issues.

I don't have any problems with x5355s, either. I'm just curious to try the utility but I want to revert back to the original firmware as well, just in case.
I just spent $500 to replace the dead logic board and PSU a couple of months ago, so I kinda hesitate to use the utility unless I can revert back to MP11.005D.B00

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

Worked on my 2006 Mac Pro, although same observation as others: I had to shutdown/reboot twice to get both of my X5365 CPUs recognized.  On the first boot after flashing, it only recognized one CPU.

Now reports MacPro2,1 with "2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon" (instead of Unknown) with Boot ROM version MP21.007F.B06.

There have been reports of MP21.007F.B08 in the wild...

I'm trying to figure out if I'm imagining that my Mac Pro is a tiny bit quieter with the 2007 EFI firmware.  Or does the SMC firmware (still 1.7f10 for 2006 MacPro1,1) control fan speed?  Or am I just guilty of wishful thinking?

[pjdgilmour]

Hello,
According to Intel, the Intel 5000x chipset officially supports harpentown some models, like the E5410. Anyone know if the firmaware 2.1 includes the CPU ID's harpertowns? See http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/24663
And I found in an ancient forum, a User who claims to have received an email from Apple, which according to their technical department, the logic board 2.1 accepts  Harpertown Xeons.

I have a pair of E5410, I'm going to take courage and to test :-)

[peterb81]

Thanks MacEFIRom, App works perfectly 

[ankis225]

Hello!Any chance of updating MacPro 2,1 to 3,1 so that it would have EFI64 and support the 6870 hack?
Any time??
Please
Thanks

[nekton1]

A 2,1 to 3,1 update supporting EFI64 would be great but am I living in cloud cuckoo land imagining it might be doable?

[fhenry]

what are the advantages to put the 2,1 frimware?

[Hooper]

Anyone tried to use the official smc firmware update from apple to change the 1,1 to that of the 2,1 MP ?  (after executing the efi firmware tool hack) Does it change the SMC Version from 1.7f10 (MP 1,1) to 1.15f3 (MP 2,1) ? link:http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macprosmcfirmwareupdate11.html

[cwlproduce]

I look forward to a SMC firmware tool so I can see if that will finally remedy my fan problem (fans just would stay at 500rpm and never regulate with temperature changes) that happened when I did the latest update available back in 2008. Had to use smcfancontrol to keep things cool.

[abalamut]

I have a pair of E5410, I'm going to take courage and to test :-)

Did you try it yet?

[abalamut]

Hello, it seems only I have some trouble with upgrade 1.1 to 2.1.
I have 3 1.1 MacPro's. At first everything was fine, expect after first restart it recognize only one CPU, after second restart all 2 CPU here. I went to second machine & run update … After installing update, I shutdown machine, press power button until power light start blinking, then release it, I hear beeb, then I saw grey screen with progress bar, but it takes less then 1 second. It just flash, then mac reboot it self & normal boot. Of course it stay 1.1. At the third MacPro exactly the same.

I try everything I know for 3 hours: change RAM, change Graphic card, change HDD, connect macs to APC, replace battery, even reset sms. It does not work.

Please help me - is there any log for understand whats going wrong?
Or may be some chance to boot from optical disk & run this update manually.

[akspa420]

I also had an issue - it updated without a problem to the 2007 firmware, but upon reboot, it only saw one of my Xeon DualCore CPU's. I then went backwards to the old firmware, and everything seems fine now. Not sure what the issue is. I took a screen shot prior to reverting the firmware, incase any of the info that System Information reports is helpful. I'll post it when I get a chance.

[Robert Davies]

It's been noted elsewhere that just rebooting again allows the MP to see the second processor - I have to admit I reset the SMC, then reset the pRAM three times and *then* allowed the reboot to carry on having panicked on the first reboot!

It - my MP 1,1 has been running very nicely for the last three days with the 2,1 firmware with no issues whatsoever. Seems quieter, but I cannot for the life of me think why that would be!

-Rob

ps Thanks to the dev for writing the util btw

[akspa420]

Perhaps I'll give it another go just to see if it works properly at all. I was just kinda freaked when I saw my processors drop to one :?