Apple takes down NVIDIA Update... why?

Quincy Pince-Nez
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January 29, 2009
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Apple today took down last week's NVIDIA firmware update for MacBook/Pro/Air.  The update didn't fix the issues with the Dual Link DVI adapter on 30 inch displays, and furthermore, we've received word that some users with 15-inch Unibody MacBook Pros have reported speaker popping since installing the update.  We've also heard that external displays are flickering or not working at all.  While we've felt no such pain, there was obviously enough out there for Apple to pull the update.  Apple, uncharacteristically,  has issued no statement..

(image from Giz)

 

Comments (12)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 10:57am

when talking about the unibody laptops shouldn't you have a picture of one....not the previous model

admin | January 29, 2009 - 11:13am

sorry, mushroom clouds trump accuracy

Peacemaker (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 11:27am

Boom.

BuffyzDead (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 11:37am

doh!

Frizull (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 11:56am

Funny, I just went to the Apple Store for that very reason (audio popping), although I've had the problem since I bought it two months ago.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 12:28pm

What did the Apple Store tell you? I have it as well. It seems to be consistently reproducible when I run the FallOut2 Demo on the 9600 chip.

Silent (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 1:14pm

I have the popping sound as well, and had it before the update as well... and i've also had the flickering of my screen, but only once.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 7:19pm

Anyone else seem to be getting the beachball a lot after the update too?

I've noticed a lot of system lag after those updates.

And no reason to be laggy either! 2.53/4GB/138GB left free on the HDD

Anyone else?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | January 29, 2009 - 8:01pm

Yep, my unibody MBP seems to have lost some of it's "snapiness" since the upgrade.

Starwatcher (not verified) | January 30, 2009 - 12:06am

For the books ....Finally I got my mini Displayport- DualLink DVI Adapter yesterday and without having installed the NVIDIA update mentioned, my MBPro15" worked flawlessly with the 30" Cinema Display ...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | January 30, 2009 - 2:24am

installed the update here and nothing to report....no popping audio and no system lag....a little more snappines when playing mkv content using the 9600 , perian and quicktime.

gnico (not verified) | January 31, 2009 - 5:41am

I installed it and noticed some popping on windows, mostly when I was using the trackpad. But then it worked fine ... it's been 6 days i got my mac, do you think I should return it?