SMC Reset on MacBook Pro 2007

According to the link you posted - +"This article refers to Apple's Intel-based portables manufactured February 2006 or later. For PowerPC-based products manufactured before that date, see "Resetting PowerBook and iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)".+




Exactly what problems are you having?

The instructions you mention are correct for your model, too, Charrlie, though the model designations in the article are a bit confusing.

It sounds as if whatever your problems are relate to something other than the need to just reset the SMC.

What are the issues you are trying to deal with?

Cheers

Rod

(Whoops - first up I was assuming you were talking about an internal SD reader , which your computer doesn't have!)

Does the card reader you are using itself work in other computers? What brand is it? have you tried using each of the USB ports? There may be a power supply difference between them that can affect such things.

Cheers

Rod

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Did you mean you mean to mark this thread as solved= !http://discussions.apple.com/images/question-resolved-24x24.gif! ?

I guess the initial question asked was solved, CMCSK, though his/her underlying problem (not mentioned in the original post) still needs fixing.

Cheers

Rod

Oh, ok. Glad you are still hanging in there.

I never take all that much notice of "solved" markers, CMSCK. Even if the original poster has the answer they need it is common to find someone else has tagged on to the end of the thread with a variation of the problem that needs a bit of additional work.

Cheers

Rod

Have you tried it in all of your USB ports, Carla?

One possible reason I can think of for the issue is that sometimes other devices built into the computer are attached to the same USB bus as one of the external USB ports (the iSight camera is, for example) and it is conceivable that it might be drawing too much current from the particular port, preventing it from supplying enough power to work with the "high quality" cards. You might find it worth trying disconnecting all other USB devices when you use the adaptor, too.

Do you know how the cards themselves have been "formatted"? FAT 32, FAT 16 or something else? If you have one that isn't working on the Mac, but which you have already downloaded any photographs from, it may be worth trying to reformat it IN THE CAMERA, just in case its file structure has become corrupted enough for the Mac to have trouble reading it (even if PC's can still deal with it). Doing this will wipe off whatever is on the card, of course.

There have been a few instances reported problems with 3rd party USB devices of various kinds under Snow Leopard recently (often because the "firmware" in the device isn't quite right, which SL seems less tolerant of than earlier versions of the OS). IT may be simply this.

I know it can hard to do when travelling, but it may be worth heading into a local photographic or computer store and seeing if they will let you "test" a new one, to see if it is compatible with your cards and the MBP.

THere are also Firewire and Express Card based SD Card readers, of course, but they cost more. If I come across any other suggestions I'll post back.

Cheers

Rod