Mac Mini (Mid 2007; MacMini2,1) updates?

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Mac Mini (Mid 2007; MacMini2,1) updates?

Are there any EFI or SMC firmware updates for the "Mid 2007" Mac Mini? It's certainly possible that there were never any updates, but it seems unlikely that they had to update either the EFI, SMC, or both for most Mac models before and after this one. ...unless they just didn't care – it was the Mac Mini after all.

My Mac Mini is having some issues that seem to have been addressed on other models via firmware updates in the past (i.e. loss of responsiveness when connected to a Mac that is using FireWire disk mode, some other performance problems that I haven't yet been able to pin down using normal methods). My current firmware is reported as:

Model Identifier: Macmini2,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 2 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Chipset Model: GMA 950 (64 MB shared)

System Version: Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50d)

Boot ROM Version: MM21.009A.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.19f2

Thanks,

- Jim

P.S. If anyone from Apple ever sees this (unlikely), please consider adding MacMini2,1 to the list (even if there are no updates) so that we know the listing was not just omitted in error. It would also be nice (if it doesn't already exist) if there was a page listing the effective version numbers for all models (not just update numbers).

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 13, 2012 1:56 PM

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Jim Grisham Author

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May 13, 2012 6:05 PM in response to Kappy

No updates now... but were there ever?

I just looked at an older version of this article (which was current when I was actually working on this problem a few months ago) at http://web.archive.org/web/20110714035957/http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 . (This page was captured on July 11th, 2011 ... long after these updates were released in 2006)

Mac mini
Mac mini (Early 2006)	Macmini1,1	MM11.0055.B08 (EFI 1.1)	1.3f4 (SMC 1.0)
Mac mini (Late 2006)	Macmini1,1	MM11.0055.B08 (EFI 1.1)	1.3f4 (SMC 1.0)
Mac mini (Mid 2007)	Macmini2,1	MM11.0055.B08 (EFI 1.1)	1.3f4 (SMC 1.0)
Mac mini (Early 2009)	Macmini3,1	MM31.0081.B06 (EFI 1.2)

With the exception of the MacBook1,1 and MacBookPro1,1, the SMC numbers don't ever appear to go down over time in a model family. The pattern, if any, in the EFI numbers is a little more obscure.

For the EFI, 55 is greater than 9A, but B08 is greater than B00. SMC version 1.3f4 seems greater than 1.19f2. The EFI update looks to be the same for both the 1,1 and 2,1 models based on the past revision of this page - I think I remember reading something about those models being pretty much identical except for the processor used.

Thinking back, I almost think I updated some sort of firmware on these machines (I have two) years ago, perhaps 2008 or 2009. Could I have actually updated firmware without having the new version numbers stick?

- Jim

P.S. As an interesting sidenote, Google Chrome refuses to open the current KB article (at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237), complaining of a re-direct loop. It's only because of that bug that I went to look for an archived version and realized that the page had been changed in the past year.

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mrrapple

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Jun 22, 2012 5:25 AM in response to Jim Grisham

Hello Jim,

I have the same problem with the exactly the same MacMini.

I also fully agree with you on the quality of the list with firmware updates by Apple. I hope they are going to support their clients more by improving lists like these by implementing your 2 suggestions!

Did you find a solution in the mean time?

Marcel

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Kappy

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May 13, 2012 2:00 PM in response to Jim Grisham

There are no EFI or SMC updates for that particular model.

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