How to tell if SMC firmware is installed properly...

Hi
I live a bit far from my Apple Store so I thought I'd ask on the forum before I did the whole Genius Bar - back- and - forth trip.

I recently had my logic board replaced along with a rattling fan.

After which i found my MBP (2.16 core duo from last july) to run much quieter and cooler. I noticed that my fans came on more often and heard them come on.

Everything seemed fine. Then I had my bottom casing replaced (because of a scratch I found after having my logic board replaced -- which i wasn't too happy about but AppleCare helped me out).

After picking up my MBP again. It seems like the fans dont come on as often anymore and the temperatures are as high as it was before i got my logic board replaced--but i don't hear a noise.

Would anyone know if there is a way to check if the SMC firmware update is properly installed? I am wondering why the fans dont come on as often . I've been using SMC fan control lately which helps but I would rather my MBP control its own temperature without me having to adjust the fan speeds. It woudl be most helpful when running programs in Windows XP bootcamp mode.

Any advice would be great thanks.

Love O.

Macbook Pro 2.16 ghz 2 gig ram, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Dec 4, 2006 3:23 PM

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Dec 4, 2006 3:49 PM in response to Oprah

If it helps to know the fan speed, you might try Hardware monitor: http://www.bresink.de/osx/HardwareMonitor.html

The fans could be running at low speeds, in which case it's very soft. To really hear it, you can add load, say by opening a terminal and running

yes > /dev/null

That should use up CPU, raise temperature, increase fan speed and you should be able to hear it. If the max temperature is much higher than before or the fans really don't get switched on, then I would talk to Apple.

Dec 5, 2006 5:54 PM in response to Phil Ta

My Macbook Pro was updated to 1.5f10. If you are at 1.2, perhaps the update didn't work.

Machine Name: MacBook Pro 17"
Machine Model: MacBookPro1,2
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP12.0061.B03
SMC Version: 1.5f10

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