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Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:36 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
On Oct 22, 2012, at 2:44 AM, Nick Andriash <medic65@telus.
> I recently purchased a new Crucial M4 512GB SSD for my 2011 MacBook Pro, and the other day Crucial sent an email saying that there was a new firmware update available for the drive. I downloaded the firmware in the form of a 3.4 MB iso file. Crucial Tech Support told me to burn it to a blank DVD, insert it, press and hold the C key while re-starting the Mac, and then simply follow the instructions to update the firmware.
>
>> To update the firmware on your SSD, follow the steps below. Please also ensure you are using an internal SuperDrive as externally connected drives don't always allow the update process to complete.
>>
>> 1. Download the most suitable SSD firmware
>> 2. Unzip the ISO by double-clicking on it
>> 3. Start Disk Utility (Utilities -> Disk Utility)
>> 4. In the list of drives in Disk Utility, select the ISO
>> 5. Insert a blank CD in the drive
>> 6. Ensure "Verify burned data" is checked
>> 7. Click "Burn"
>> 8. Once burn is complete, restart the Mac
>> 9. Press and hold C when powering on to boot from the CD
>> 10. Follow the steps to update FW
>
> Turns out that simply does not work, as my Mac ignores the fact I have a CD inserted, and simply booted off my main drive. On Crucial's forum, there appears to be a lot of Mac Users having trouble updating their SSD's firmware.
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> Any suggestions as to what my next move is? I have sent a reply off to Crucial Tech Support.
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Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
>> To update the firmware on your SSD, follow the steps below. Please also ensure you are using an internal SuperDrive as externally connected drives don't always allow the update process to complete.
>
> Turns out that simply does not work, as my Mac ignores the fact I have a CD inserted, and simply booted off my main drive. On Crucial's forum, there appears to be a lot of Mac Users having trouble updating their SSD's firmware.
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> Any suggestions as to what my next move is? I have sent a reply off to Crucial Tech Support.
Most likely the CD is not seen as a bootable drive. You could try rebooting with the CD in and the <Option> key held down, to see if the CD is shown as a possible choice in the list of available boot sources.
These days, I think any such firmware upgrade should include instructions for creating a bootable Flash drive.
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> Turns out that simply does not work, as my Mac ignores the fact I have a CD inserted, and simply booted off my main drive. On Crucial's forum, there appears to be a lot of Mac Users having trouble updating their SSD's firmware.
>
> Any suggestions as to what my next move is? I have sent a reply off to Crucial Tech Support.
Most likely the CD is not seen as a bootable drive. You could try rebooting with the CD in and the <Option> key held down, to see if the CD is shown as a possible choice in the list of available boot sources.
These days, I think any such firmware upgrade should include instructions for creating a bootable Flash drive.
Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
The instructions clearly imply that the iso file is of a bootable disc. The problem likely lies in the details.
Try holding "option" as suggested, or even "D" (which is used to run the hardware test off of DVD or hard drive). Do you have only one optical drive? Or reset the startup disc in Preferences and restart. Does it see the CD as an option? Does the CD mount at all? Do you know if you can boot from this optical drive? You can test this by holding "c" while booting from your original installation disc (if you have one).
I just ran in to a similar fussiness on a bad 2007 Macbook. It refused to boot to a half-dozen or so known boot discs of various kinds. It simply ignored them. Eventually we got it to boot from a Snow Leopard disc and reinstalled the OS. Never did figure out why it didn't like the other discs.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com
On Oct 22, 2012, at 2:44 AM, Nick Andriash wrote:
> I recently purchased a new Crucial M4 512GB SSD for my 2011 MacBook Pro, and the other day Crucial sent an email saying that there was a new firmware update available for the drive. I downloaded the firmware in the form of a 3.4 MB iso file. Crucial Tech Support told me to burn it to a blank DVD, insert it, press and hold the C key while re-starting the Mac, and then simply follow the instructions to update the firmware.
>
> > To update the firmware on your SSD, follow the steps below. Please also ensure you are using an internal SuperDrive as externally connected drives don't always allow the update process to complete.
> >
> > 1. Download the most suitable SSD firmware
> > 2. Unzip the ISO by double-clicking on it
> > 3. Start Disk Utility (Utilities -> Disk Utility)
> > 4. In the list of drives in Disk Utility, select the ISO
> > 5. Insert a blank CD in the drive
> > 6. Ensure "Verify burned data" is checked
> > 7. Click "Burn"
> > 8. Once burn is complete, restart the Mac
> > 9. Press and hold C when powering on to boot from the CD
> > 10. Follow the steps to update FW
>
> Turns out that simply does not work, as my Mac ignores the fact I have a CD inserted, and simply booted off my main drive. On Crucial's forum, there appears to be a lot of Mac Users having trouble updating their SSD's firmware.
>
> Any suggestions as to what my next move is? I have sent a reply off to Crucial Tech Support.
>
> --
> Nick Andriash
> andriash@telus.net
> 17" MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz Intel Core i7, Memory 16 GB, OS X 10.8.2
> AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB
> iPad2 WiFi & 3G, 64GB
> iPhone4S 32GB
>
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Try holding "option" as suggested, or even "D" (which is used to run the hardware test off of DVD or hard drive). Do you have only one optical drive? Or reset the startup disc in Preferences and restart. Does it see the CD as an option? Does the CD mount at all? Do you know if you can boot from this optical drive? You can test this by holding "c" while booting from your original installation disc (if you have one).
I just ran in to a similar fussiness on a bad 2007 Macbook. It refused to boot to a half-dozen or so known boot discs of various kinds. It simply ignored them. Eventually we got it to boot from a Snow Leopard disc and reinstalled the OS. Never did figure out why it didn't like the other discs.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-
On Oct 22, 2012, at 2:44 AM, Nick Andriash wrote:
> I recently purchased a new Crucial M4 512GB SSD for my 2011 MacBook Pro, and the other day Crucial sent an email saying that there was a new firmware update available for the drive. I downloaded the firmware in the form of a 3.4 MB iso file. Crucial Tech Support told me to burn it to a blank DVD, insert it, press and hold the C key while re-starting the Mac, and then simply follow the instructions to update the firmware.
>
> > To update the firmware on your SSD, follow the steps below. Please also ensure you are using an internal SuperDrive as externally connected drives don't always allow the update process to complete.
> >
> > 1. Download the most suitable SSD firmware
> > 2. Unzip the ISO by double-clicking on it
> > 3. Start Disk Utility (Utilities -> Disk Utility)
> > 4. In the list of drives in Disk Utility, select the ISO
> > 5. Insert a blank CD in the drive
> > 6. Ensure "Verify burned data" is checked
> > 7. Click "Burn"
> > 8. Once burn is complete, restart the Mac
> > 9. Press and hold C when powering on to boot from the CD
> > 10. Follow the steps to update FW
>
> Turns out that simply does not work, as my Mac ignores the fact I have a CD inserted, and simply booted off my main drive. On Crucial's forum, there appears to be a lot of Mac Users having trouble updating their SSD's firmware.
>
> Any suggestions as to what my next move is? I have sent a reply off to Crucial Tech Support.
>
> --
> Nick Andriash
> andriash@telus.
> 17" MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz Intel Core i7, Memory 16 GB, OS X 10.8.2
> AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB
> iPad2 WiFi & 3G, 64GB
> iPhone4S 32GB
>
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