Apple Posted Firmware Update for 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 (late 2004)

The update for a Power Mac G5 running 10.4.3 is available from this Apple Web page. If it is running 10.3.9, then the firmware update is available from this Apple Web page. According to the Read Me file,

This Power Mac G5 System Firmware Update is only for the 1.8 GHz, (600 MHz bus), single-processor Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) computer. This update improves the reliability of your Power Mac G5, especially after it has been inactive for two hours.

Here are the details:

Some 1.8 GHz models of Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) computers may experience any of the following symptoms:

• The computer may freeze when performing certain video-intensive tasks for extended periods of time, such as a full screen slideshows, QuickTime playback, or some games.
  
• The optical drive may not eject when you've been using the computer for about two hours.
  
• Internet Connect may become unresponsive when you've been using the computer for about two hours.
  
• (This issue can affect either internal or external modems that use PPP as well as DSL modems that connect using the PPPoE protocol.)
  
• Attached displays may not wake up properly after the computer, running Mac OS X 10.4, has been sleeping for an extended period of time. The computer seems to wake up, but the display doesn't.

We do not have this model of Power Mac G5 so we can't test the firmware update for you. [Dana Baggett]