I give up on the EFI Update

I have a MPro 2x3GHZ with 2GB ram....
I do NOT use a RAID but have 2 500gb HD's (one for OSX, one "play" for Windowze)
I do NOT have 3rd party ram or peripherals.
I have a Mac wireless keyboard & mouse.
I dnloaded the EFI update via SW Update and tried:
1. 3 times to run as instructed.
2. Tried to run it with just the OSX drive inserted.
3. Tried to run update 3 times as ROOT.
I dnloaded the update directly from the Apple website and tried:
1. 3 times to run as instructed.
2. Tried to run it with just the OSX drive inserted.
3. Tried to run update 3 times as ROOT.
4. Tried to run it with a USB Apple keyboard and mouse.
ALL attempts result in a "flash" of the update for a quick second and then an immediate re-start. Upon re-start, I am offered the update "Shut-Down" again.
If anyone knows anything else I can try, I'll be happy to give it a whirl.
Many thanks
MacPro 3gig Mac OS X (10.4.7)

My experience has been somewhat in between.
I didn't attempt to install the update from the boot RAID-0, but went straight for the internal backup drive.
The EFI update started, both optical drive trays came out, then with the progress bar at 80% or so the Mac turned itself off. The optical drive trays still sticking out.
I turned it back on, it came up, and the EFI installer proclaimed a successful update to version 1.1.
Later that night, I zapped the PRAM, since I've been having trouble with a USB link to my set-top box for some time.
After restarting, the Mac wouldn't boot, but gave me the "no parking" sign instead. Holding a key (I think "S") while turning it on fixed that.
So far so good, no further issues or problems.
Cheers
Steffen.

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