IMac ISight and 10.4.3

I received a new 20" ISight last week and its working flawlessly so far. The update list has the 10.4.3 update on it. Has anyone with the newest IMac applied this update yet? I see quite a few problems mentioned on MacFixit and MacIntouch with the update and wondered if the recently shipped units were affected. Thanks, Jay

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I agree with thomas, I to upgrade when the update was made available I haven't had any problems yet, did you repair permissions, if not do so asap. Pop in your intallation DVD and restart your unit and run disk repair and see what happen after that. Good luck
Miguel

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You're welcome, Rod
Sorry I was not clearer. The links are not for iMac firmware updates. Your Mac's Software Update... feature will monitor all updates needed for your iMac (unless you had disabled it, which you did not do.)
My suggestion to check firmware was intended to relate specifically to your hard drive's firmware.
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At the time of writing my response, I did not know how vital it was to you to have both your iSight and your external drive connected simultaneously and continuously. An external hub was just one more thing you could try if it were important to exhaust all possible remedies other than buying a Tower Mac and installing additional Firewire ports. (Even that might not work.)
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<<If you look at MacInTouch, you will find reams of complaints about MacMall. You have to be very firm with them, and threaten all kinds of dire things.>>
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Valhalla:
Are you referring to you CPU temperature or the GPU because there are two GPU temperature sensors. I assume you mean the CPU. I don't care what you were told. To me 205 is too hot. Noone else has reported a temperature that high. In fact, I believe the earlier versions shut down around 180+. Why should this one be able to go up to over 200?
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ALCON,
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Neither should you be concerned about the green light blinking on and off. It is normal for iSight's green light to turn off after you connect it. The green light should come back on when iSight is in use, but that will likely happen once you get iSight working.
Please post back the answers to the following questions if you do not get going with these suggestions.
(0) I am confused by your first two sentences. Do you mean that the same iSight that works on your "laptop" will not work on your iMac?
If so, and if your "laptop" is a Mac, then your iMac needs work. Some additional info will be needed if the following do not get you going.
Your post sounds as though you may have tried using the hints in the How To Ensure Your iSight Is Functional FAQ.
](1) Is that true for BOTH computers?
](2) If so, are the results the same for both of your Macs?
](3) When you have your iSight connected to your iMac, does your iMac's System Profiler recognize your iSight as a Firewire device?
(4) Have you repaired permissions since you updated to 10.4.2?
(5) Do you regularly perform Mac OS X maintenance?
(6) When you upgraded to 10.4.2, did you just click "install" when notified that there was an OS X update available?
(7) Have you repaired permissions since you updated to 10.4.2?
If the answer to (7) is "yes," I suggest you apply the new 10.4.3 Combo Update using the method suggested in How I Update My Mac OS X. If the answer is "no," repair permissions now and see whether that gets your iSight working.
My best suggestions to get your iSight working with iChat AV are in Help for iChat AV 3 Problems.
If you are new to iSight or iChat AV, you might also find some useful ideas in Using iSight with iChat AV.
If you need to post back it will also be helpful if you will tell us:
(8) Processor type and speed on all Macs to which you refer in your post.
(9) Whether you have Possible hardware or software conflicts with iSight.
EZ Jim

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