on 5/12/04 7:59 PM, Geoff Richards at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> there are two revisions of the G5.
> http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html
> Power Macintosh G5: Specifications - 2004.06  (June 2004)
> Power Macintosh G5 (Original): Specifications - 2003.07  (July 2003)
> 
> single / dual processor is not a factor.
> 
> the firmware update will only perform an installation on the correct
> machine, otherwise chaos would result.
> i tried it and it said
> 
> -geoff
> 

Many thanks for this extra info Geoff. Yes the firmware update told me it
was not for my machine, and nothing happened!

Good old Apple - looking after its simple minded customer like myself in its
usual efficient way.

Regards,

Philippe