Boot Camp Drivers Kill Windows 7 RC1 Install on iMac

[Gav Mack]

I found my original boot camp drivers on the 10.5.6 DVD for my unibody MBP broke most of my X86 setup and patching the driver set didn't work too great either in my case, particularly with KbdMgr hanging the system.

I went back to square one with system restore after managing to get the beta snow leopard boot camp drivers off a developer friend (an iso can be allegedly found on popular file sharing networks but I can't condone their use) and everything bar Bluetooth worked like a dream (running the bootcamp setup exe in compatibility/administrator mode of course). The only thing I would recommend in retrospect is copying the generic MS Bluetooth driver files installed to another location in safe mode so when bootcamp replaces them you can roll the driver back easier than I did.

I've since replaced the video drivers from Windows Update with the Nvidia 185 drivers from their website which has given Aero a bit more zip and installed the physx driver. The brightness controls still work too and with HFS+ read support I have no real need for Macdrive.

 

[memo90061]

I installed Windows 7 64 amd everything works except the bluetooth.

 

[crazyxzer0]

I installed Windows 7 64 amd everything works except the bluetooth.

there was a step by step solution here on the website..

but mainly if your bluetooth keyboard for example is connected to the mac, deleted it off the devices in OSX, then go to windows and install the bluetooth keyboard like normal. It should work, then go back to OSX and install the keyboard. This way seems to work for my macbook and an apple wireless keyboard.

 

[SooTyLaD]

I've been trying to get W7 x64 working on my new iMac (radeon 4850) for 10 days now and it's still not playing ball... Are you lot saying the best way would be to get hold of the snow leopard bootcamp drivers?

As it stands I've actually given up but if there is a sure fire way I'd love to hear it

 

[jmpage2]

I've been trying to get W7 x64 working on my new iMac (radeon 4850) for 10 days now and it's still not playing ball... Are you lot saying the best way would be to get hold of the snow leopard bootcamp drivers?

As it stands I've actually given up but if there is a sure fire way I'd love to hear it

I'm running x64 RC7 successfully on the same machine you have for over a month now.

The key is to do things as laid out in previous messages.

1. You need to download and use the aforementioned tool which will fool the Boot Camp installer into thinking you have an approved 64 bit machine.

2. You need to download and use the latest boot camp drivers for x64 LEOPARD (not snow leopard).

3. You might have to manually install a few items. I had to manually install a math coprocessor and a few other minor items to clear out some problems in the system manager.

Everything that you need to know can be found at this link;

http://blog.sallarp.com/installing-windows-7-rc1-mbp/

If you are still having problems be specific. It is of no help to anyone, including yourself to provide little to no detail about what exactly the problems you are having are.