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And if you want the built in iSight camera to work for programs like Skype you need to do the installation as Apple intended (mostly). Likewise the keyboard keys for eject, volume, etc, are not going to work properly without the Apple drivers.
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Playing around with OEM Realtek and Sigmatel drivers is not going to guarantee full functionality. In the late 2006 iMAC (at least) is IDT technology. But as we all know Apple Mac's just work … so why not just have them run System 7 … oh, I mean Windows 7?Īny ways just to add to the above discussion so as not to seem unhelpful … the sound system hardware This may turn out to be widespread enough that Apple may have to make adjustments soon, but I need Windows 7 to run on my system now. They can't get the installer to run on their systems under Boot Camp either. As it turns out, there are a growing number of people with Macs of various kinds who are in the same situation as me.
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I only have 2 GB RAM in my system, so I'm rather leery of using virtualization software with that low a memory ceiling, but circumstances have forced me into this. I have no choice now but to use that for running Windows 7 on my computer. After all, if you can't get the installer to run, what's the point? I ordered a copy of Parallels Desktop, and should be receiving it soon. I still can't get the Windows 7 installer to run when I restart the system with the disc in, so all this is useless to me. I even created a 70 GB partition for the installation, but to no avail.
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Thanks for the refresher in how to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp Assistant, but I already did all that.
I therefore leave the question marked as "answered", though not to my satisfaction. Because I cannot install Windows 7 via Boot Camp, and I must assume I will never be able to do so that way again on this computer, I have no choice but to switch to a virtual environment emulator software package, such as Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion, to achieve the same results I would have had under Boot Camp. You have to install Windows in the partition you make with Boot Camp Assistant, then install the 3.0 drivers once Windows is installed and otherwise operational, then apply the 3.1 update. This, of course, assumes that you have successfully installed Windows to begin with.
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Sean: The Boot Camp 3.1 update is only good after you install the v3.0 drivers, which are found on any OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) install disc.
I just had a diagnostic done on my iMac, and it had no problems, which only means I still cannot install Windows 7 via Boot Camp. Thomas: I already dealt with Apple support, and they couldn't help me either. I have a feeling that the EFI may be the key to solving the problem, and I'd like to confirm it with someone with such knowledge. Apple provided an updater for the EFI firmware, but my system won't run it, telling me it's unnecessary. A poster on Apple's forum told me that EFI v2.x would be compatible with Windows 7 I currently have version 1.00.259 on my system. On an iMac, this is replaced to a degree by EFI firmware.
The Windows 7 installer, as I see it, looks for a specific BIOS set on startup. My research indicates something that I'd like to confirm, if anybody has the answer. The main problem is that, when I load the installer disc and restart the computer, I get nothing but a blank, black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner. Neither Apple nor MS technical support have been able to help me so far, as each only has claim to certain parts of the issue. I've been having trouble trying to install Windows 7 Home Premium on my Intel iMac using the Boot Camp solution.
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