How To: Install 64bit Boot Camp Drivers on an Unsupported Mac

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Published 2009-12-27

A step-by-step video of how to install the new 64bit Boot Camp 3.0 drivers on Macs not officially supported by Apple.

Boot Camp 3.2 Updates:
(32-bit) support.apple.com/kb/DL996
(64-bit) support.apple.com/kb/DL979
**Must have BC 3.0 installed prior to 3.1 update

Supported Model List:
support.apple.com/kb/HT1846

Specs: MacPro1:1 (2006) Nvidia 7300GT, 4GB RAM 667Mhz, 2 x 2.66Ghz Dual-Core Xeons, Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 7 Professional Final

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All Comments (21)

@AztekDJ 8 years ago

Thanks mate, top info and all sorted now..!
@Deevs82 11 years ago

Thanks buddy! Worked great! You da man!
@houghmichelle 13 years ago

thanks so much everything works perfectly now!!!
@Olli120 12 years ago

It also works great on Windows Vista 64 bit Home Premium, thanks man!
@cberrier78 8 years ago

Thanks! You're a life saver!
@Fuzzles 14 years ago

Thanks for this.
@TechVidGuy 12 years ago

@senorchips You're welcome. I'm glad you were able to get it working.
@cuchelele 12 years ago

Still Working Find. Thanks!
@Giorgigigauri 8 years ago

Very Good, Thanks
@TechVidGuy 11 years ago

Glad to help.
@TechVidGuy 11 years ago

Great! Thanks for sharing. Glad it worked out for you.
@BrainstormExtras 11 years ago

Thank you!!!!
@CanonWildlifeBrkshre 11 years ago

is it the same if your running lion ?

im on a mac pro 1.1
@TechVidGuy 12 years ago

@eddy1154 You should make sure the drive is listed and not disabled in Device Manager -Right click "Computer" in the start menu and click on "Properties" then click "Device Manager" at the top left corner of the window that pops up -OR- by typing "Device Manager" in the search box of the start menu and hitting the Enter key. Also make sure you allow an appropriate amount of time for the drive to spin up the disc (this time can vary between machines) before opening the command prompt.
@TNIISama 13 years ago

(check your youtube's messages.) I have found the Graphic's card already with Speccy and downloaded the windows 7's driver from the official site..was that a mistake? After that i followed the instructions on this video and installed bootcamp along with the drivers and all...so how do i proceed from now on...i mean..do i normally use windows 7 update alone and that will update everything? Do i use bootcamp? Does bootcamp do that automatically neway? (talking about the drivers mainly)
@CanonWildlifeBrkshre 11 years ago

I have a mac pro 1.1 (running lion) how can i get it to run windows 7 at 64bits ? in bootcamp
@krannz 10 years ago

great!!!! thank you soo muchh!! you're genious!!!
@todneal 13 years ago

@kslacson2

you need to change the admin security settings in user accounts to never ask permission. after that you will have to restart. then you can go into the command prompt and run boot camp.

Thank for the video @4MacSake - this really helped!
@sfvirgo 12 years ago

if you dont have the snow leopard dvd, u can do this same technique with the one u make with boot camp assistant just use that directory, or make that directory mimic the SL's boot camp folder
@j0urn3ym4n 9 years ago

Awesome! Thanks a lot