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Boot Camp 3.0 and Windows 7 64-bit - My experiences/notes

I just installed Boot Camp 3.0 from the Snow Leopard DVD onto my MacBook Pro 17 (Mid 09) which is running Windows 7 64bit RTM and had Boot Camp 2.1 previously installed on it.

My experiences/notes:

1. The Boot Camp 3.0 installation automatically removed the Boot Camp 2.1 drivers that it was going to update and then installed the newer 3.0 ones

2. You still can only use the GeForce 9600M GT graphics chipset, i.e. only the 9600M GT shows to windows and appears in the device manager

3. Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) Latency issues still exist although it doesn't seem like you need to run the Bootcamp.exe on CPU 0 affinity only (Bootcamp.exe = the updated/Boot Camp 3.0 version of KbdMgr.exe)

4. You still can't fully dim the keyboard backlight with the F5 key

5. I manually updated the 'important' drivers to the very newest one, i.e.

5a. Latest Nvidia driver for GeForce 9600M GT => 186.81 notebook_win7_winvista_64bit_internationalwhql.exe

5b. Latest WLAN chip driver => Broadcom (4322AG chipset) Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista 5.10.91.8 (14 May 2009) = sp43743.exe

5c. Lateset Realtek High Definition Audio Codec => Vista Win7R231.zip

6. Although I still have bad DPC latency, I haven't yet noticed any audio/video lag/drop-outs/screeches etc.

Best of luck to you all and I hope this helps someone, Dingle7

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MacBook Pro 17" Unibody (Mid 2009), Other OS

Posted on Aug 30, 2009 9:40 AM

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Aug 30, 2009 11:23 AM in response to Dingle7

Hi Dingle7,

thanks for your post, very helpful.

I would like to confirm whether upgrading to 10.6 will not affect my current Windows 7 64bit installation, besides the substitution of boot camp 2.1 for 3.0.

Also, would you please advice on where to find the latest drivers for broadcom and realtek?

I am currently using nvidia 190.56 from laptop2go, working fine.

I read that the battery consumption is optimized in boot camp 3.0
Let's hope someday we will have the automatic screen brightness dimming.

thanks

Regards

Oscar

Aug 30, 2009 3:57 PM in response to oscarbrt01

Unfortunately, I cannot report any improvement on the battery life front.

Yes, tapping and two-finger tapping now works, although the trackpad is still very sensitive. But battery life is still more or less where it was with 2.1.

More specifically, on my MBP4,1 (Early 2008), I get about 4 1/2 hours under OSX, and between 2h 45m and 3h under Win7 RC (Vista was similar), under a light load (but with wireless on).

Anybody else wants to comment re. battery life?

Aug 30, 2009 6:27 PM in response to oscarbrt01

Hi all,

Here are the links for the latest 'important' drivers:

5a. Latest Nvidia driver for GeForce 9600M GT => 186.81 notebook_win7_winvista_64bit_internationalwhql.exe
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

5b. Latest WLAN chip driver => Broadcom (4322AG chipset) Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista 5.10.91.8 (14 May 2009) = sp43743.exe
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en &cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3872994&swItem=ob-71357-1&mode=5
NOTE: You will need to manually update the drivers in the windows device manager (select 4322AG chipset) because the installer doesn't overwrite the old drivers from Boot Camp

5c. Lateset Realtek High Definition Audio Codec => Vista Win7R231.zip
http://www.realtek.com.tw/DOWNLOADS/

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Sep 1, 2009 5:35 AM in response to H3llHound

Hi. It is an .msi file and not a .exe. When run itself it will give the error that it needs to be run from the .exe file. If you change the compatibility settings on the .msi installer then it will run however some items fail to install. What I am missing though is my keyboard shortcuts for brightness, pause , play etc - everything else works fine.

Sep 1, 2009 4:37 PM in response to Firebird74

Got it! I had upgraded from Vista SP2 x64. Don't know if this is teh issue however this is what I did to resolve it:

Firstly I deleted the AppleControlPanel.exe under Windows\System32 folder. Then I copied the bootcamp folder from the DVD to my Desktop. I located the BootCamp64.msi under BootCamp\Drivers\Apple and right mouse clicked on it selecting 'Troubleshoot Compatibility'. It decided to skip the version test and Bootcamp installer launched this time uninstalling the previous version and installing 3.0. Now all devices are working, Boot Camp control panel auto starts and my Apple Function Keys for Brightness, sound etc are all working normally - happy days!

Sep 27, 2009 5:41 AM in response to Dingle7

hi, saw you had success with windows 7 installation. just wondering if i could ask you a couple of question concerning the topic.

i have snow leopard installed now, have never used boot camp before. just subscribed to Microsoft technet, so will be able to get windows rtm soon. i saw some posts saying the iso burnt disk would not work. the 64 bit system dvd cannot be recognised and won't boot and install. it will ask to select cd room or something.

since you are using the 64 bits. can i ask you what software did you use and how did you burn the iso? and did you get that "select cd rom" screen?

would hightly appreciate your help! cheers!

Sep 27, 2009 4:18 PM in response to The hatter

thanks for your reply Hatter!

mine is MacBook Pro late 2009 model, 3.06 GHz. so would that work?

i thought the "select" problem is something with how one burns the iso to dvd. is it not? i have only burnt data disk before. any good software you'd recommend?

thanks again fro your help. cheers!

Sep 27, 2009 6:36 PM in response to Community User

Dingle,

How much memory do you have on your system?

I'm currently using Bootcamp, and I also use Parallels to run my bootcamp partition virtually. I just purchased and am waiting to receive my 4gb RAM units. (2x2gb).

I obviously don't think I'll have a problem running Windows 7 64-bit through pure bootcamp. HOWEVER, I am a bit concerned about trying to run Windows 7 64-bit through parallels. I figure that once I have 4gb, I'll split it 2gb/2gb for my mac and parallels.

Will 2GB RAM be enough to run Windows 7 64?

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