Wireless Drivers not functional under Windows 7 x64 using Boot Camp
I have just used Bootcamp to install Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit version on my Macbook Pro (6,1 2010 edition). (This was done because I need a particular application at work that requires Windows to run.) The Macbook Pro is running with the following details:
OS: 10.6.6
Intel Core i7, 2.66GHz
8GB RAM
500GB SSD HD
Paritioned for 150GB for Windows/Bootcamp, the rest for my OS X.
Wireless: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
Installation of Bootcamp and Windows 7 went without a hitch. I did have to use a compatibility tweak and run as Admin to install Boot Camp 3.0 off the DVD, and then downloaded and installed Boot Camp 3.1 and 3.2 updates from the website. (I used this website to assist: http://michael.anastasiou.me/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22:qbo ot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-modelq-solution&catid=7:how-to&lang= en )
Once all this was finished, I noticed that I had no wireless connectivity. A further check showed that the drivers had not installed. I then took the following steps:
1) Following advice found on http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1308795 - I went into the Snow Leopard DVD and extracted the drivers from the following location: DVD>Boot Camp>Drivers>Broadcom> BroadcomInstaller64.exe. I used Device Manager in Windows to select these particular drivers, using the "Have Disk" option. When I completed the update, the following error occurs: "Broadcom 802.11 Multiband Network Adapter. This device cannot start (Code 10)."
This suggests to me that I actually have the wrong driver. But considering I selected it from Boot Camp, that seems a bit strange. I also tried using the BroadcomInstaller.exe from the same location, but the same problem occurs.
This brings me to my questions:
1) Am I perhaps using the wrong procedure to update the Wireless drivers here?
2) If not, and I am correct in assuming I simply do not have the right driver, then what drivers should I be using if not the ones on the DVD? I did some checking on Google, but I did not have any luck in finding a version that will work.
Thanks,
Brian
OS: 10.6.6
Intel Core i7, 2.66GHz
8GB RAM
500GB SSD HD
Paritioned for 150GB for Windows/Bootcamp, the rest for my OS X.
Wireless: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
Installation of Bootcamp and Windows 7 went without a hitch. I did have to use a compatibility tweak and run as Admin to install Boot Camp 3.0 off the DVD, and then downloaded and installed Boot Camp 3.1 and 3.2 updates from the website. (I used this website to assist: http://michael.anastasiou.me/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22:qbo ot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-modelq-solution&catid=7:how-to&lang= en )
Once all this was finished, I noticed that I had no wireless connectivity. A further check showed that the drivers had not installed. I then took the following steps:
1) Following advice found on http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1308795 - I went into the Snow Leopard DVD and extracted the drivers from the following location: DVD>Boot Camp>Drivers>Broadcom> BroadcomInstaller64.exe. I used Device Manager in Windows to select these particular drivers, using the "Have Disk" option. When I completed the update, the following error occurs: "Broadcom 802.11 Multiband Network Adapter. This device cannot start (Code 10)."
This suggests to me that I actually have the wrong driver. But considering I selected it from Boot Camp, that seems a bit strange. I also tried using the BroadcomInstaller.exe from the same location, but the same problem occurs.
This brings me to my questions:
1) Am I perhaps using the wrong procedure to update the Wireless drivers here?
2) If not, and I am correct in assuming I simply do not have the right driver, then what drivers should I be using if not the ones on the DVD? I did some checking on Google, but I did not have any luck in finding a version that will work.
Thanks,
Brian
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)