Boot Camp 4.0.4131 Compatibility with MacBook (Mid 2010)

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Boot Camp 4.0.4131 Compatibility with MacBook (Mid 2010)

Hello,

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit installed with Boot Camp 4.0 on my MacBook (mid 2010). I've downloaded the latest Boot Camp installer that Apple says it's compatible with my Mac (Boot Camp 4.0.4131) from this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1634

After copying the zipped file and extracting it on Windows, I ran the Setup, I got a message saying: "This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model"

I've checked all other Boot Camp updates, non of them is compatible with my Mac. Is there a solution?

Thank you..

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), (Mid 2010), 8GB RAM

Posted on Mar 16, 2013 2:46 AM

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Answer 1

mende1

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Mar 16, 2013 2:49 AM in response to AMDeeb

As you are running OS X 10.8.3, you should get the Boot Camp drivers from Boot Camp Assistant instead of downloading them from the Apple webpage. I recommend you to open Boot Camp Assistant, tick the option to download the Windows support software and follow the steps to install them in Windows.

Anyway, your problem is very strange because these drivers should be perfectly compatible with your computer. I can see that you have 8 GB of memory on your Mac, and Apple officially supports 4 GB of memory. Have you tried to remove 4 GB of memory to leave your MacBook with 4 GB of memory?

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AMDeeb Author

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Mar 22, 2013 8:19 AM in response to mende1

mende1 wrote:

Anyway, your problem is very strange because these drivers should be perfectly compatible with your computer. I can see that you have 8 GB of memory on your Mac, and Apple officially supports 4 GB of memory. Have you tried to remove 4 GB of memory to leave your MacBook with 4 GB of memory?

I've tried removing one 4GB module, it didn't work. I thought its because Apple officiallyt supports 2GB module on each slot. I removed both modules and replaced them with the old 1GB and 2GB ones, it didn't work either.

mende1 wrote:

As you are running OS X 10.8.3, you should get the Boot Camp drivers from Boot Camp Assistant instead of downloading them from the Apple webpage. I recommend you to open Boot Camp Assistant, tick the option to download the Windows support software and follow the steps to install them in Windows.

I'll try this today.

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AMDeeb Author

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Mar 22, 2013 8:22 AM in response to tsynik

tsynik wrote:

You can install this or even Bootcamp 5.0.5033 on 64bit OS with a trick: just run Drivers/Apple/BootCamp.msi from command line with Administrative Privileges. It will install all the rest.

I'll give it a try, thanks..

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rtheb

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Mar 22, 2013 9:49 AM in response to AMDeeb

Try BootCamp 4.0.4033 at http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1630/en_US/BootCamp4.0.4033.zip

Unzip and burn to a DVD.

This version should have what you need for the major drivers.

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Answer 5

tsynik

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Mar 16, 2013 1:43 PM in response to AMDeeb

You can install this or even Bootcamp 5.0.5033 on 64bit OS with a trick: just run Drivers/Apple/BootCamp.msi from command line with Administrative Privileges. It will install all the rest.

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