iMac 20" early 2009. Windows 7 x64. "Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model"

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iMac 20" early 2009. Windows 7 x64. "Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model"

Dear all,

I just install windows 7 x64 in my iMac 20" early 2009. But I have a problem with the installation of the drivers of bootcamp in windows 7.

iMac 20" early 2009

Processor 2,66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

I already tried:

Mac OS X v10.6: equipos Mac que utilizan el kernel de 64 bits

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3770?viewlocale=es_ES

OS X: Cómo iniciar el equipo con el kernel de 32 bits o de 64 bits

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773?viewlocale=es_ES

Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634

I check this also and try with this bootcamp

Mac model	Windows 8, 64-bit	Windows 7, 64-bit	Windows 7, 32-bit	Windows Vista, 64-bit	Windows Vista, 32-bit	Windows XP, 32-bit
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009)	-	-	4	-	4	4

But I can't find a solution. Any suggestion?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Bootcamp Windows7 x64 unsupported

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 7:25 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 11, 2013 7:27 AM in response to brauliom

There is no "solution". The system requirements table clearly shows that 64 bit Windows 7 is not supported on your computer.

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Answer 2

The hatter

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Sep 11, 2013 8:29 AM in response to brauliom

If you can grab Boot Camp 3.0 thru 3.x you should be able to get the drivers you need.

Apple took more agressive steps to really lock out and lock down drivers from being used and installed on systems that did not fall under the guide of 'supported'.

So if you have 10.6 DVD that does have Boot Camp 3.0 on it and you would need to update to 3.2, which use to be posted for manual download (so could do so even from Windows) if not thru the Apple Software Update utility in Windows.

If you can find a more "no we won't allow you to" I have never seen it.

And Google as best you can.

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brauliom Author

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Sep 12, 2013 1:39 PM in response to brauliom

Finally I decide to install windows 7 32bits. But now I have a new problem with the bootcamp.

When I try use alt option to run windows 7 I get a black screen blinking cursor.

If I go to MacOS and check boot option but I only see the MacOS partition...

I have a SSD with two partition one for the MacOS and another for windows7

Any idea?

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Answer 4

Mar 16, 2014 3:54 AM in response to brauliom

brauliom, did you format the partition during the windows install? If it's not formatted by the DVD during the install it will not boot, and won't show up as a bootable option from within >System Preferences > Startup Disk...

Hope this helps, although looking how old the thread is you've probably sorted it by now...

Bill

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Answer 5

Jarkaos

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Jul 30, 2015 5:48 AM in response to brauliom

Well, I don't know if you still having troubles with the bootcamp drivers installation but I have found the solution in this post: http://michael.anastasiou.me/boot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-model / I hope that it is still useful for you or for anyone who wants install Windows 7 64 on mac by using bootcamp!!

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