Install Windows 8.1 BootCamp drivers on old MacBook (Late 2008)

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zwzhang Author

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Install Windows 8.1 BootCamp drivers on old MacBook (Late 2008)

Here is how I installed BootCamp drivers for 8.1 on my old MakBook (Late 2008):

Download Boot Camp 4.0.4033 (Drivers for old MacBook is in this version)
Install Windows 7, then WIndows 8.1 (There are other threads on how to do that).
After Windows 8.1 installed, try to install Boot Camp 4.0.4033 again !!! (Reason: Only this version has the drivers for old Mac like mine)
- Download and install InstEd on Windows 8: http://www.instedit.com/download.html. You need this to modify the BootCamp 4 MSI installer to allow you to run it
- Run InstEd, click File > Open, browse to your <BootCamp_4.0.4033>\
```
BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
```
  folder and choose
```
BootCamp64.msi
```
  .
- Click LaunchCondition on the left-hand list.
- Select all the rows then right click Delete Rows. (Take a look, you will find thses are the messages you saw when you could not run the installer)
- Save the file with a new name (I used bootcamp4.msi) and quit InstEd.
- Now, you can install the BootCamp 4 drivers on your Mac, by click the Setup.exe (Yes, this will also instll TrackPad driver for old Mac)
The BootCamp 4 service application itself is not compatible with Windows 8.1, (not the drivers). So just download BootCamp 5.1.5621, and install it (Tip: InstEd).
After restart, click the BootCamp icon in the system tray. Set up TrackPad, Keyboad, etc. (How is this possible? Because the drivers were installed by BootCamp 4.0.4033.)
Unstall InstEd, if you want.

Enjoy!

MacBook Due 2.4, Black, Late 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 21, 2014 8:20 PM

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Answer 1

bezodziu

Level 1

8 points

May 3, 2014 7:42 AM in response to zwzhang

Thanks. I used the following method:

1. Installed Windows 8.1 (No need for Win 7 before)

2. Did InstEd magic on BootCamp 4.0.4033 and BootCamp 5. Two restarts after I have a perfectly well functioning machine. (perhaps just BC 5 would work alone. Don't know)

This is by far the most elegant and fast way to install the drivers. Thanks!

P.S. I used it on MacBook 7.1 (2010 13")

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Answer 2

Mar 2, 2015 2:34 AM in response to zwzhang

And I used this method:

1. Install Windows 8.1

2. Download BootCamp 5 and unzip to folder BootCamp5 of a USB drive

3. Start CMD as Administrator

4. Install BootCamp 5 by entering the following commands

D: (Assuming the USB drive is assigned to letter D
CD BootCamp5\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
BootCamp.msi

No need for InstEd might be considered by some as even more elegant as bezodziu's method

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