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>\
folder and chooseBootCamp\Drivers\Apple
.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)