Boot Camp Version Compatible with Late 2009 iMac on Windows 10

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Boot Camp Version Compatible with Late 2009 iMac on Windows 10

Hi. It may have been luck but I've tried a version of Boot Camp that works perfectly with a late 2009 iMac with a fresh install of Windows 10. I can't find that version again. I've tried version 4.0.4033 and 5.1.5769 and even Boot Camp 6 ( 5 and 6 results in a BSOD kernel panic, 4 just says it needs Windows 7 no matter what method you use to install it - it's a good thing to enable System Restore). If there's a way to make Boot Camp on a late 2009 iMac on a Windows 10, that'd be great. I need the full use of the Wireless keyboard (specifically the volume controls for that quick low volume when someone's sleeping and it becomes too loud suddenly). Also I need Boot Camp to work so that the date and time are not always going back 12 hours as well to access OS X's partition if I want to copy files from OS X to Windows 10.

Thank you in advance.

God bless. Rev. 21:4

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), iMac Late 2009

Posted on Nov 5, 2015 10:13 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Nov 5, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Alvin777

Can you check each of the following versions and verify compatibility with your specific iMac before downloading and using it?

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Nov 6, 2015 7:21 AM in response to Alvin777

Using a tool called Brigadier (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier), I can download two different versions of 4.0.4033. Can you download the older version, and specifically install the Keyboard driver from the older version and test? Here are my logs, which may be helpful. You can use Device Manager -> HID Devices -> Keyboard and click on Update Driver and point it to the specific .exe file.

./brigadier -m iMac11,1 -o Bootcamp-iMac11.1

Using Mac model: iMac11,1.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/05/56/031-02368/a0h5nceqb9kjzzs3eus566v ngukimq9j86/031-02368.English.dist.

Distribution 031-02368 supports the following models: MacBook2,1, MacBook3,1, MacBook4,1, MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook5,3, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1, MacBookAir1,1, MacBookAir2,1, MacBookAir3,1, MacBookAir3,2, MacBookPro2,1, MacBookPro2,2, MacBookPro3,1, MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro7,1, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, Macmini2,1, Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1, iMac5,1, iMac6,1, iMac7,1, iMac8,1, iMac9,1, iMac11,1, iMac11,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/25/031-11269/hpi4khg5mrvy75pcamao1th drwm3qetgk0/BootCampESD.dst/031-11269.English.dist.

Distribution 031-11269 supports the following models: MacBook2,1, MacBook3,1, MacBook4,1, MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook5,3, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1, MacBookAir1,1, MacBookAir2,1, MacBookAir3,1, MacBookAir3,2, MacBookPro2,1, MacBookPro2,2, MacBookPro3,1, MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro7,1, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, Macmini2,1, Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1, iMac5,1, iMac6,1, iMac7,1, iMac8,1, iMac9,1, iMac11,1, iMac11,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2.

There is more than one ESD product available for this model:

031-02368: PostDate 2014-05-14 19:32:12

031-11269: PostDate 2015-02-09 18:42:38

Selecting 031-11269 as it's the most recently posted.

Making directory Bootcamp-iMac11.1/BootCamp-031-11269..

Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/25/031-11269/hpi4khg5mrvy75pcamao1th drwm3qetgk0/BootCampESD.pkg.

100.0% 632602624 / 632594890 bytes

Expanding flat package...

Extracting Payload...

Extracted to Bootcamp-iMac11.1/BootCamp-031-11269/WindowsSupport.dmg.

Done.

./brigadier -m iMac11,1 -o Bootcamp-iMac11.1 -p 031-02368

Using Mac model: iMac11,1.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/05/56/031-02368/a0h5nceqb9kjzzs3eus566v ngukimq9j86/031-02368.English.dist.

Distribution 031-02368 supports the following models: MacBook2,1, MacBook3,1, MacBook4,1, MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook5,3, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1, MacBookAir1,1, MacBookAir2,1, MacBookAir3,1, MacBookAir3,2, MacBookPro2,1, MacBookPro2,2, MacBookPro3,1, MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro7,1, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, Macmini2,1, Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1, iMac5,1, iMac6,1, iMac7,1, iMac8,1, iMac9,1, iMac11,1, iMac11,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/25/031-11269/hpi4khg5mrvy75pcamao1th drwm3qetgk0/BootCampESD.dst/031-11269.English.dist.

Distribution 031-11269 supports the following models: MacBook2,1, MacBook3,1, MacBook4,1, MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook5,3, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1, MacBookAir1,1, MacBookAir2,1, MacBookAir3,1, MacBookAir3,2, MacBookPro2,1, MacBookPro2,2, MacBookPro3,1, MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro7,1, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, Macmini2,1, Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1, iMac5,1, iMac6,1, iMac7,1, iMac8,1, iMac9,1, iMac11,1, iMac11,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2.

There is more than one ESD product available for this model:

031-02368: PostDate 2014-05-14 19:32:12

031-11269: PostDate 2015-02-09 18:42:38

Selecting manually-chosen product 031-02368.

Making directory Bootcamp-iMac11.1/BootCamp-031-02368..

Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/05/56/031-02368/a0h5nceqb9kjzzs3eus566v ngukimq9j86/BootCampESD.pkg.

100.0% 629366784 / 629362811 bytes

Expanding flat package...

Extracting Payload...

Extracted to Bootcamp-iMac11.1/BootCamp-031-02368/WindowsSupport.dmg.

Done.

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Answer 3

Alvin777 Author

Level 1

130 points

Nov 5, 2015 11:05 AM in response to Loner T

Hi. Thanks. With model number specifically written on the system requirements, It seems it's only the iMac_Late_2009_2010_Win7_Drivers and Boot Camp 4.0.4033 (this one has an asterix) lists the late 2009 iMac.

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