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lielar
Dec 7, 2009, 09:58 PM
Hi

I just bought a new MBP a couple of days ago. I installed WinXP on Bootcamp partitioned to 91GB. I've also installed the Win drivers using the Snow Leopard disc.

Whenever I run a program on WinXP, and then I try to switch back to MacOSX using bootcamp, the machine stalls. The screen locks up and I can't do anything. This can be any program (Norton IS, I have a game on it BattleField2). I've also tried to shutdown the machine and change it back to MacOSX. It shutdowns ok, but when I use bootcamp, it stalls.

I've tried to install the latest version of NVidia drivers for GeForce 9400M/9600M but NVidia installer says that no device can be found and the installer just shuts down.

Please tell me that I don't have to reinstall Windows!

I've ran it through Windows update and have all the patches.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Patrick



lielar
Dec 8, 2009, 10:42 PM
Hi

Solved it myself after some digging around. Managed to get an updated NVidia drivers for the graphics card.

Now it works!

PS: my MBP is now the ULTIMATE development machine!