Unofficial 64-bit support in Boot Camp?

[equis.zero]

So I was setting up my new Mac Pro today, I installed 64-bit Vista because I have it configured with 6gb of ram and would like to be able to use all of it. I was planning to just hunt around for drivers as everyone else seems to from what I've read, but I noticed that on the restore disks under Drivers\Apple\, there was a file called BootCamp64.exe, so I decided to run it, and now everything works perfectly, keyboard, bluetooth, everything. Strangely there were also Windows drivers for the multi-touch trackpad in the MacBook Air. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this on all Leopard disks?

[TuffLuffJimmy]

So I was setting up my new Mac Pro today, I installed 64-bit Vista because I have it configured with 6gb of ram and would like to be able to use all of it. I was planning to just hunt around for drivers as everyone else seems to from what I've read, but I noticed that on the restore disks under Drivers\Apple\, there was a file called BootCamp64.exe, so I decided to run it, and now everything works perfectly, keyboard, bluetooth, everything. Strangely there were also Windows drivers for the multi-touch trackpad in the MacBook Air. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this on all Leopard disks?

really? When did you buy the disk? I can't believe no one found that little tidbit about the Air before. Nice finds.

[SolrFlare]

They are the install disks from his new Mac Pro. Which means either:

A) it's 10.5.1 and a 1/2 like some people think they have done to get at least the standard Mac Pro's out the door until 10.5.2

or

B) It's fake. Anyone else with a Mac Pro want to check their discs and see if the above mentioned files are located there as well?

That would be awesome if we did, in fact, have unofficial(or maybe official with 10.5.2) 64 bit Vista support so we could actually make use of all the extra ram.

[ChemiosMurphy]

Wow. this would be absolutely amazing if in fact this is true. Someone needs to pop their discs into a pc to try this out.....

This is exciting since you could now have Windowz see more than 2 gigs of Ram...

[cokersa]

I looked at my Leopard disk ("Mac OS X V10.5 Retail") that I used to upgrade from Tiger. No such file found, but not surprising since it is the 10.5.0 version.

I've been running Vista Ultimate 64-bit without using bootcamp for nearly a year now. The main issue is having to change the clock each time I boot back into Vista, and the fact there are no bluetooth drivers for my wireless Apple keyboard/mouse (so I've been using a wired USB keyboard and a wireless MS mouse). It would be great if Apple is really going to support 64 bit, but I'm not holding my breath.

[knome]

I really hope it comes soon, my network card keeps crapping out on me. I have to disconnect and reconnect every few minutes because it just stops functioning.

[Trekkie]

Why is it the newbies with little/no posts always post things like this? Anyone else able to confirm with a new mac?

My brother bought XP 64 bit on accident when he got his a year ago. Would be awesome if they have it. I'm going to pick up a new Macbook Air or Pro after tax refund gets here to update the wifes 3 year old laptop. Hopefully can find out then.

[knome]

Sounds like an unrelated release. 10.5.1 did not modify the drivers under the bootcamp assistant. They are still labeled "created July 31st, 2007." What is interesting is that the drivers that came with the leopard disk say created October 8, 2007

[exspes]

Sounds like an unrelated release. 10.5.1 did not modify the drivers under the bootcamp assistant. They are still labeled "created July 31st, 2007." What is interesting is that the drivers that came with the leopard disk say created October 8, 2007

I'm sure there are MacPro owners here who can look at their recovery discs and easily confirm or deny this story. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[macenforcer]

I'm sure there are MacPro owners here who can look at their recovery discs and easily confirm or deny this story. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Just looked at mine. Don't see a Drivers\apple\ directory anywhere.

[knome]

Just looked at mine. Don't see a Drivers\apple\ directory anywhere.

you have to look at it when under windows. They don't even show when "showing hidden system files" is enabled in osx.

[macenforcer]

you have to look at it when under windows. They don't even show when "showing hidden system files" is enabled in osx.

AAAHHHHH!

Well in that case I found it. Good fine OP. Its definately there on my new mac pro restore cd disc 1.

[hc10m]

I just got my Mac Pro last week and installed XP via Boot Camp today, I just followed the Print Installation and Setup Guide from Boot Camp Assistant. Everybody take a look at Page 4, the message said:

Important: You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc (Service Pack 2 is required for Windows XP installations). Do not use an upgrade version of Windows and do not install an earlier version of Windows XP and attempt to update it later to SP2 or later. Use only 32-bit versions of Windows. If you have a Mac Pro introduced in late 2007 or later, you can use a 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Hope that clarify everyone's mind, this is my first time posting in this board, got the basic 2.8 Mac Pro and ordered 2 ATI 2600xt more, I have to use 6 displays for my Finance business, may add to 8 in the future. This is the most powerful computer I ever had in my entire life.....(still remembered the old day getting the AppleIIe twenty five years ago)....let's enjoy this incredible "Beast" till the end of world...lol

[exspes]

I just got my Mac Pro last week and installed XP via Boot Camp today, I just followed the Print Installation and Setup Guide from Boot Camp Assistant. Everybody take a look at Page 4, the message said:

Important: You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc (Service Pack 2 is required for Windows XP installations). Do not use an upgrade version of Windows and do not install an earlier version of Windows XP and attempt to update it later to SP2 or later. Use only 32-bit versions of Windows. If you have a Mac Pro introduced in late 2007 or later, you can use a 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Hope that clarify everyone's mind, this is my first time posting in this board, got the basic 2.8 Mac Pro and ordered 2 ATI 2600xt more, I have to use 6 displays for my Finance business, may add to 8 in the future. This is the most powerful computer I ever had in my entire life.....(still remembered the old day getting the AppleIIe twenty five years ago)....let's enjoy this incredible "Beast" till the end of world...lol

Nice! Funny how this was in the manual all along.

[SolrFlare]

Excellent! Guess I'll be ordering my copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit then. As limited as Apple's Support is for 64bit windows OS's, it makes sense they would start supporting it at least on the Mac Pro as that's the one platform where it is really necessary.

[Seb D Photo]

Does one need to own the New Mac Pro Restore DVD for this to work?

Is this file available on the Leopard Install DVD?

I cannot imagine this is available on the old Mac Pro Restore DVD...

[hc10m]

If you examined closely the last 2 years in transition stage, the Intel processors also in transition from coreduo(only support 32bits) to core2duo(supports 64bits extention). But I dont know about first generation 65nm Xeon architecture(probalby from coreduo? 32bits) versus this 45nmXeon, may be you have to go to Intel website to check for sure. Chances are that 1st generation Xeon should be based on coreduo 32bits as Intel still worked on 64bits codes two years ago alongside with Microsoft 64-bits Vista delay complicated things further. I am so lucky to have this new 45nm MacPro as all of the above transitions hardware(Intel) and software(Vista) already completed, that's why Apply have full 64bits drivers support in the included Restore CD in my New MacPro. Welcome everybody to the New Era of 64bits Multiprocessing Multithreaded Computer.......Enjoy.:)

[ctishue]

Would anyone with the new Bootcamp64.exe mind zipping it up and putting it on rapidshare or something equivalent? I 'd love to get keyboard support in vista 64 on my 2006 mac pro..

[nikhsub1]

Would anyone with the new Bootcamp64.exe mind zipping it up and putting it on rapidshare or something equivalent? I 'd love to get keyboard support in vista 64 on my 2006 mac pro..
Yes that would be great! :)

[TheThirdMan]

Look at MacRumours front page!

They are OFFICIAL apple drivers for 64-bit vista! At last! 3ds max....

[TBi]

If you examined closely the last 2 years in transition stage, the Intel processors also in transition from coreduo(only support 32bits) to core2duo(supports 64bits extention). But I dont know about first generation 65nm Xeon architecture(probalby from coreduo? 32bits) versus this 45nmXeon, may be you have to go to Intel website to check for sure. Chances are that 1st generation Xeon should be based on coreduo 32bits as Intel still worked on 64bits codes two years ago alongside with Microsoft 64-bits Vista delay complicated things further. I am so lucky to have this new 45nm MacPro as all of the above transitions hardware(Intel) and software(Vista) already completed, that's why Apply have full 64bits drivers support in the included Restore CD in my New MacPro. Welcome everybody to the New Era of 64bits Multiprocessing Multithreaded Computer.......Enjoy.:)

All Xeons used in macs are 64bit, thus all Mac Pro's are 64bit.

[equis.zero]

I'm uploading the drivers to Rapidshare right now, I'll post the link when it's done.

[sickracer2015]

I'm uploading the drivers to Rapidshare right now, I'll post the link when it's done.

thanks really appreciate it, i was going to see about going to my local apple store to get the file..

[ctishue]

I'm uploading the drivers to Rapidshare right now, I'll post the link when it's done.

Thanks! Really appreciate it. Between this and the news that Nvidia is going to get a 2006/2007 compatible 8800 GT out, I'm a very happy Mac Pro owner this week.

[Peace]

If you go out buying Vista Ultimate do not get the system builders version of Ultimate.It only includes the 32-bit version.

[equis.zero]

Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.

[rockinrocker]

i just hope support for xp64 is part of all this. i'd much rather use it (maybe 'cause i already have a copy?) than any version of vista.

[WhiteNoiseMaker]

If you go out buying Vista Ultimate do not get the system builders version of Ultimate.It only includes the 32-bit version.

You can also get this version...

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64Bit OEM (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123047)

[mzeb]

If you go out buying Vista Ultimate do not get the system builders version of Ultimate.It only includes the 32-bit version.

I've picked up a few copies and they've all had both disks. It's only the home versions that you have to get one or the other.

[louden]

For those of you running Vista Bootcamp on a new Mac Pro - what are your Vista Performance Index numbers? I'm assuming they'd be pretty high. Anyone care to post those numbers?

Thanks in advance!

[cokersa]

Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.

Thanks Equis.zero! I just downloaded and installed the following drivers from your ZIP file:

AppleBluetoothEnablerInstaller64
AppleBluetoothInstalller64
AppleKeyboardInstaller64

I can confirm these drivers DO work on an "old" Mac Pro, since I am currently typing this on my Mac Pro in Vista Ultimate 64-bit using my Apple Bluetooth keyboard! I haven't tried any of the other drivers since they didn't seem to apply to a Mac Pro (perhaps they are working on support for MacBook Pros?).

Great find on this!

[ctishue]

I installed the AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe and the eject key still doesn't work. Any ideas? No program actually started when installing, but it is listed in the control panel as being able to uninstall it.

[knome]

Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.

*dances around* Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I'm sick and tired of my keyboard not working.

[equis.zero]

Finally finished uploading the whole Drivers folder (stupid residence bandwidth limit). This contains all Apple and non-Apple drivers and the install file BootCamp64.exe under Drivers/Apple/. This is really only required if you're doing a fresh install and don't have the required non-Apple drivers already. I had to RAR it into 4 pieces due to upload limits.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85542703/Drivers.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85544166/Drivers.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85544787/Drivers.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85545293/Drivers.part4.rar)

[ctishue]

Thanks! The full install worked like a charm on my Vista 64. Got full keyboard support now and the bootcamp control panel.

[knome]

stupid free account i have to wait 102 minutes between each download.

[sickracer2015]

thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa

[kittiyut]

thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa

Thank you very much for sharing this :rolleyes:
And more thanks to equis.zero for sharing the files!! ;)

[knome]

woot! Thank you! :D

[freebird2003]

hello,

will this drivers works for mac book pro? i am using win xp 64bit sp2.

Thanks alot.

[F0l3ert]

Thanks a lot of uploading these files. Can't wait to try it out on my SR MBP.

[Radar Mac]

Why is it the newbies with little/no posts always post things like this? Anyone else able to confirm with a new mac?

My brother bought XP 64 bit on accident when he got his a year ago. Would be awesome if they have it. I'm going to pick up a new Macbook Air or Pro after tax refund gets here to update the wifes 3 year old laptop. Hopefully can find out then.

Trekkie: You said your brother bought XP64? Any interest in selling it? I've been running Agilent's EMDS (Electromagnetic Device Simulator) which requires XP64 on my iMac Core 2 Duo Extreme under Boot Camp to take advantage of >2GB RAM. Now upgrading to a new 3.2 GHz Mac Pro so I can use another.

Also, anyone know if the new 64 bit drivers will work under XP64? The only issue I've had running it under BootCamp is that the iMac 24" screen is 1920x1200 but the native XP64 Display Control Panel only lets me set 1600x1200, leaving everything a little elongated. Not too much of a problem with this application since its the VM I'm interested in for serious number crunching, but it would be nice to have right aspect ratio displayed. Thanks in advance. :apple:

[cokersa]

thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa

Thanks, but this account has exceeded its 25GB download limit. :( And rapidshare only lets you download a "certain amount" of MB per hour (based on IP address checking). So even though I only had to wait one minute for my download to start, I'm apparently going to have to wait an undetermined amount of time until I can download the next three parts...

[Rowlander]

Before I start an entirely new thread, this might be the right place to ask:

- Why should I buy "Ultimate"? I was thinking of "home premium" and it seems to offer everything I need. I will only play a few games and have it in case I need to use software that´s not available on Mac. I don´t intend to use Vista for every-day use.

- Is there a reason not to go with the 64 bit version for my new Mac Pro?

- What partition-size do you recommend? I was thinking of 80 GB.

- Should I try to get a hold of a copy of XP instead? :p

[rds]

Why should I buy "Ultimate"? I was thinking of "home premium" and it seems to offer everything I need. I will only play a few games and have it in case I need to use software that´s not available on Mac. I don´t intend to use Vista for every-day use.
If you have more than one physical CPU, you will need Business or Ultimate to utilise your full processing capability but if you only need it for games, I doubt the difference between 4 and 8 cores will matter. However, I wouldn't know if there were any issues with running a 2xCPU setup with Vista Home and only having 1 'enabled'.

Is there a reason not to go with the 64 bit version for my new Mac Pro?
If you have more than 4GB RAM, I'd go with 64-bit.

[Inlakech]

I'm interested aswell about the drivers compatability to work on Windows XP x64 Sp2 !

Thank you very much.

[schalliol]

The Apple material says Mac Pro introduced late 2007 or later for this use. Is there a difference between Mac Pros other than the 8-core intro'd in [I think] March? How does one know if their machine should be supported? It seems to me they all should.

[ctishue]

The Apple material says Mac Pro introduced late 2007 or later for this use. Is there a difference between Mac Pros other than the 8-core intro'd in [I think] March? How does one know if their machine should be supported? It seems to me they all should.

I don't know why they state that. I have the original 2.66 quad introduced in August of 2006 and the Bootcamp64 drivers installed like a charm for me. Everything works. Then again the only drivers that don't come out of the box for Vista are sound card and Apple specific things like keyboards etc.

[schalliol]

I don't know why they state that. I have the original 2.66 quad introduced in August of 2006 and the Bootcamp64 drivers installed like a charm for me. Everything works. Then again the only drivers that don't come out of the box for Vista are sound card and Apple specific things like keyboards etc.

Great to know!

[faumble]

Can i run xp 32 and xp 64 in the same macpro, have them both installed at the same time like a dual boot?

[mzeb]

Can i run xp 32 and xp 64 in the same macpro, have them both installed at the same time like a dual boot?

Yes you absolutely can. There are a couple ways of doing this. 1) you can let the EFI sort it out and use the hold down option boot selection or startup disk OR 2) you can use boot.ini to sort out where you're booting from on the windows side. Option 1 is probably preferable

[knome]

You can run as many operating systems as you have available hard drive space for partitions.

The drivers will work in any 64bit windows os that apple says it supports.

It seems to work on any apple that has 64bit capability. (any intel type except ones with the "core duo" processors.)

It even has the 32 bit drivers in the zip so any 32 bit operating system can also use the drivers.

64 bit isn't recommended unless you have more than 2gb of ram (xp/vista 32 only will see up to 1.98gb of ram in an apple machine [firmware issue], unlike windows that can support up to 3 or 4) If you have more than 2 it is recommended if you will be using the extra ram. Currently 64bit windows is kinda buggy. Many applications are poorly coded for it often crash or behave poorly. 64 bit also has a problem where drivers are often also poorly coded for it. But this isn't an issue with the drivers in the current apple line up.

I myself have vista 64 and xp 32 installed on my computer.

There is only one difference between ultimate/home/business that is home i believe doesn't support multiple processors. Other than that the only other difference is the extra dodads and silly little features. Like media center and other BS that most people will never use. The core of the system is all the same and most people can pass with the bare bones. I run business, it was 100 bucks cheaper and it has everything in need. If you don't need all the extra (in my opinion not worth the money) crap then don't buy it.

Partition size should be at least 35 gb and also do not use fat32 file system. I used a 55gb partition and i have to continually clean out the files so i have room.

Vista does not have a boot.ini it uses an application called bcdedit. Its kinda screwy and has the potential to really screw up the system. I.E. deleting your own boot record making windows unbootable. The apple method is so much better.

[itslow]

The drivers will work in any 64bit windows os...

Are you certain that the drivers posted will work with the 64-bit version of XP Pro?

I am unable to download the multiple RAR archives due to network restrictions. Is there anything in them that would be applicable to a SantaRosa MacBook Pro running 64-bit XP? Is there an Apple provided driver for the built-in MBP wireless networking?

[knome]

Are you certain that the drivers posted will work with the 64-bit version of XP Pro?

I am unable to download the multiple RAR archives due to network restrictions. Is there anything in them that would be applicable to a SantaRosa MacBook Pro running 64-bit XP? Is there an Apple provided driver for the built-in MBP wireless networking?

Most of the drivers that were included in this bundle are not updated from the drivers released before. Most of the drivers vista and xp actually find for you. The only benefit i've found from using this package over using the ones vista found is that the apple branded bluetooth and keyboard buttons now work.

I don't know if it will work in xp 64 bit. It depends on who makes the wireless chip for the mbp. Included in this bundle is the broadcom, idt sigmatel, marvel, motororla, and atheros, intel, nvidia, ati, and apple branded drivers.

There is a good chance it has the chipset drivers in the package because there are quite a few in the folder.

If you haven't installed it, install it. If it acts funny then delete the system. If it looks like it is behaving fine then go for it. Its all up to you.

[deg3D]

Thanks very much for those 64 drivers equis.zero. :)

I guess you just run them once Vista is all installed...? (Not really a Windows guy eh...)

Also, can anyone tell me what size partition is good for installing Vista-64 Home Premium?

Thanks,
deg

[Cromulent]

If you go out buying Vista Ultimate do not get the system builders version of Ultimate.It only includes the 32-bit version.

Incorrect.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123047

[deg3D]

I don't get it, Vista can't see my Mac partition or my other hard-drives?

And it refuses to accept my user name and password when trying to connect to my other Macs...

I had a feeling this was going to be a headache... :mad:

Any help and/or insights are much appreciated.

deg

[knome]

I don't get it, Vista can't see my Mac partition or my other hard-drives?

And it refuses to accept my user name and password when trying to connect to my other Macs...

I had a feeling this was going to be a headache... :mad:

Any help and/or insights are much appreciated.

deg

1. Vista does not support the HSF+ filling system, which is what osx uses. So you will not be able to see your mac formated drives or any drive that will show up in mac, except for ones formated in FAT32. And that isn't recommended unless you don't care about the data on the drive.

2. windows is pickey, have you enabled windows sharing on your other macs?

Thanks very much for those 64 drivers equis.zero. :)

I guess you just run them once Vista is all installed...? (Not really a Windows guy eh...)

Also, can anyone tell me what size partition is good for installing Vista-64 Home Premium?

Thanks,
deg

1. Yes that is the only way.

2. Vista needs at least 30 gigs. So it just depends what you can spare above that. Usually around 50+ gigs is the norm.

[deg3D]

1. Vista does not support the HSF+ filling system, which is what osx uses. So you will not be able to see your mac formated drives or any drive that will show up in mac, except for ones formated in FAT32. And that isn't recommended unless you don't care about the data on the drive.

2. windows is pickey, have you enabled windows sharing on your other macs?



1. Yes that is the only way.

2. Vista needs at least 30 gigs. So it just depends what you can spare above that. Usually around 50+ gigs is the norm.


Thanks very much knome. :)

Yeah, I have sharing all turned on, and my other XP/Pro PC has no problem seeing my Macs OK.

And friend tipped me off to this thread (http://forums.mactalk.com.au/showthread.php?p=425415), so I am going to look that over and see what I can come up with.

Got all the x64 drivers installed OK, and all seems to be running fine. :)

I went with 62GB and NTFS (is that it...?), and I believe that is the only format Vista 64 allows you to do (if I caught that correctly in the docs). And Boot Camp only allows FAT at 32GB and under.

Thanks very much again mate. :)

deg

[Cromulent]

I would just like to say a huge thank you to the OP and everyone else. I'll be getting my copy of Vista Ultimate 64 today and was not really looking forward to having to kludge the drivers. Now at least I can get everything working perfectly.

It appears (and this may be wrong) that Apple will include official support for 64 bit Windows Vista as part of the Mac OS X 10.5.2 update. Anyone else think this is likely?

So out of the download options above which do I need? The four part RAR files or the small ZIP file?

[Frommel]

Finally finished uploading the whole Drivers folder (stupid residence bandwidth limit). This contains all Apple and non-Apple drivers and the install file BootCamp64.exe under Drivers/Apple/. This is really only required if you're doing a fresh install and don't have the required non-Apple drivers already. I had to RAR it into 4 pieces due to upload limits.

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85542703/Drivers.part1.rar)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85544166/Drivers.part2.rar)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85544787/Drivers.part3.rar)
Part 4 (http://rapidshare.com/files/85545293/Drivers.part4.rar)

Use this acount to download the drivers a.. bit faster! ;)
but its only 48 hours working.

Login: 3546940
Password: jhnK73vsWG
Valid until: Sun, 3. Feb 2008

[JonR356]

Running 64 bit Vista home premium on my early 08 Mac Pro here with no problems.

Experience index scores are:
Processor - 5.9
RAM - 5.9
Graphics - 5.9
Gaming graphics - 5.5
Primary HD (WD Caviar 16 cache, 500GB) - 5.7

Base score - 5.5. Blasted ATI 2600!

[Cromulent]

Just installed Windows Ultimate 64 and things seem to be working well, except for the fact that it needs to download 47 odd updates from Windows Update.

Having some problems with my dual monitor setup though :(. How do you disable to second monitor?

[yellowsnow]

I just tried putting that stuff on my Macbook Pro core2duo running leopard and Vista ultimate x64. Most things work like the bluetooth, keyboard stuff, double fingered stuff from the trackpad, but the wireless still won't detect. Does anyone know if there's a way to enable the wireless card from the drivers that were uploaded... or if not if there's some other workaround? Thanks

[drawingtank]

I just tried putting that stuff on my Macbook Pro core2duo running leopard and Vista ultimate x64. Most things work like the bluetooth, keyboard stuff, double fingered stuff from the trackpad, but the wireless still won't detect. Does anyone know if there's a way to enable the wireless card from the drivers that were uploaded... or if not if there's some other workaround? Thanks

hello ev1 am new to the forum and to mac as well :)

yellowsnow, did you manage to get the wireless working on the mbp

i just bought a mbp and i would love to instal xp 64 in it
could you tell me which drivers did you use and what were the steps to instal them for in the bootcamp instructions it says to insert the osx cd while under windows ?
could you just put the drivers in a flash card ?
anyway thanks for helping out:)

[barefeats]

We are running Vista 64 on our Mac Pro. We used the Vista 64 drivers for the graphics cards. Works fine other than the clock. We didn't know about BootCamp64.exe. I'll check that out.

[drawingtank]

hi guys:)
i installed the xp64 on my mbp and it installed ok
the only problem is that windows is at a realy low res
so i tried to install the driver for nvidia geforce 8600gt for xp64

( 169.21 forceware_winxp_64bit_english.whql.exe)

i got this message " the nvidia setup program could not locate the driver that are compatible with the hardware"

i thought this was the driver ? no


on the chipset side i tried to install the following:
crystalbreachinstaller64.exe
INTEL965XPSETUP.EXE
intelethernetinstaller.exe

i got this message for the intel 965xpsetup.exe
"the computer does not meet the minimum requirement for installing this software"

on the other 2 i double clicked and nothing happened ,no response ?

ps: do i need only one .exe file per driver ?

for audio i choose :
REALTECKSETUP.EXE

haven't tried yet

ethernet:
MARVELXPINSTALLER.EXE

haven't tried yet

also i did not find any bootcamp64.exe, where is it located
i got the leopard cd 10.5 ? or is it in the zip files?

anyway after i installed xp64 do i hav to install bootcamp6.exe still?
thanks in advance for any help:)

[drawingtank]

update
i started in windows mode and i loaded the leopard cd to access the bootcamp drivers

i got this message:

" BOOTCAMP REQUIRES THAT YOUR COMPUTER IS RUNNING WINDOWS XP SP2 OR VISTA"

so i cant even access the cd! :(

i also tried to instal the nvidia drivers from the zip files
nvidiamobilesetup.exe- nvidiaxpmobilesetup.exe...
they were all 32 bit ...

i really need to get this working asap
could someone give me a link so i can download bootcamp64.exe for xp64
thank you for helping :)

[kitenski]

running 32 bit Vista I get these scores, everything "stock"

Processor - 5.9
RAM - 5.9
Graphics - 5.9
Gaming graphics - 5.5
Primary HD (standard that came with machine) - 5.9

Base score - 5.5

[TBi]

hi guys:)
i installed the xp64 on my mbp and it installed ok
the only problem is that windows is at a realy low res
so i tried to install the driver for nvidia geforce 8600gt for xp64

( 169.21 forceware_winxp_64bit_english.whql.exe)

i got this message " the nvidia setup program could not locate the driver that are compatible with the hardware"


i thought this was the driver ? no



nVidia mobile chips work perfectly well with the standard drivers but you have to trick the drivers into seeing the card. You do this by modifying the inf installation file.

I don't really know about the rest of the stuff though.

[drawingtank]

nVidia mobile chips work perfectly well with the standard drivers but you have to trick the drivers into seeing the card. You do this by modifying the inf installation file.

I don't really know about the rest of the stuff though.

hi TBI, and thank you for replying :)

does any one know how to trick the driver into seeing the nvidia card ?

how about the intel chipset INTEL965XPSETUP.EXE

why do i get
" computer does not meet the minimum requirement for installing this
software"

also need to install
audio
ethernet

could some help out

the only thing i did manage to instal was the 15 mb x64 driver folder, but that was bluetooth, keyboard...

the 4 zips have so many drivers that i am very confused, could someone point out what i should use in detail

and whats up with the bootcamo cd, why cant i access it ?
thanks again :)

[TBi]

how about the intel chipset INTEL965XPSETUP.EXE

why do i get
" computer does not meet the minimum requirement for installing this
software"

also need to install
audio
ethernet


Bootcamp is only for XP32bit and Vista 32bit and 64bit.

Are you sure you have all the right drivers? Are they all 64bit? Windows update should update all the drivers you need as long as you get online.

The problem is that although the hardware is standard, apple has changed the identifiers so the drivers think that the hardware is different or unsupported. If you know what you are doing you can add these identifiers to the drivers .inf (they are only text files) and they can install.

The fun part is figuring out how to do this :)

[XianPalin]

And it refuses to accept my user name and password when trying to connect to my other Macs...

I had a feeling this was going to be a headache... :mad:

Any help and/or insights are much appreciated.

deg

On the connecting to other Macs, I ran Vista a while back and had a similar problem, I bookmarked these cause I figured I would need them again eventually:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6174105.html

http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746

From the first article:
Note that, in some cases, I've seen Windows Vista refuse to process the username/password properly between the Windows and Mac. While I haven't encountered the problem in Vista Business, I've seen it occur when using Vista Ultimate. To enable access to shared Macintosh resources within Vista Ultimate:

1. Click Start.
2. Type secpol.msc in the search box and press Enter.
3. Windows Vista will display a warning message; click Continue.
4. Windows Vista's Local Security Policy console will appear. Highlight Local Policies.
5. Double-click Security Options.
6. Scroll down to the Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level policy entry and double-click it.
7. Change the value from the default setting of Send MTLMv2 Response Only to Send LM & NTLM -- Use NTLMv2 Session Security If Negotiated, then click OK. (Figure J).
8. Close the Local Security Policy console.

[rds]

To login to your Mac via SMB, use "<Computer Name>\username" as the username.

For example, if Vista shows my computer as RDS and my username is rds, I would use RDS\rds as the username.

[lssmit02]

I installed Vista 64 on my Mac Pro 2006 (with Radeon x1900) yesterday, with the Apple 64-bit drivers posted by equis.zero. (Thanks! BTW) Vista starts up as expected. I was even able to get an Apple bluetooth keyboard working.

Is there any way to verify that the 64 bit drivers installed properly, and that all is as it should be? I assume that it would not boot if there were serious installation problems, but want to avoid issues later.

Thanks.

[elvisizer]

does any one know how to trick the driver into seeing the nvidia card ?



MBP's have ATI gpu's, not nvidia.
In OS X, check system profiler to find out what type of GPU you have. Then download the appropriate driver from ATI under windows.

[whistler222]

So I was setting up my new Mac Pro today, I installed 64-bit Vista because I have it configured with 6gb of ram and would like to be able to use all of it. I was planning to just hunt around for drivers as everyone else seems to from what I've read, but I noticed that on the restore disks under Drivers\Apple\, there was a file called BootCamp64.exe, so I decided to run it, and now everything works perfectly, keyboard, bluetooth, everything. Strangely there were also Windows drivers for the multi-touch trackpad in the MacBook Air. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this on all Leopard disks?

I just installed 64bit Vista Home Premium.
Installed the bootcamp64.exe

still, my bluetooth mouse works, but my bluetooth keyboard doesn't..
anyone have any ideas? :(

[TBi]

MBP's have ATI gpu's, not nvidia.
In OS X, check system profiler to find out what type of GPU you have. Then download the appropriate driver from ATI under windows.

Santa Rosa MBP's have nvidia GPUs.

[jatkins123]

hey guys,

just reading this thread is making me immensely jealous...i just received my early 2008 mac pro with 8800gt, and i was looking forward to doing some casual gaming in vista via bootcamp...in anticipation i ordered vista 64bit home premium edition in order to take advantage of my extra ram...

however unlike everyone else who has been successful on here, i can't seem to get past the install stage of the boot camp process...i have followed the instructions to the T however i keep coming up against a "your drive does not meet the criteria for installation" or something of the like when i select my partition i made,

just for your guide i have the stock 320gb in slot 1 with only my OSX boot on it, i have partitioned a 500gb drive in slot 2 into 320gb time machine 180gb for vista and thats it, everything else is stock except for the memory (additional 4gb) and the 8800gt...

has anyone else come up against this problem and found a solution? i've tried multiple methods detailed on the net to no avail...if no one has a solution could some people who have managed to install 64bit vista maybe type out a step-by-step detailing what they did if they get a chance?

thanks guys

[mkrad]

I don't know if this will help, but:

I used Leopard to format HD3 and HD4 to FAT32

Installed WinXP on HD3 (must use pure copy w/SP2; if you have Virtual PC, Microsoft will send you a copy for $30)

Formatted disk 4 to NTFS (not quick)

Installed Vista 64 to HD4 using Ultimate upgrade disk

Used Leopard install disk 1 to load Vista 64 drivers

[mkrad]

My box has both 32 and 64 bit disks

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

Installed WinXP on HD3 (must use pure copy w/SP2; if you have Virtual PC, Microsoft will send you a copy for $30)
Would you have any details regarding that? I've not heard about such an offer.

[mkrad]

Yes, I have and 800 number, at home on my desk, unfortunately I'm at work til 9pm central - I'll post whan able

[sketchguy]

Straight ahead question - is it possible to install the 64 bit version of XP Pro in Boot Camp? I'm not interested in Vista 64, or any of the hacks to get it to work. We're purely talking XP Pro X64 in Boot Camp here. If the install IS possible, please post your precise steps for the rest of us.

-Thanks

[mkrad]

I've not done it, but reading others who have, it may require even more hacks that having Vista 64 as fewer drivers, etc. are readily available. It seems the drivers available on the Leopard install disc 1 are Vista-specific but may also work with XP64.

Good luck.

MK

[mkrad]

Also, please see thread started by Kunimodi, 9-9-06 specific to your issue.

[^squirrel^]

I'm really confused by this thread.......

Will my MP that arrives tomorrow come with Vista 64-bit drivers?

[elvisizer]

Santa Rosa MBP's have nvidia GPUs.

Oops, I stand corrected! :o

[elvisizer]

hey guys,

just reading this thread is making me immensely jealous...i just received my early 2008 mac pro with 8800gt, and i was looking forward to doing some casual gaming in vista via bootcamp...in anticipation i ordered vista 64bit home premium edition in order to take advantage of my extra ram...

however unlike everyone else who has been successful on here, i can't seem to get past the install stage of the boot camp process...i have followed the instructions to the T however i keep coming up against a "your drive does not meet the criteria for installation" or something of the like when i select my partition i made,

just for your guide i have the stock 320gb in slot 1 with only my OSX boot on it, i have partitioned a 500gb drive in slot 2 into 320gb time machine 180gb for vista and thats it, everything else is stock except for the memory (additional 4gb) and the 8800gt...

has anyone else come up against this problem and found a solution? i've tried multiple methods detailed on the net to no avail...if no one has a solution could some people who have managed to install 64bit vista maybe type out a step-by-step detailing what they did if they get a chance?

thanks guys
I ran into that when using the boot camp assistant to create the partitions. My work around was to create the partition in Disk Utility instead of the bootcamp assistant. I formatted the partition from the windows installer and then installation proceeded.

[wpattison]

Straight ahead question - is it possible to install the 64 bit version of XP Pro in Boot Camp? I'm not interested in Vista 64, or any of the hacks to get it to work. We're purely talking XP Pro X64 in Boot Camp here. If the install IS possible, please post your precise steps for the rest of us.

-Thanks

Straight ahead answer: No. Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."

I couldn't get around it by running the driver installs manually, either.

There's probably a way to do it - but not without alot of massaging.

[Julius]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post and I am a long time browser of the forums but never registered.

I just would like to help out by saying that I have finally managed to work out how to install this. Being only a newbie mac user I don't know the tips and tricks. The option key is a must for installing winxp64.

Basically what I did was like someone else pointed out, you need a fresh NTFS drive to install on or else you cannot get past bootcamp I found and if you can its probably a hassle. But who wants to run xp64 on a fat partion i don't.

1. Basically load up your drive in the second bay.

2. Put your windows cd in and run bootcamp, just to start a windows partion on the second drive and the computer will restart.

3. Press spacebar or option to boot from the cd.

4. format the partion and install xp.

I just want to outline that my first install did not work and got the common "NTLDR is missing" or something like that... and I had to go in again and and reinstall the windows directory. Dont format it again just skip that and replace the directory which is the first option.:)

I just logged in for the first time right now as I am writing this. I hope this helps... I'll return to help out anyones problems.

[ecsjr]

Holiday 2006 editions of MacBook Pro are fully capable of Vista x64.

Boot Camp 2.0.1 drivers.
Atheros Wireless AR5008X driver. (Not included in Boot Camp 2.0.1)

This is for:
MacBook Pro 15"
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (T7600)
ATI Radeon X1600 (256 MB GDDR3)

If you have this model I can confirm full functionality.

[Soop53]

Straight ahead answer: No. Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."

I couldn't get around it by running the driver installs manually, either.

There's probably a way to do it - but not without alot of massaging.

Well, I just spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 on my original 320 HD. I carbon copy cloned it to a F1 750 HD last night. I wanted to use the 320 as the Windows drive which is now in bay 3.

Like I said I spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 via boot camp and received the same error message. I was assured the XP was SP2 ready by my friend who give it to me as he bought a new PC with Vista already on it. He had previously bought the XP-64 to load in a self-built PC so it was an original disk.

I even tried my XP Home Edition and received errors while loading. So I am currently using my 320 as a time machine drive. Now, I need to decide if it is worth it to buy a copy of Vista.:(:(:(

[CADer]

Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.

I have Vista Ultimate 64-bit installed on my MBP but the files I downloaded will not do anything but tell me that they may have been installed wrong - there is no installation wizard or anything!

CAn anyone help me I am stuck until i can figure this out!

[CWallace]

Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."
Like I said I spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 via boot camp and received the same error message. I was assured the XP was SP2 ready by my friend who give it to me as he bought a new PC with Vista already on it. He had previously bought the XP-64 to load in a self-built PC so it was an original disk.

Per Apple's Boot Camp Installation Guide, the only version of Windows XP that is natively supported in Boot Camp is the 32-bit versions of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 or 3. It will not work with the 64-bit edition of Windows XP, regardless of service pack level.

[dinjin201]

i cant afford a MBP so i am forced to go with a black macbook.

if i use the 64 bit drivers from the mbp will they work???
does anyone have any clue about this?? i would love to have 64bit vista on my macbook black. (i do play some games but mainly i want the advantage of a 64 bit Operating system with 4GB ram) - by the way i am a mac noob, and know a little less than a 3 year old about how OSX works, so please dont get mad at me if you think this is a stupid idea. thanks a lot!

[Supaklaw]

Per Apple's Boot Camp Installation Guide, the only version of Windows XP that is natively supported in Boot Camp is the 32-bit versions of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 or 3. It will not work with the 64-bit edition of Windows XP, regardless of service pack level.

To be clear, you absolutely can install XP Pro 64-bit. The Leopard disk has drivers for the ethernet controller and the Realtek audio drivers, as well as the bluetooth installers... but you need to access them by using the Explore function in Windows to open the disc, the auto-setup will not allow any installation. The bootcamp control panel will not load, and although some people have gotten it installed it will not see the bootcamp OS X partition to allow booting back into Leopard (you need to hold down option key for getting out of boot camp manually). You will need to download the 64-bit XP video drivers, which nVidia has online, I don't believe the drivers on the Leopard disk will work.

I've been running it since March, and it is the most stable of the 4 windows versions I've tested, especially for games. It grants you access to all your RAM without the bloatware of Vista. The disadvantage is you cant boot back into Mac OS X via the bootcamp control panel, and there is no service pack 3 or any further planned updates. Any peripherals etc. that you expect to install most likely can't install their software since any new programs most likely won't support 64-bit XP. But for a stable games platform, I've installed everything including Crysis and it's the fastest and most stable for games I've tried.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

i cant afford a MBP so i am forced to go with a black macbook.

if i use the 64 bit drivers from the mbp will they work???
does anyone have any clue about this?? i would love to have 64bit vista on my macbook black. (i do play some games but mainly i want the advantage of a 64 bit Operating system with 4GB ram) - by the way i am a mac noob, and know a little less than a 3 year old about how OSX works, so please dont get mad at me if you think this is a stupid idea. thanks a lot!

Of course it won't work. Drivers are hardware specific. :rolleyes:

[TBi]

Of course it won't work. Drivers are hardware specific. :rolleyes:

And of course you are sure that the hardware is different between the two notebooks? I'm pretty sure that the newest Macbook's and Pro's use the same airport among other things. For the rest of the hardware that isn't supported by apple there are probably drivers available from the manufacturers website.

[wahit]

Hi guys!

If I download the drivers that someone posted on page 2, will I be able to install/work on Windows XP 64-bit on my MacPro?

I've noticed this thread has quite some time, and I don't know if the newer MacPros are compatible with all the conversation here.

My system is:

- MacPro 2x 2.8Ghz QuadCore
- 10GB RAM ; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
- Apple Cinema Display

Thanks!!!

-----

P.S. - I've got Windows Vista installed on my Mac. I really need to use some Windows software for some months, and I really need to get full use of all my cores, because I'm using heavy 3D software (modeling/rendering).

The Vista seems very unstable and pretty slow, and that is the reason why I want to install Windows XP 64-bit version.

If you have any idea how can I setup everything perfectly on XP64 on my MacPro (drivers!!), please let me know. I would thank you forever!!!

[Trekkie]

i believe the latest mac pros now come with device drivers for 64-bit.

[wahit]

i believe the latest mac pros now come with device drivers for 64-bit.

Hi mate.

When I tried to install Windows XP 64-bit on my MacPro, when I inserted the OSX Disk because of the drivers install, an error message from Apple appeared, saying that I could only install Windows XP 32bit SP2 or Windows Vista.

Looks like Apple doesn't give us Windows XP 64-bit drivers :(

[wheezy]

I just barely finished an installation of Vista Ultimate 64bit and used the restore discs that came with my MP for all the drivers. So far everything seems to be just fine, recognizes both processors and all 6GB of RAM. I haven't 'done' anything with it yet though to see how it performs, but I do get a 5.5 experience rating. (5.5 on hard drive, 5.7 on ATI 2600, 5.9 on everything else)

[Supaklaw]

Hi mate.

When I tried to install Windows XP 64-bit on my MacPro, when I inserted the OSX Disk because of the drivers install, an error message from Apple appeared, saying that I could only install Windows XP 32bit SP2 or Windows Vista.

Looks like Apple doesn't give us Windows XP 64-bit drivers :(

No, XP Pro 64-bit won't auto-install off the Leopard disk. What you can do though is open the disk by selecting 'explore' to get to the separate driver packages. You should be able to install your intel ethernet drivers, and your realtek audio drivers, and your bluetooth drivers. (I don't think you need any others off the disk unless you want the isight ones.)

If not, there are a bunch of threads on here that have direct download links for your XP64 drivers to work. Keep in mind the bootcamp control panel won't ever work in XP... so rebooting to OS X will always be a manual deal.

I've tried all 4 windows flavors and found XP64 to be the fastest on my mac pro, it's worth the minor headache of manual driver install (I just keep all my drivers and installers on a USB external drive and install directly after I update windows to SP2 on a re-install)

[wahit]

No, XP Pro 64-bit won't auto-install off the Leopard disk. What you can do though is open the disk by selecting 'explore' to get to the separate driver packages. You should be able to install your intel ethernet drivers, and your realtek audio drivers, and your bluetooth drivers. (I don't think you need any others off the disk unless you want the isight ones.)

If not, there are a bunch of threads on here that have direct download links for your XP64 drivers to work. Keep in mind the bootcamp control panel won't ever work in XP... so rebooting to OS X will always be a manual deal.

I've tried all 4 windows flavors and found XP64 to be the fastest on my mac pro, it's worth the minor headache of manual driver install (I just keep all my drivers and installers on a USB external drive and install directly after I update windows to SP2 on a re-install)


Hi mate!

So I can take from the OSX disk the audio drivers, bluetooth and ethernet. What other drivers do I need, and where can I get them?

I need to push my processor/graphic card/RAM to the maximum, since I'll be doing a lot of 3D modeling and rendering. I also need my wireless connection to access my office network (internet+external disks).

I'm sorry for so many questions, but I'm a 99,9% OSX user. All the trouble with Windows was long gone before this 'little issue'.

[Supaklaw]

Hi mate!

So I can take from the OSX disk the audio drivers, bluetooth and ethernet. What other drivers do I need, and where can I get them?

I need to push my processor/graphic card/RAM to the maximum, since I'll be doing a lot of 3D modeling and rendering. I also need my wireless connection to access my office network (internet+external disks).

I'm sorry for so many questions, but I'm a 99,9% OSX user. All the trouble with Windows was long gone before this 'little issue'.

You'll want to update your graphic card drivers, but you don't need them off the disk, you can get 64-bit ones off the net... and the ones on the disk are old anyway. (my nVidia GT 8800 has drivers as of november, the disk ones are from Feb) If you can't get those 3 main sets of drivers off your disk there's 2 threads on here that have download links to the drivers in question. In my experience the bluetooth works without the drivers, you simply set it up in windows but you should do it anyway. The apple updater is useless... it only helps you download quicktime and safari. Your main concern is just the ethernet drivers to get online to download anything else.

After than make sure your updated to SP2 (there's no SP3 for xp64). Personally I like to do the windows install... install the ethernet drivers... then let windows auto-update (which takes 2-3 restarts)... then install anything else. XP 64 is nice, you should be happy with the speed for 3D. Max that RAM. :)

[wahit]

You'll want to update your graphic card drivers, but you don't need them off the disk, you can get 64-bit ones off the net... and the ones on the disk are old anyway. (my nVidia GT 8800 has drivers as of november, the disk ones are from Feb) If you can't get those 3 main sets of drivers off your disk there's 2 threads on here that have download links to the drivers in question. In my experience the bluetooth works without the drivers, you simply set it up in windows but you should do it anyway. The apple updater is useless... it only helps you download quicktime and safari. Your main concern is just the ethernet drivers to get online to download anything else.

After than make sure your updated to SP2 (there's no SP3 for xp64). Personally I like to do the windows install... install the ethernet drivers... then let windows auto-update (which takes 2-3 restarts)... then install anything else. XP 64 is nice, you should be happy with the speed for 3D. Max that RAM. :)

Hi!

Back to my "problem" with WinXP 64bit! The last two weeks were insane with a lot of work to do. Only now I have time to solve this problem.

I'm going to try to install WinXP 64-bit on my MacPro, but please help me on something: where can I get the drivers I need to my graphic card, processor, etc?! You said I could find them on the web......?

I'm sorry for this question, but I'm a Mac user for a long time, and I don't remember the last time I went searching around drivers for Windows :)


Thanks mate!

[Supaklaw]

Hi!

Back to my "problem" with WinXP 64bit! The last two weeks were insane with a lot of work to do. Only now I have time to solve this problem.

I'm going to try to install WinXP 64-bit on my MacPro, but please help me on something: where can I get the drivers I need to my graphic card, processor, etc?! You said I could find them on the web......?

I'm sorry for this question, but I'm a Mac user for a long time, and I don't remember the last time I went searching around drivers for Windows :)


Thanks mate!

If you look on the Leopard disk (insert it, use EXPLORE to look at it otherwise it auto-opens to the Bootcamp installer which won't work on 64-bit, that gives you an error) you only need the ethernet (Intel) drivers and audio (Realtek) drivers. Just open those folders and install them manually. Once you install those, go to nVidia (or ATI) and download their latest drivers for you graphics card. Those are the only drivers you need for the Mac Pro to function, everything else are just Windows drivers that you can download on your own.

If you do a search on here, macrumors forums, there's like 2 other threads discussing 64-bit installs and I know there were a couple posts that had direct links to the drivers as well if you can't get the ones off the Leopard disk to work.

Found the link... http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=231901&highlight=XP+x64+drivers

[wahit]

If you look on the Leopard disk (insert it, use EXPLORE to look at it otherwise it auto-opens to the Bootcamp installer which won't work on 64-bit, that gives you an error) you only need the ethernet (Intel) drivers and audio (Realtek) drivers. Just open those folders and install them manually. Once you install those, go to nVidia (or ATI) and download their latest drivers for you graphics card. Those are the only drivers you need for the Mac Pro to function, everything else are just Windows drivers that you can download on your own.

If you do a search on here, macrumors forums, there's like 2 other threads discussing 64-bit installs and I know there were a couple posts that had direct links to the drivers as well if you can't get the ones off the Leopard disk to work.

Found the link... http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=231901&highlight=XP+x64+drivers

Hi mate, i've managed to get everything working perfectly except two things: keyboard and wireless card.

Check out this thread please! > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=616983


Cheers

[satyajit]

So I was setting up my new Mac Pro today, I installed 64-bit Vista because I have it configured with 6gb of ram and would like to be able to use all of it. I was planning to just hunt around for drivers as everyone else seems to from what I've read, but I noticed that on the restore disks under Drivers\Apple\, there was a file called BootCamp64.exe, so I decided to run it, and now everything works perfectly, keyboard, bluetooth, everything. Strangely there were also Windows drivers for the multi-touch trackpad in the MacBook Air. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this on all Leopard disks?
I did just this but it comes up with an error saying that I need a service pack 2, which I do have. Some thing I missed?

[Lordedmond]

Just a note

Don't jump down my throat for posting IMac info in the Pro forum, out of interest I have a 2009 IMac and the windows 64 bit drivers are on my install disks? so it would seem that they are on all the new 10.5.6 disks

[Crashless]

The drivers should be on there - but with an iMac - unless you have more than 4GB of memory, there isn't any reason to go with 64-bit.

After windows installs, you should be able to just insert the OSX disk and it should auto-install everything you'll need.