Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

how do you manage your bootcamp installation on the mac pro?

D

dp84

macrumors member
Original poster
Aug 14, 2010
51
0
Hello,

Yesterday I created a bootcamp partition and installed Windows 7 64bit (only for gaming).

After the installation Win7 had already identified all the hardware, except the Bluetooth adapter (but i seen the drivers in the Windows Update) and the video driver (same as the bluetooth).

Then I put in my OSX DVD and installed "bootcamp software". It installed various drivers (chipset, video, bt etc.).

Now my question is: are this the correct method or maybe is better install only the missing drivers, after a clean OS install? Because now I can't uninstall ATI drivers (the are 10.7 rev.), I have not the CCC (for adjusting some setting, i.e. forcing v-sysnc) etc.
 
The way I always do it is;

Install Windows
Update Windows
Install Boot Camp
Manually update graphics drivers to latest available on their site.

The drivers that come with Boot Camp are good, but the manufacturers ones are always better and will (hopefully) improve performance.
 
Draeconis said:
The way I always do it is;

Install Windows
Update Windows
Install Boot Camp
Manually update graphics drivers to latest available on their site.

The drivers that come with Boot Camp are good, but the manufacturers ones are always better and will (hopefully) improve performance.
Click to expand...

That's what I do with one addition, I've learned to pull the HFS+ drivers in Win7. I don't know about anyone else, but I can consistently make the Win7 bluescreen with those drivers by mounting then unmounting a drive formatted with HFS+.
 
Draeconis said:
The way I always do it is;

Install Windows
Update Windows
Install Boot Camp
Manually update graphics drivers to latest available on their site.

The drivers that come with Boot Camp are good, but the manufacturers ones are always better and will (hopefully) improve performance.
Click to expand...

Thank you

It's exactly what I did, exept the last point.
So it's not a problem install the last ATI drivers above the bootcamp video drivers? Maybe It's better use DriverCleaner before?
 
dp84 said:
So it's not a problem install the last ATI drivers above the bootcamp video drivers? Maybe It's better use DriverCleaner before?
Click to expand...
I never had a problem with that. The ATI driver should be better. Do not use unnecessary cleaner software.

You should check in hardware manager if all drivers have installed properly.
 
gugucom said:
I never had a problem with that. The ATI driver should be better. Do not use unnecessary cleaner software.

You should check in hardware manager if all drivers have installed properly.
Click to expand...

great ;)
 
Get a new drive or partition an old one in Disk Utility.
Put in Windows DVD and reboot.
Boot into Windows DVD and install.
Install BootCamp drivers off disk and reboot.
Install Windows updates and reboot.
Install the latest video drivers to maximize video performance.
Enter preferences to set my OS X boot as the default.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back