boot camp restart problem

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  1. eivind, Nov 12, 2010
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    eivind macrumors newbie

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    #1
    i have a imac27 i7 and installed a windows 7 64 on it. that part works fine.
    but when i restart my imac the option key work less than 50% of the time....
    i tried holding it down and pressing it numerous times. i use the standard wireless keyboard that came with the imac.
    any solution to this?
     
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  2. bossxii, Nov 12, 2010

    bossxii macrumors 68000

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    #2
    Based on my experience with this issue the wireless KB is not being picked up/connected quick enough by the machine that it bypasses the "option" to bring up the boot menu. Wired keyboard works every time for me.
     
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  3. balamw, Nov 12, 2010

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    #3
    Just a side note, but the combination of 2006 iMac and Apple Aluminum wired keyboard just won't work, so it can be picky about the particular wired keyboard too.

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  4. huckduck, Nov 13, 2010

    huckduck macrumors newbie

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    get a wired keyboard. as mentioned already, the wireless is flaky, and because it is bluetooth, there's no guarantee that the imac will open the connection before the boot sequence
     
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