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Windows installer not starting (iMac 24" 2006 white, Lion Bootcamp 4.0, Windows 7 64b
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<blockquote data-quote="georgedhiii" data-source="post: 1383212" data-attributes="member: 243165"><p>I have a Microsoft boxed OEM System Builder Pack that I bought at Fry's. It is a full version of Windows 7 64 bit. The Optical drive seems to be fine. I just recently upgraded to OS X Snow Leopard from a DVD using this Optical Drive. </p><p></p><p>FYI</p><p>I found another thread about running Windows 7 64 Bit on systems other than in a list provided by Apple. I ran the suggested Terminal Command with the following result:</p><p> </p><p>george-halls-imac:~ georgehall$ ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi</p><p> | | "firmware-abi" = <"EFI32"></p><p> </p><p>Does this mean that I can not run 64 Bit Windows 7 on my system? Do I need to upgrade the firmware? Can I change this parameter and get the system to boot the Windows 7 install disk?</p><p> </p><p>My System is an iMac 24" white (late 2006), 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB mem. NVIVIA GeForce 7600 GT</p><p>Boot ROM version IM61.0093.B07</p><p>SMC Version (system) 1.10f2</p><p></p><p>Thanks for you help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="georgedhiii, post: 1383212, member: 243165"] I have a Microsoft boxed OEM System Builder Pack that I bought at Fry's. It is a full version of Windows 7 64 bit. The Optical drive seems to be fine. I just recently upgraded to OS X Snow Leopard from a DVD using this Optical Drive. FYI I found another thread about running Windows 7 64 Bit on systems other than in a list provided by Apple. I ran the suggested Terminal Command with the following result: george-halls-imac:~ georgehall$ ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi | | "firmware-abi" = <"EFI32"> Does this mean that I can not run 64 Bit Windows 7 on my system? Do I need to upgrade the firmware? Can I change this parameter and get the system to boot the Windows 7 install disk? My System is an iMac 24" white (late 2006), 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB mem. NVIVIA GeForce 7600 GT Boot ROM version IM61.0093.B07 SMC Version (system) 1.10f2 Thanks for you help. [/QUOTE]
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