Windows drivers on mac book

[milot]

Hi folks,

I installed Windows XP SP2 without boot camp because I don't need Mac OSX at all, but I didn't create driver CD and my airport extreme does not work, can anyone tell me sources where can I find drivers?

Regards,
Milot.

[zarmanto]

The only officially supported drivers are the ones available within BootCamp -- but you can download mostly compatible drivers from some other places; the OnMac.net Wiki has a fairly comprehensive listing of what is presently available under Users/XOM/Drivers (http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Users/XOM/Drivers). (It looks like you'll be getting your drivers from either Dell or Lenovo, depending upon which Mac you have.)

[milot]

The only officially supported drivers are the ones available within BootCamp -- but you can download mostly compatible drivers from some other places; the OnMac.net Wiki has a fairly comprehensive listing of what is presently available under Users/XOM/Drivers (http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Users/XOM/Drivers). (It looks like you'll be getting your drivers from either Dell or Lenovo, depending upon which Mac you have.)

Thank you very much, I have MacBook (not Mac Book Pro), so which drivers to choose, Lenovo or Dell?

[zarmanto]

It hadn't occurred to me that the MacBook Pro drivers might be different then the MacBook drivers... but you might be right. If your MacBook has a Core2 Duo processor, then try this one: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449

I found an article suggesting that one for C2D MacBooks. If you don't have a C2D processor, then perhaps you should try the one listed on the chart for the MacBook Pro.

[milot]

Yes, I have Core2 Duo Mac Book, and I have installed those Lenovo drivers, but they don't work! I still have the yellow question mark on Ethernet Controller under device manager. :(

[zarmanto]

Bummer. If you can't get those to work, then you may be up the proverbial creek, because the BootCamp driver disk reportedly does not contain wireless drivers for the C2D MacBook either. I'm thinking that you should just keep fiddling around a bit more with both sets of drivers from Lenovo, and see if you can convince one of them to work; otherwise, you may end up waiting for the final version of BootCamp.

Of course, if all else fails and you just can't afford to wait for final drivers, then the obvious (albeit significantly less ideal) other option is to look for a cheap third-party USB wireless adapter.

[milot]

zarmanto,

Thank you very much for trying to help me, I will wait for the final Boot Camp then. :D