jafs00 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I'm tired of Mac and bootcamp, I never use the mac OS, cause I primaraly use max+vray+photoshop...the computer keeps crashing constantly because of "unspecified errors" and I have at least 7 blue screens of death daily. I'm very frustrated and at the point of punching the computer (not going to do it though) Is there anyway I can be rid of the mac OS and bootcamp and run this box as a a regular windows machine...I've never had a computer crash so regularly and I think Job's reality distortion field would be anulled by anyone who uses this computer. so, am I right? should I reformat the computer and turn it into a windows box? if so, how do I do it? please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I don't think you can do that, because it doesn't have a PC BIOS, it has EFI. However, that would probably not provide the solution to whatever the problem is. Can you give any more information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafs00 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 thanks for answering, but after the bluescreen problem started, it said it was because of incompatible drivers, i then bare boned the computer, only mouse, videocard and keyboard are connected....and after that the crashes continued citing unspecified errors....and to please continue sending information to microsoft. I run windows update and mac software update almost religiously in hopes that my problems will dissappear. now, I'm thinking that maybe the best thing to do is to do a clean install...but, how do i go about doing this, since the IT guy in the firm happens to be me... what do you think? I'm gonna suggest to the big guy we give the mac pro to the receptionist and I get a dell instead..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 How recent a version of Bootcamp's driver disc did you use? Have you tried getting a new video driver off the nVidia or ATI web site? Did you use the /3GB switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Wow, Ive never had a hiccup in 12 months with my Mac running Vista64. Have you checked the simm modules have no red LEDs on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat@MDI-Digital Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) Iv had no problems with my mac. Now...onto bootcamp. You dont need it! just install vista 64 and into a blank drive in the mac and it will install no problem at all. Infact you could probably use the drive that Macos is on and just wipe it/re partition it from the vista install. I have 3 macpros and only one of them still has Macos on it. Although, Im not sure if you can just install XP though, I have a feeling you cant. Edited August 29, 2008 by Mat@MDI-Digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafs00 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 thanks for your help guys... here's what I think was going on. I had been using MAcDrive to access one of the HDs, where I kept all my textures and vray proxies. I think that the problem was that the drive was formated whatever format MAC OS uses. Anyhow I just reformatted it to NTFS and voila, no bluescreens of death for 3 weeks..... now for Matthew's solution, would you be so kind as to give me a step by step instruction on how I go installing vista 64 on one of the hard drives,or, if you're too busy, could you point me out where i could find an online tutorial on doing this without messing the computer up...no IT department in my firm. thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Not sure if this is much use to you, but I had similar BSOD issues for a while last year. Turned out that the problem was down to the fact I was using ZoneAlarm Firewall... something ot do with its relationship with Kaspersky Anti-Virus software (I think... can't quite remember). Anyhow, I switched to Comodo Firewall Pro & haven't had a blue screen since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Iv had no problems with my mac. Now...onto bootcamp. You dont need it! just install vista 64 and into a blank drive in the mac and it will install no problem at all. Infact you could probably use the drive that Macos is on and just wipe it/re partition it from the vista install. I have 3 macpros and only one of them still has Macos on it. Although, Im not sure if you can just install XP though, I have a feeling you cant. agreed. i have 2 separate drives. one with mac os and one with XP64. both installed and used completely individually and independently from the other. never had not 1 problem. i used to use bootcamp, but disabled it because it just got in the way. i just press the ALT key when booting up to decide which os i want to use. i just installed the 2 separate os's on the 2 separate drives as if i were installing as per standard on a pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafs00 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 agreed. i have 2 separate drives. one with mac os and one with XP64. both installed and used completely individually and independently from the other. never had not 1 problem. i used to use bootcamp, but disabled it because it just got in the way. i just press the ALT key when booting up to decide which os i want to use. i just installed the 2 separate os's on the 2 separate drives as if i were installing as per standard on a pc so let me get this straight Steven, you're saying that I can do a clean install with win xp64 on another drive just like that... what about drivers and such? does the apple mouse and keyboard work like any usual USB devices... if it is as easy as you say, you, sir, are my new personal hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 oh yeah, you certainly need all the appropriate drivers, but i got 2 or 3 zip files i can give you that contain ALL the drivers you need when you're ready dont ask me specifics and technicalities on installing as i couldn't tell you. when i did it it was fairly straight forward and everything installed as you'd hope. in fact, installing separately was a dream - when i installed the first time round using bootcamp, xp64 gave me numerous problems (bootcamp isn't xp64 compatible) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Wait a minute. You're not using Bootcamp at all? Or do you mean that you're not using Bootcamp's drive partitioning utility? The ability to do a bootloader by holding down Option and have XP run despite the lack of a normal BIOS is a function of Bootcamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 actually yes. bootcamp is active on the mac osx side of things we just dont use it conventionally or normally (for disk booting and swapping), just that when i installed XP64 i didn't go through BC, i installed it independent on a separate disk. BC does give me a few 'extras', but we found it xp64 unfriendly. so in reality, we.... 1. installed osx 2. installed BC on that 3. installed xp64 on separate disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafs00 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 i'll just finish this project by october 15, make backups and then I'll be bothering you with those nifty zips, thanks a lot Stephen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 no probs, keep us informed. those driver zips will be available when you're ready mate . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowback Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Strat, That is how I am using my mac .... the exact same set up and it works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 well add this to your frustrations it has been proved now that Mac Pros emit toxic benzine gas. "Apple is investigating damning claims, published in a leading French newspaper, that its computers emit a toxic odor containing chemicals including the cancer-causing benzene. Apple has not denied the accusations. Its spokesman, Bill Evans, told Macworld the company had not found any evidence to support the claim but Apple would continue to investigate. Posts on Apple's own discussion boards suggest the Mac maker knew about potentially toxic odors being linked to its computers as early as December last year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 "Proof"? One unexplained dead bird (it didn't say anything about the vet giving it a tox screen and an autopsy) and a guy with a sore throat do not "prove" anything - I read your link and there's nothing that indicates that anybody has done a test and found any toxic material or gas, or that anybody who has posted a complaint is any kind of expert who could identify benzine gas by smell, or a reference to any specific information on the effects of benzine gas. Without any specific or verifiable information, your claim is bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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