htdefiant Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I just wanted to get out to the community that, pending future driver of EFI updates, Vista Final will not work on a Mac Pro with the 7300 GT if you only have 1 GB of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I am having the same issue. I hope Apple releases a firmware/bootcamp update soon for this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojeebees Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 There was a firmware release for the 7300 a few days ago. I haven't read what it was all about, but have either of you tried it since updating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 There was a firmware release for the 7300 a few days ago. I haven't read what it was all about, but have either of you tried it since updating? Yes I have tried it. It made no difference. something intresting though is that I checked the pci-e slot and 7300's memory and i/o range in xp. It is the same as the ranges that cause a conflict in Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 The latest update I see is January 5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellogoodbye Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 The latest update I see is January 5... It doesn't pertain to all Mac Pros. I got mine in September and it didn't need the firmware update for the 7300GT (it already had the updated firmware). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 I tried that update (1/5) to no avail. D3lM3L, how much RAM do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellogoodbye Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I tried that update (1/5) to no avail. D3lM3L, how much RAM do you have? I have a stock Mac Pro with Bluetooth so 1GB. All I really want from Apple with this computer is a working video driver in Vista. I don't see how it could take this long to make a driver for the PCI Express ports/graphics card to function properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 From what I can tell it's only an issue for people with one gig of ram in the mac pro and with the 7300. A hell of a way to get people to upgrade to more ram. Vista installs fine and without issue on my old P4 htt 1 gig ram with ATI 9600 gfx card ... Areo and all. We need to find out how to change device settings to resolve the confilct in vista. The PCI-E slot or the gfx card mem and i/o range needs to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'll chicken out and wait for a Boot Camp update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'll chicken out and wait for a Boot Camp update. That's the spirit .... I will try and find out how to change the settings and see what I can come up with. EDIT: So just as I though . I have to find a way to assign the resources manually. This is from microsoft's site site Code 12--This error occurs because the hardware conflicts with another device. From the device Properties dialog box, select the Resources tab to view the conflicting device in the "Conflicting device list" at the bottom of the screen. Remove the conflicting device, then re-add the device to see whether that device requests a different, nonconflicting resource. If these steps don't resolve the error, you'll need to manually assign resources for the two conflicting devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellogoodbye Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 JaS, have you made any progress? Does this seem do-able in any way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orta Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 It's certainly not 'the solution' but disabling the PCI-Ex16 in device manager means you get colours and stuff, but that's because it's essentially bypassing your video-card. The problem also exists with the x1900 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 No I haven't made any progress with this issue. Seems only a CSM update to the firmware or at worst a ram upgrade are the only solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orta Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Does Boot Camp 1.2 fix this? I bought 2 gigs of RAM 4 days ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'll try it when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ѕӎѳѳ₮ңӌ Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 The sad answer is no. Well not for my stock mac pro anyways. This kinda sucks ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellogoodbye Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 The sad answer is no. Well not for my stock mac pro anyways. This kinda sucks ass! I also have a stock Mac Pro and Vista still has the video drivers bug. Way to go with "Vista support"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo99 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I have the same problem my mac pro, the video drivers are not loading. I tried installing forceware drivers from nvidia, the drivers installed, but failed to load upon start up. I cannot afford to buy more ram. This sucks, I was looking forward to trying out vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lono Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 me too! i want vista to work on 1gb of ram whats the deal!? ... ive tried tweaking all the settings i can find.. anyone luck yet anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htdefiant Posted May 5, 2007 Author Share Posted May 5, 2007 No...but you might try using MemoryBooster or whatever it's called to trick vista into seeing like 1.5 gbs of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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