supermegatron Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 this patches the efi layer on the mac mini. Will it kill my computer if i use it with mine?i have efi and bios so if the efi layer gets messed up it isnt going to hurt anything right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Don't install it on a regular PC unless you want a dead motherboard. I will try to install an EFI update, but since your computer doesn't have EFI, you would just be killing your computer. I recomend that you don't update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/#findComment-92758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganymedian Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I will try to install an EFI update, but since your computer doesn't have EFI, you would just be killing your computer. I recomend that you don't update. i have efi and bios Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/#findComment-94496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcian Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 @topshooter: people don't want to read. Don't annoy them with telling them that they don't read @Supermegatron: As far as i know the Bios on Boards with EFI is a part of the EFI. I read something about CSM-Module or something like that. The EFI starts up the Computer and then loads a module that contains the BIOS because Windows can't Boot with EFI-Code. That means, that your computer won't be able to work without the correct EFI(-Code/Module whatsover). Flashing the Mac EFI to your motherboard will most like end with a (irreversibly) defective motherboard... On a real mac, the EFI is the only stuff needed for MacOS. They don't need a BIOS. The EFI-Update that arrived the same day as the BootCamp-Software adds a BIOS-compitability-Module to the EFI, so that the intelMacs have EFI and Bios afterwards, so that Windows can boot. I hope my post was somewhat understandable. English is not my mother tongue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/#findComment-94589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustK Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 If I understand, Apple have enabled Bios on Intel Mac to run boot camp and make windows able to run. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/#findComment-94619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcian Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I wouldn't say enabled. It just hasn't been in the Mac before the firmware upgrade. You could say they added a Bios with that upgrade. On a PC the Bios translates between Windows and the Hardware at bootup-time. Hardware <=> BIOS <=> WINDOWS On a Mac the EFI translates between MacOs and the Hardware. Hardware <=> EFI <=> MacOS For Windows on a Mac it's like: Hardware <=> EFI <=> BIOS <=> Windows Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14508-mac-mini-firmware-on-mactel/#findComment-94630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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