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by UnusedWorkMachines
Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:52 pm
Forum: New GPUs (whitelist)
Topic: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?
Replies: 11
Views: 6202

Re: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?

Thanks for all the welcomes and suggestions! I do plan on doing this long-term here. I work at a non-profit so being at work is already a service, might as well extend that outside these four walls! :) Discharge hasn't been a problem, billford, I guess Joe_H is right since this machine and a 2011 MB...
by UnusedWorkMachines
Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:12 pm
Forum: New GPUs (whitelist)
Topic: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?
Replies: 11
Views: 6202

Re: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?

Well it's still running full speed ahead. I performed zero updates on it after Windows 7 came up so the interface is ...basic and strange. I can't tell how much that particular machine did over the weekend. I'm glad I got it going though because three of the Windows machines rebooted from updates. B...
by UnusedWorkMachines
Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:03 pm
Forum: New GPUs (whitelist)
Topic: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?
Replies: 11
Views: 6202

Re: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?

Yup, it works. And just in time for the weekend. I'll see how stable it is, if it stays up all weekend
by UnusedWorkMachines
Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: New GPUs (whitelist)
Topic: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?
Replies: 11
Views: 6202

Re: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?

To answer my own question, I kept searching and found this from a year ago: The only way to have your Mac fold on its GPU is while running Windows using Bootcamp. That would also require that you have a supported GPU. The 6770M in your MacBook Pro is supported, but at about the minimum processing po...
by UnusedWorkMachines
Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:34 pm
Forum: New GPUs (whitelist)
Topic: MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?
Replies: 11
Views: 6202

MacBookPro GPU under BootCamp?

Greetings, all. I'm new to this, just started yesterday after hearing about folding@home when I was looking to stress test a troublesome machine here at work. I'm happy to pitch in; it's for a lot of good, it appears! I tend to have a few extra machines at my desk so I plan on running FAH as I can. ...