MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) A1278, sad to throw it away, trying to rejuvenate it. Jingdong bought a 240G Beijing-made SATA3 SSD for 171 yuan, replaced the original mechanical hard disk, and pressed Command+Option+R when starting up, and installed Mac OS High Sierra online very quickly and smoothly.
After testing the hard disk, the speed is not bad, the reading and writing exceeds 400MB/s, and the operation is obviously very smooth.
It's just that software such as High Sierra and Word cannot be installed, and Catalina needs to be installed at least. There is a post on the Internet that Catalina can be installed on A1278. I used the official method to make a bootable USB flash drive, but it just couldn't start. No matter how you try, you won't succeed. Let's talk about it later.
Windows is usually used a lot, but the hardware conditions of this computer, the Parallels virtual machine is still forgettable, let's install dual systems.
Using the method I introduced in a previous small article, I used Rufus to make a Windows 11 bootable U disk that is not restricted by TPM2.0 and secure boot, successfully installed WIN11, and installed the BootCam version downloaded in High Sierra with the boot conversion assistant in advance . 5.1 (version 5621), reboot. However, the blue screen! Repeated restart, still blue screen! !
I searched on the Internet, and this blue screen prompts the termination code WDF_VIOLATION. It turns out that I am not the only one who encounters this problem, it is still a common phenomenon.
Some posts said: The routine update pushed by Microsoft has caused compatibility issues with the keyboard driver. This compatibility issue will directly cause the blue screen of death of the device and cannot be recovered. It is necessary to rename or delete the HpqKbFiltr.sys driver. But, I can't find that file.
I searched again and found that there is a problem with the MacHALDriver.sys driver of BootCamp5.1. It must be 6.0 or higher. I found this file on the Internet. After repeated blue screens, I can enter safe mode (of course you can use PE, or you can install a NTFS), replace C:\Windows\System32\drivers\MacHALDriver.sys with a new file, restart, and you are done.
Please check this post for details, and the replacement file can also be downloaded for free. Solution to WDF_Violation error in Windows 10 installed on Apple system - Forece Blog (force.net) ，
Thanks Forece! If you solve the problem in this way, don't forget to like it, thank you.
On May 1, 2022, I came back to add a few small experiences:
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Just after installing WIN11, there is no blue screen when entering the desktop. Only after installing BootCamp5.1, the blue screen will appear after restarting. After installing BootCamp, you can replace MacHALDriver.sys first, and the blue screen will not appear after restarting.
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You can install BootCamp6.0.6136 by using Windows terminal (administrator) (this is the closest to this computer found on Driver Sky), and there is no blue screen after restarting, but some drivers seem to be wrong, or use BootCamp5 of this computer. 1.5621 reliable.
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If you have a blue screen, just restart twice, you can see the recovery interface, check Advanced Recovery Options - Troubleshooting - Advanced Options - Startup Settings - Restart, there are startup settings after restarting, select Enable Safe Mode, you can enter Safe Mode, You can perform file replacement operations.
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This A1278 installed Windows 11, there are two hurdles: blue screen and no sound. The problem of no sound is also solved, and I will write it down to share with you later.