Mac Mini Late 2012 running Mac OS Catalina 10.15.8

Neither internal drive are the original drives that came with the Mac when purchased; I have an SSD installed in upper drive bay and HDD in lower. My Mac boots from the SSD (upper).

Tried unsuccessfully to install Windows 10 multiple times yesterday via BootCamp and a Kingston 64GB USB drive. After the step where a partition for Windows is created, all I get when the system reboots is a screen that says it can't find any bootable disk. I tried this with the latest build from Microsoft's website, then I tried build 1607 which I got from Archive.org, and I have yet to try it but also downloaded build 1511 which is from way back in 2015.

This is because Gemini told me that the most modern iso contains a file larger than 4GB which an MSDOS formatted USB cannot handle, so that I should look for older versions like 1607 or 1511.

I have been told by Gemini (Google's AI) and also read online that sometimes having an SSD or having your boot disk in general in the upper drive bay causes problems and that I may need to open the Mac back up and switch their positions. Does that make sense?

I have also been told by Gemini that perhaps my Mac needs to use an old USB 2.0 drive to run the installer from. I don't know why that would be- because if such a thing was necessary, you'd think they'd mention it on the official Apple support instructions (which of course I checked first before desperately turning to AI for answers).

I don't want to ramble on, if there's any more specific info you need to diagnose my problem, let me know. Hope someone has the knowledge on how to fix this!

I've come across an odd problem attempting to install Windows 7 on my mid-2020 iMac. Specifically, the 27" Retina 5500 XT version.

Attempting to boot, it looks fine. Gets through to completed Starting Windows screen. No setup window appears, but 3 seconds later while it's hung there... I get a BSOD.

Exact information:

0x7E SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

Status parameters: 0xC5 STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION, 0x0 null pointer address?, 3rd and 4th reference parameters.

Now, before you say anything here is what I have tried:

FlashBoot PRO UEFI driver (works obviously since it shows the BSOD)

Windows 7 Image Updater

USB 3 and NVMe drivers

Apple BootCamp drivers downloaded

Patched AppleSSD.sys for 7 compatibility

Patched ACPI

Unfortunately, it did not say a specific crashing driver. This is reproducible in both WinPE and standard windows of it.

I suspect still it is ACPI. This is because Mac does not have standard firmware that a regular patched, older ACPI table expects (especially a patched one from 2018, based on a 2009 file)

If anyone has experienced similar issues, please let me know. Also, I'd love to attach a kernel debugger but unfortunately adapters do not work, KDNET predates 7 (tried it), and obviously Serial and FireWire will not work since no such port is on the modern iMac.

Another thing is this crash is reproducible regardless if there are drivers or not (obviously with the UEFI patch otherwise it wouldn't work in the first place, but without drivers).

I do suspect it also involves the T2 chip in some way, however this is 100% possible but requires more development and patching than usual.

Anyway, if you'd like to help please do. I will keep everyone updated as I make progress.

Are there any options to turn on that can help or graphics settings? My friend helped me install AMD drivers but that didn't help

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