Christian Stüben
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Q: sound, eject button, video card

Hi all,

i just have installed yosemite and bootcamp/w7 on a mac pro. All works fine, except some minor problems in bootcamp environment.

 

1) no sound.

Although windows hardware manager tells me, that sound and speaker are working, nothing can be heared. And yes, volume is set to maximum ;-)

 

2) eject button does not work.

 

3) video is shown in high resolution, but some capabilities of the video card seem to be disabled. One of my software packages (Autopano Giga from kolor.com) works ok, but GPU support and "fast editor" are disabled. On the OS/X side, the Mac version of this software has gpu support and fast editor.

 

 

Due to some other posts here concerning sound and eject button, i found Boot Camp-Support-Software 5.1.5621 . Might Boot Camp-Support-Software 5.1.5621 solve my problems, or do i risk to crash my brand new installation to void?

 

The video problem is the most important for me. Is there a dedicated "video driver" on the bootcamp support, or can i install the Windows Video Driver from the cards manufacturer?

 

System is: Mac Pro 2010/5.1, Ati Radeon HD5770, Yosemite, Windows 7 ult 64 sp1 all patches installed.

First internal disk is os/x only, second internal disk is bootcamp only.

 

Thank You!

 

greetings from germany

Chris

Posted on Jul 3, 2015 2:04 AM

by Loner T,Solvedanswer
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A:

My recommendation is to download the .5621 zip file from Apple and put it on a USB flash drive. Run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder on this USB and it will install all appropriate drivers. There may be some conflicts if Windows Update provides drives which may not be fully compatible with the .5621 Apple-provided BC drivers. Such conflicts can be resolved.

 

.5621 supports the following Macs.

 

Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

File Size: 924.9 MB

System Requirements

  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2011)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, & 15-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch & 17-inch  Late 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Early 2013)
  • Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
  • Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011)
  • Mac mini (Late 2012) 
  • iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
  • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Mid 2011)
  • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)
  • iMac (21.5-inch) Early 2013
  • Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

Posted on Jul 3, 2015 10:12 AM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Jul 3, 2015 6:43 AM in response to Christian Stüben
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    Jul 3, 2015 6:43 AM in response to Christian Stüben

    From System requirements to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support,

    Mac Pro

     

    Mac modelWindows 8
    64-bit    		Windows 7
    64-bit    		Windows 7
    32-bit    		Windows Vista
    64-bit    		Windows Vista
    32-bit    		Windows XP
    32-bit
    Mac Pro (Mid 2010)554DVDDVDDVD

     

    This is BC Driver package .5621. What version are you currently using? Do you have any unknown devices in Device Manager (yellow triangles and exclamation marks)?

     

    Be aware that Windows Update can update your drivers, if not monitored, which can lead to problems.

  • by Christian Stueben,

    Christian Stueben Christian Stueben Jul 3, 2015 8:32 AM in response to Loner T
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    Jul 3, 2015 8:32 AM in response to Loner T

    I dont know which version. I installed a brand new Yosemite from trash (totally empty disk), inserted a second disk to the mac, and then i used the bootcamp assistant from the program folder to install win 7 on the second disk. Yosemite knows which version it is, i dont.

     

    Then i did windows update, all worked pefectly.

     

    At last i installed Aotopano Giga, both on os/x and windows.

     

    The osx version of autopano can use GPU for faster editor, the win version doesn´t.

     

    Yes, there are unknown devices.

     

    So my question is, which drive from the 5621 package can i use to get sound.

    And if i can use one of the included driver to get a fully functional video card with direct gpu support for my windows software.

    windows is my

    The driver names in the 5621 package are something cryptical, theyre names dont say clearly for which part of the machine they can be used.

     

    And i dont want to disable windows update, in the moment windows is my prefered envionment, and periodical updates are important.

     

    greetings from gemany

    Christian Stüben

  • by Loner T,Solvedanswer

    Loner T Loner T Jul 3, 2015 10:12 AM in response to Christian Stueben
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    Jul 3, 2015 10:12 AM in response to Christian Stueben

    My recommendation is to download the .5621 zip file from Apple and put it on a USB flash drive. Run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder on this USB and it will install all appropriate drivers. There may be some conflicts if Windows Update provides drives which may not be fully compatible with the .5621 Apple-provided BC drivers. Such conflicts can be resolved.

     

    .5621 supports the following Macs.

     

    Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

    File Size: 924.9 MB

    System Requirements

    • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2011)
    • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2012)
    • MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Mid 2010)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch, & 15-inch, Early 2011)
    • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch & 17-inch  Late 2011)
    • MacBook Pro (13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2012)
    • MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
    • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
    • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Early 2013)
    • Mac Pro (Early 2009)
    • Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
    • Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
    • Mac mini (Mid 2011)
    • Mac mini (Late 2012) 
    • iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
    • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Mid 2011)
    • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)
    • iMac (21.5-inch) Early 2013
    • Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

  • by Christian Stüben,

    Christian Stüben Christian Stüben Jul 3, 2015 10:00 PM in response to Loner T
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    Jul 3, 2015 10:00 PM in response to Loner T

    Ok, thank you. So 5621 is really the drivers i need, it is the mid 2010 i have. I´ll give it a try.

     

    greetings from germany

    Chris