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Q: No Audio Boot Camp Windows 8

Hello Everyone,

I've Installed Windows 8 using Bootcamp, and installed all the drivers on the boot camp folder, but I have no sound.

I wiped the partition, reinstalled and still no sound.

I have also gone on the realtek website, downloaded drivers, still no sound.

Under Device Manager, there is a yellow warning for the Realtek Driver and the High Definition Audio Driver.

It says"The device cannot start.(code 10)

 

 

The request is not supported"

 

I have been trying to fix this for three days now. In that time I have uninstalled, reinstalled, updated dozens of times, and been googling all that time for solutions. I am about to pull the plug

Please Help.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 11:46 AM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Oct 19, 2015 4:28 AM in response to Tsjuni
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    Oct 19, 2015 4:28 AM in response to Tsjuni

    Excellent. Please ensure you have OS X and Windows backups.

  • by skelly057,

    skelly057 skelly057 Nov 10, 2015 12:16 PM in response to AdB1973
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    Nov 10, 2015 12:16 PM in response to AdB1973

    I installed windows 8 through a USB in EFI mode, as a result I do not have any audio. ADB1973 wrote, "The problem is in EFI mode Windows 8 and 10 do not see the audio hardware from certain machines. My MacBook 8,1 (Early 2011) was one of them". I have  a macbook pro early 2011 with a samsung pro 850 ssd. Is there a solution to this problem? Windows is not recognizing an audio device. Whats funny is I can connect to a Bluetooth device and sound plays out of it.

  • by AdB1973,

    AdB1973 AdB1973 Nov 10, 2015 2:06 PM in response to skelly057
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    Nov 10, 2015 2:06 PM in response to skelly057

    As stated in earlier posts force install W8 in (hybrid) MBR mode, I think I wrote a how to here too.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 10, 2015 4:43 PM in response to skelly057
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    Nov 10, 2015 4:43 PM in response to skelly057

    If you use the normal BC Assistant method, for a 2011 Mac, it creates a Hybrid MBR. If you used a USB to work around a dysfunctional Optical drive, the problem's root lies there. Macs prior to Late 2013 models are preUEFI and require a legacy BIOS/MBR based installation to work properly.

     

    Only CSM-BIOS exposes the audio devices correctly.

  • by skelly057,

    skelly057 skelly057 Nov 10, 2015 7:34 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 10, 2015 7:34 PM in response to Loner T

    If I burn the iso to a dvd, is there a specific DVD I have to use?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 10, 2015 8:25 PM in response to skelly057
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    Nov 10, 2015 8:25 PM in response to skelly057

    Use a single-layer DVD-R.

  • by emetiha,

    emetiha emetiha Jan 18, 2016 9:06 AM in response to Vo0d0o
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    Jan 18, 2016 9:06 AM in response to Vo0d0o

    I got mine working and I was going to post how I did and found my method very similar to the one suggested by Vo0d0o (pasted below). I went straight to the first Cirrus Logic exe file (CirrusAudioCS4206x64) and ran it worked. I've tried dozens of other things before, so maybe one of the things I previously tried took care of the second exe file...

     

    5k imac, windows 10.

     

    **************

    From Vo0d0o:

    This is a reall simple fix so if anyone sees this i literally did this about a minute before typing this post because everyone should feel stupid to how easy this fix is....

    Navigate on you >MAC< to the Bootcamp application. Before this make sure you have a 8gb USB flashdrive formatted to Fat 32...windows default. Open Bootcamp app, and install the latest Bootcamp drivers onto the USB... I suggest naming the USB to SUPPORT all caps after doing this...

       

    Navigate to Windows Partition... on boot menu....

     

    Open up file explorer, click on you new SUPPORT drive, open up Bootcamp folder, then drivers, click on Realtek driver set up .exe, and install that (depending on your computer it will prompt you to restart it or not after installing). Next after rebooting or re-installing the Realtek driver.... head into the Cirrus folder...

     

    >THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT GETTING THE SOUND TO WORK!!!!!<

     

    CLick on the second .exe driver manual download, and run it. IF YOU DON'T DO THE SECOND ONE FIRST IT WONT WORK. After the download is complete, click on the first Cirrussetup.exe and install that. After that is complete... when you go to test your Mac's sound... there will be a slight delay... followed by the nice obnoxious chirp on Microsoft's sound test.

     

    Sound working on Windows 8.1 x64 at 10:50, 2/21/2015

  • by The Tech99,

    The Tech99 The Tech99 Mar 4, 2016 10:58 PM in response to Lavaryder
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    Mar 4, 2016 10:58 PM in response to Lavaryder

    Thanks Lavaryder! Works perfectly.

     

    Some small edits on my Windows 8 enterprise addition build 9600 on an iMacLate2012

    1. Download  -->

    http://www.stuffedcow.net/files/CS4207_WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit_6-6001-1-30.zip.

      •      create a folder and extract the files on your desktop or any location where you can find map it while installing the driver manually.
      • Folder created will be: CS4207_WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit_6-6001-1-30


     

         2.  Go to device manager.

      •      Right click on sound and select " update driver software"
        • select " Browse my computer for driver software"
          • Click BROWSE
          • pic_folders_select_cirrus.PNG
          • Click OK to install
          • Device manager should show: pic_device_cirrus in list.PNG
          • REBOOT
      • wollaaaaz.....  you should be all set.
    • enjoy the sound of Apple ....  
  • by noo32,

    noo32 noo32 Jul 28, 2016 3:07 AM in response to folbaj
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    Jul 28, 2016 3:07 AM in response to folbaj

    You are a hero! thank you so much!

  • by jswarb,

    jswarb jswarb Sep 22, 2016 5:46 PM in response to easiest_dinner
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    Sep 22, 2016 5:46 PM in response to easiest_dinner

    Hello everyone.

    I am so frustrated at this process of getting these audio drivers installed on my late 2011 MBP. I have tried every single thing; from updating bootcamp drivers, to installing .exe in certain orders, reinstalls, downloading the stuffedcow link and mapping the update to that folder with no success.

     

    I have yes, booted it partitioned with an EFI boot, due to the fact I do not have a optical drive in this macbook any longer. I also used GTPDISK to get it to format on windows installation.

     

    There has to be a way to do this, I hope someone can help me. I really need this to work for professional applications and its nothing but a disappointment . Please help!!

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 22, 2016 6:01 PM in response to jswarb
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    Sep 22, 2016 6:01 PM in response to jswarb

    jswarb wrote:

     

     

    I have yes, booted it partitioned with an EFI boot, due to the fact I do not have a optical drive in this macbook any longer. I also used GTPDISK to get it to format on windows installation.

    You will not get Audio unless you use a BIOS/MBR installation on 2011 models. The devices are only exposed via CSM-BIOS.

  • by jswarb,

    jswarb jswarb Sep 22, 2016 6:04 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 22, 2016 6:04 PM in response to Loner T

    I have since used the MS Tool to burn a bootable dvd disk. I currently have a portable/external optical drive. How do I install via BIOS/MBR with this setup?

     

    Thanks for the quick response !

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 22, 2016 6:29 PM in response to jswarb
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    Sep 22, 2016 6:29 PM in response to jswarb

    An external Optical drive will not work. You need to disconnect the disk in Optibay by disconnecting the SATA cable till Windows is installed on the main bay disk. Use a VMware/Winclone method documented on MacRumours to install MBR/BIOS and test. Once tested, then connect the Optibay disk.

     

    You will not be able to repair Windows in the future due to the lack of Optical drive.

  • by jswarb,

    jswarb jswarb Sep 22, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 22, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Loner T

    I figured I needed to reinstall my optical drive back into the computer, just really didnt want to do this!! But thanks for the heads up, and i will give it a try.

     

    Quick question, isnt VM ware/WInclone the virtual way of doing so? I want a full seperate partition on the main SSD drive.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 22, 2016 6:41 PM in response to jswarb
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    Sep 22, 2016 6:41 PM in response to jswarb

    jswarb wrote:

     

    I figured I needed to reinstall my optical drive back into the computer, just really didnt want to do this!! But thanks for the heads up, and i will give it a try.

    Good that you have kept the Optical drive.

     

     

    Quick question, isnt VM ware/WInclone the virtual way of doing so? I want a full seperate partition on the main SSD drive.

    Yes, it is. You will get a separate partition, unless you want to dedicate the full SSD to Windows only.

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