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So I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch Mid 2012 and all of my drivers work, except for the audio driver. No sound is coming out of the computer or my headphones when I plug them into the computer. I tried everything! I tried uninstalling the driver, reinstalling it, restarting my computer, and even installing a Realtek driver. I believe it's error code 10. I need help getting my audio driver to work!
MacBook Pro
Oh yeah I forgot about that. I already found another solution. I used EaseUS Partition Master to convert it from GPT to MBR. The sound and microphone now work and I successfully converted it from UEFI to Legacy without erasing any data. Thank you so much for the help you have given me!
Oh yeah I forgot about that. I already found another solution. I used EaseUS Partition Master to convert it from GPT to MBR. The sound and microphone now work and I successfully converted it from UEFI to Legacy without erasing any data. Thank you so much for the help you have given me!
You can look at
Both have FAQs and provide detailed steps to do what you want to do.
On a 2011 Mac, the BIOS mode should be Legacy for Audio to work. UEFI does not work, because Macs prior to late 2013 are preUEFI Macs.
Windows should be installed on 2011 Macs using the built-in Optical drive. External Optical drives and/or USB Installers will not work.
Once installed, you cannot change it. You need to remove the current installation, and re-install Windows, using BIOS Mode using BC Assistant and a DVD.
W10 is not supported on 2011 Macs, which implies that first W7/W8.1 must be installed, then you can run an upgrade to W10. This also allows the W7/W8.1 drivers to be grandfathered allowing Apple hardware to work properly.
I also have racked up ALOT of data on my windows so I don’t wanna lose any data by deleting windows so I was going to ask how exactly do you use the EaseUS Partition Master, I’m sorry to bother but I’m a newbie when it comes to this.
I actually got easeus to work but now I have no idea what to do and the faq wasn’t describing it enough
Look at https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/free-convert-mbr-to-gpt-without-data-loss.html .
Everything seemed to work up until I actually execute the task. When I try to, it gives me an error stating, “Trial version is only allowed to preview the result. Activate now to execute the task.” But I don’t wanna pay 50+ for a program I’m going to use once especially if it even doesn’t end up working. Any help?
I’ve decided to give up on EaseUS therefore I tried out winclone, I’ve installed it but I don’t know which option I select and what to do after that
My personal choice is Winclone, over many others, who claim similar functionality.
Ok so I discovered something.
MacOS will not install without formatting the device that holds the partitions, I did say my files were important but not that important, so it’s not too much of a problem for me because I can reinstall everything on windows, plus I have a time machine backup of my data for MacOS, but what should I format the device to in order for the MacOS partition to work and for the Windows partition to be Legacy instead of UEFI?
I have a mid 2012 macbook pro with the same audio problem. I spent a few weeks researching and possibly 10-15 installs and full formats before I came up with this installation method and I now have a dual boot system with audio in windows and no issues. I have never replied to these types of forums but this was so frustrating to work out I thought I would try to help others too.
1. Create a USB Installation disk manually as bootcamp fails to create it correctly (just google 'manual Windows USB creation'. Use boot camp to download the macbook drives and bootcamp app for windows. Copy the downloaded folder to the Windows 10 Installer USB. Do not use this USB to setup windows as it will auto load with EFI installation, this will result in failed audio. The USB is needed after installation as the bootcamp app checks for windows files in its directory before loading.
2. Create a Windows 10 installation DVD. This is needed because it will install windows in Legacy mode which means the sound will work.
3. Insert the USB Windows 10 installer. Run Bootcamp (it will check that the windows installer USB is present) untick the first two options leaving the third to install windows. Slide the marker to indicate the size of windows partition you want. Follow the instructions and enter your user password, the first stage creates the Windows partition. (I have previously tried all other ways to manually create the partition but for some reason these manual partitions using ‘disk utility’ and gpdisk’ fail to work).
4. You will be asked to enter your password again for bootcamp to change startup disk. You do not need to enter this. The only thing bootcamp was needed for was to create the partition which it will have already done after entering the first password.
5. Inset your windows 10 dvd and shutdown the computer. Turn it on again holding the option key. Wait for a minute and you should see to pictures of a DVD, select the ‘Windows’ option and not the EFI option which would result in sound not working.
6. The Windows 10 Installer will start loading, follow the instructions, enter your serial if you have one, if not it doesn’t matter. When you come to install options select advanced.
7. Click on the BOOTCAMP partition that had been created and click format. Bootcamp will have created this partition in FAT32 so the windows DVD will need to change it to NFTS.
8. After the format you can now click on the parttion and click ‘next’. Windows will continue installing and just follow the onscreen directions.
9. After everything has setup plug your windows 10 installer USB back into the computer and open the Bootcamp folder then click setup. This will installer all the drivers and the bootcamp app which can be found in the lower right corner of the taskbar
10. Open the bootcamp app and you can setup right click mouse button on trackpad. You can not restart into mac OS from this app. Apparently this option was only designed to work with the apple old HSF+ files system but the new OS are in APFS file system. This does not matter really as you can just use the option key at startup to change OS.
11. By default ater this installation every time you turn your mac on it will boot windows. To changed this hold the option key at starup. Select your desired Drive to start but click it holding the Crtl key. This will change the default startup disk.
12. Another point to mention is that anyone using a third party app like Tusera will not see the windows partion as an option in preferences/starup disk.
13. Also I did not like my windows partition being called bootcamp. I logged into windows, opened file explorer and right clicked the Bootcamp disk then renamed it to Windows HD. This is fine to do and I can confirm it doesn’t mess up your installation in either system.
but what should I format the device to in order for the MacOS partition to work and for the Windows partition to be Legacy instead of UEFI?
You will need to erase the whole disk, format it as HFS+, and then install macOS. Once macOS is installed, use BC Assistant and install a fresh copy of Windows using a USB2 Flash drive.
Yeah it’s APFS and I have Mojave on it. I restored my Time Machine backup so I got everything back on my Mac partition. It’s a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. How do I reinstall Windows 10 as Legacy instead of UEFI so the sound can work?
Ok so used a USB 2.0 to reinstall Windows 10 and it was successful. It installed as legacy and everything works including the sound and my Mac partition is still intact. Thank you so much for your help.
Ok so basically it says “No bootable device — insert disk and press any key” what do I do? I guess I’ll try again.
In Windows, run
msinfo32
and post the value of BIOS Mode.
High Definition Audio Controller not working on Windows 10
