MBP UEFI WINDOWS SOUND FIXED!!!!


If anyone is still interested I have found the solution for audio on MBP 2011 Windows 10 UEFI installs - it has taken me 4 years to figure out. I was given the answer from a tutorial only adjacently related -here:

https://egpu.io/forums/pc-setup/fix-dsdt-override-to-correct-error-12/

essentially what we knew was that windows didn't 'see' the correct audio devices when booted in pure efi-

The part that was frustrating to me was that many users like myself have lots of UEFI installs on their 2011 MBP and those OS's have no problem 'seeing' the HD audio controller -

So what was windows doing different?

I had messed around with mm commands in a UEFI shell (The shell provided in the rEFIt package) to no avail*

I had tried to pass SETPCI commands from grub into Windows 10- no luck*

A quote from the link above got my brain spinning

"A Windows system's DSDT table root bridge definition (ACPI PNP0A08 or PNP0A03) is usually confined to a reserved 32-bit space (under 4GB) budgeted to be large enough to host the notebook's PCIe devices. A watermark TOLUD value is then set and locked in the system firmware. Windows OS honors the root bridge definition and will allocate PCIe devices within it. macOS ignores the root bridge constraints as too does Linux when booted with the 'pci=noCRS' parameter. Neither of those OS require a DSDT override and can allocate freely in the huge 64-bit PCIe address space"

So Windows 'honors' the root bridge and OSX and linux disregard it --hmmm interesting.

As someone who also deals in hackintoshes I am very aware of DSDT's and how editing them can help get OSX running on home brew PC hardware- I had played around with installing Clover (the UEFI bootloader almost synonymous with Hackintoshes) on USB thumb drives and putting the DSDT from my MBP 2011 in the /Clover/ACPI/Windows folder - still nothing-- I thought that pointing windows to a DSDT would be enough.......

A side note is that there are people who have 'bricked' their real Macs when using clover, I have never had that issue personally (a sub-link in the link above describes such a situation)*

If you follow the guide and make a modified DSDT (one that add 'qwords' to the dwords section) you can test it in two ways-

I used Maciasl to extract and edit my DSDT to add a 'Qword' section - I placed the DSDT in two locations /EFI/Clover/ACPI/Patched [not sure if that one matters] & /EFI/Clover/ACPI/Windows

holding ALT/option during bootup I selected "EFI Boot" from the USB clover and booted into Clover

for the exact Clover configuration send me a message

After booting into windows the sound card was immediately working (this was because I had installed the cirrus logic drivers from bootcamp 4) - the display audio driver in device manager had an exclamation point but I was able to install the display audio driver from intel's driver support for the i7 2470m CPU in this machine-

I also looked at device manager via 'by resources' and saw that a new entry 'Large memory with an address range appeared

And low and behold the address range for the 'large memory section' contained the range for the hd audio controller

I then wanted to see if the method described in the initial link posted above where you force that memory map into the registry and turn on 'test signing' worked --

it did, which allowed me to boot directly into windows without the help of clover --

*NOTE: when I tested the registry method I skipped the first few steps since I already had a modified DSDT- I did need to create the 'C:\dsdt folder and extract the windows binaries to that folder - but I did not use their acpi dump nor compiler (I check for errors and compiled my dsdt in Maciasl in OSX)

I would gladly go more in depth but I doubt there are many more who need this information- just glad to have figured it out without the BIOS emulation of bootcamp- going to test this method on other 'pre 2013' Macs with non complient UEFI bios'

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Oct 26, 2019 5:59 AM in response to xAndrewH1993x

So far so good, now I'm trying to get past being stuck only on the asl.exe /loadtable DSDT.aml - The command works manually but trying to automate this has been a challenge. I'm trying to make a .bat file or .cmd file to run this correctly but no luck. I'm literally 99.9% percent done. Once I can get past this, this will be uploaded on github, alternative.to, howeitworks.com, and google drive. I'll post all links once done. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!

Oct 27, 2019 4:23 AM in response to xAndrewH1993x

I wish I could help out, but it's beyond my skillset. If there's anything else I might be able to help with it even to give a second opinion, my emai is markheiron@yahoo.co.uk. I'm currently trying to write up the documentation for setting up my mac, there were a few things I had to fix at installation and it's hard to remember it all. I'm just really glad to have got the sound working on my mac without having to run through bootcamp. Wish I had done it years ago. I will keep an eye out for the links though. Thanks again for your work!

Oct 27, 2019 7:46 AM in response to Markgreatrex

Its all good, I figured it out, I'm going to be in testing stage tonight, Trying different version of Windows, different usernames to make sure Valor (The Script's Name) holds up. I've added BSOD fix, free cloud anti-virus that doesn't run in the background, other IT tools to keep track of the Mac's health. I've added some personal touches to express why this project is made and I've merged the old drivers and the new drivers together to make the bootcamp software work. This is going to be live hopefully in the next day or two.

Nov 28, 2019 7:33 PM in response to TGIK

We all should be saying thank you to you! You are awesome and without your methods there would be no patch! There would be no script and most of all there would be no community to aid your cause. So THANK YOU sincerely for your efforts and sticking with this before any of us came along. I had given up back in 2017 on the UEFI audio issues until I accidentally stumbled across your forum. Happy thanksgiving or happy holiday to you my friend, please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. You have my email hmu anytime.

Dec 23, 2019 5:28 PM in response to TGIK

I'm on a 2012 MBP and already have an external drive UEFI Windows 10 boot largely working, except for built in sound over headphones and speakers. (External sound over HDMI works great with the NVIDIA drivers.) I'm not sure how I originally set this up (it's been a while) but I'm pretty sure I didn't use Clover. I've got a partition with an EFI folder on it, and I'll try the registry mod method, but it sounds like there are potential performance issues. In reading through the linked guides, I've come across the automate-eGPU EFI method, but can't find a standalone installer whose version matches that in the article. The old one (1.0.4) fails on install asking me to upgrade to High Sierra...but I'm on Mojave. The terminal string provided in the 1.0.5 instructions doesn't work. I tried manually copying the EFI folder onto my EFI volume and I get to a bootloader, but it doesn't seem to actually work to boot Windows. Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated (and not in the slightest bit time critical, this is a hobby machine.)

Jan 26, 2020 8:33 AM in response to TGIK

We're now in 2020 and I still need help with this. (~_*). Happy New Year guys.

I would have downloaded xAndrewH1993x's patch, but he constantly reminds us that his patch is for MBP 2011 and I fear "bricking" my machine.

My machine is a Mid 2012 MBP. I have installed EFI windows and I have been without sound. I was reading till the end of the thread to see if TGIK's video was linked somewhere. Seems he dumped it eventually once xAndrewH1993x finalized his process. I also tried itayemi's link but the link is now broken.

I'll appreciate any help I can get. I'm a noob at this but surely love to experiment. I'm open to a zoom walkthrough or to an upgrade in xAndrewH1993x's patch that will accommodate Mid 2012 MBP, or to a step by step from any of your geniuses in the house.

Thanks in advance.

Jan 31, 2020 6:25 AM in response to Spirit_TY

I would still try KyuR_pt's troubleshooting steps which I will include in the Google doc going forward, if it still acts up I don't mind remote in to helping you with your issue using TeamViewer. I might be able to manually run Valor without running the whole script. I feel though KyUR_pt is right I remember running into a issue with Valor and then I thought it was windows and I wiped it reinstalled it name my user just "Andrew" not "Andrew Howe" now I understand why the issue couldn't be duplicated until now. Great Job! I wouldn't have figured that out because when I connect my Hotmail to my local account it creates "Andre" instead "Andrew Howe". Hmm interesting but let me know when you want me to remote in and help!

Jan 31, 2020 7:00 AM in response to Spirit_TY

How far did you initially get ? Were you able to do an EFI install at all ? Was is just sound not working ? I have my email (or at least did) somewhere in this forum -- I can edit your dsdt and guide you through the next steps -- it really is simpler then you think -- reach out to me on my email and I can help you--- or, like another client did, ship me your laptop and I will do it (though that will cost money) -- I think we can do it over email or video chat etc

Jan 31, 2020 8:19 AM in response to TGIK

Thank you everyone.


@KyuR_pt: I don't think this is the problem. I have since re-formatted 3 times and tried using only a single username. It is still the same result.


@xAndrewH1993x: Thank you for your offer to help. Please let me know your window of availability. I am in a timezone of GMT+1 but will make myself available anytime convenient for you. How can I reach you please? You can reach me via engrty.uj@gmail.com


@TGIK, thank you. I think my issue may be the DSDT since I use MBP Mid 2012. I'll also reach out to know how to edit my DSDT.



Jan 31, 2020 6:59 PM in response to TGIK

That is awesome bro, I would love to see what you have to share! I will support your future projects as long as I'm allowed too. I will continue to show support here about Valor and continue to aid your cause! Believe me though when I say this, I will not step on your toes. I also hope that Valor is not going to be swept under the rug as it took me a lot of unpaid volunteered time to help individuals. I would honestly like to work with you on your personal projects if you are down! Windows 7 UEFI is pretty cool since Microsoft never officially made a ISO of it, super impressed. I would like to learn about the HFS partitions for booting exotic OSs. Current setup of mine is reFind with Prime OS (Android x86 Project), Windows 10 build 1909, Linux Mint, and MacOS Catalina patched by dosdude1. Duel SSDs and no SuperDrive..... So I'm definitely down to learning more from ya! I hope that we can build off of each other's success here from helping people genuinely. What I would love to learn is how to integrate a network card into my machine without sacrificing my SATA ports and still keep Duel SSDs. I've been trying to find a SATA to USB or SATA to ePCI Adapters so I can stick a wireless carrier network card in. I found a way to get Unlimited Hotspot internet from Sprint... now just got to integrate it. Thank you for helping him as well and for the thought of shooting over the DSDT file!

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