Bootcamp AMD not found

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Bootcamp AMD not found

I have a macbook pro late 2011 15 inch and got windows 10 on It. I had no sound and fixed that with taskprompt. After that I started gta 5 and I had like 1 fps. i checked my graphics card and saw That It doesn’t work. I downloaded many amd files and tried all of them but get code 43 all the time. I used an old driver from 2018 and It worked. I checked on task manager and didn’t see my graphic card. I restarted my mac so It will apply my graphic card but It got stuck in boot(windows logo and 3 dots freezes spinning). Is there a solution for this? Please help

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 7:37 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Oct 13, 2020 9:35 AM in response to AS024

W10 is problematic on a 2011 Mac, since it is not officially supported. You may want to consider first installing W7/W8.1 and then upgrading (in-place) to W10. This allows 'grandfathering' of working drivers into W10.

Also, your 2011 Mac does not support EFI Boot of Windows.

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Loner T

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Oct 17, 2020 1:39 PM in response to AS024

AS024 wrote:

Why? I can download windows. When I restarted It showed windows dvd and efi boot dvd I choosed efi dvd and Its now downloading.

This is an invalid choice for a 2011 Mac. You need to choose the legacy BIOS icon, which will be called Windows. This Windows icon will not work given the current format of the DVD.

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Loner T

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Oct 16, 2020 9:01 AM in response to AS024

Boot into macOS, insert the DVD and post the output of

diskutil list

with the DVD inserted.

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AS024 Author

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Oct 13, 2020 12:35 PM in response to Loner T

I think so, I used a usb in bootcamp and after that deleted the partition because windows 8.1 only supports exfat so I made a new partition in exfat format. Everything went normal untill I saw that error

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Loner T

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Oct 13, 2020 2:19 PM in response to AS024

You should have only two options in BC Assistant - Download and Install.

Download uses a USB to download W7/W8.1 drivers.
Install will partition your disk and install Windows using a DVD in the built-in Optical drive.

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AS024 Author

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Oct 13, 2020 2:53 PM in response to Loner T

I just used BC assistant and restarted my mac and hold options button and selected my usb. When I wanted to select my partion It didn’t work and made my own partition as exfat and deleted the other one. I booted back to my usb and I was able to download windows. But then I got that error in the pic. Do I need a dvd or am I doing something wrong. Please help

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Loner T

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Oct 13, 2020 6:13 PM in response to AS024

AS024 wrote:

I just used BC assistant and restarted my mac and hold options button and selected my usb. When I wanted to select my partion It didn’t work and made my own partition as exfat and deleted the other one.

How many options do you have in BC Assistant? See Bootcamp User Interface - Apple Community for reference.

I booted back to my usb and I was able to download windows. But then I got that error in the pic.

Can you please describe what you mean by download Windows?

Do I need a dvd or am I doing something wrong. Please help

You need a DVD.

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Loner T

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Oct 14, 2020 3:51 AM in response to AS024

AS024 wrote:

Seriously? A DVD?

Yes. 😉. Unfortunately, in 2011, Steve Jobs did not stop making these with Optical drives in the Apple factories. Look for a reputable brand of DVD-R SL (Single Layer) blank discs.

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AS024 Author

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Oct 14, 2020 9:17 AM in response to Loner T

Thank you for helping. I think I looked at windows 8.1 usb for 2012 or newer. I live in the Netherlands so If I order from amazon It will arrive in a month or so. In the store it is 12 euro for 10 and I need windows now. Are you sure this error is because I used USB and not dvd?

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AS024 Author

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Oct 15, 2020 12:26 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you for wasting my money on a dvd which is not working. I have never seen someone installing windows with a dvd. I have burnt the windows 8.1 file and restarted my mac. Pressed options button clicked on dvd and It freezed and restarted my macbook :(

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AS024 Author

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Oct 17, 2020 1:20 AM in response to Loner T

What you mean? I just open the windows 8.1 iso and move all files in It to the dvd and burn It. When I want to change the stucture to exfat, disk utility crashes. I can only change It to ms fat. So I didnt do that and let It as apple partition. Then I restarted my mac and pressed option button and choosed my dvd and It freezed. I waited like a minute and then my Mac restarted.

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Loner T

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Oct 17, 2020 9:11 AM in response to AS024

AS024 wrote:

What you mean? I just open the windows 8.1 iso and move all files in It to the dvd and burn It.

This is incorrect. The correct steps are

Right-click on ISO
Choose Burn
Expand Burn dialog
Enable Verify and Mount options
Choose the lowest Burn rate supported by your blank disc media
Click on Burn
Verify that the DVD mounts and you can see all files

When I want to change the stucture to exfat, disk utility crashes. I can only change It to ms fat. So I didnt do that and let It as apple partition.

The DVD format is UDF. You should not change it. If you do not follow the Burn steps correctly, you will waste a DVD.

Then I restarted my mac and pressed option button and choosed my dvd and It freezed. I waited like a minute and then my Mac restarted.

This is expected, since the DVD is not bootable.

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Loner T

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Oct 19, 2020 4:12 AM in response to AS024

AS024 wrote:

Thank you I got windows 8.1 installed.

Excellent!

What you said are you sure my mac can recognize my graphics card when I upgrade to windows 10?

Can you identify the exact GPU in your MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) - Technical Specifications?

Graphics and video support

AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory on 2.2GHz configuration; or AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory on 2.4GHz configuration

I assume the GPU is fully functional in W8.1.

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