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Connect Apple Thunderbolt Display to Windows PC

I have a Thunderbolt Display, i downloaded bootcamp drivers and i buyed a t1/t2 - usb c Apple adapter.

my laptop have a usb-c t3 connector.


When i connect the display monitor remains black and i hear a Windows beep for hardware change but nothing else…



idea?

Posted on Oct 6, 2021 11:06 PM

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Posted on Oct 11, 2021 10:00 AM

Yes i see the USB drive, nothing about the monitor TB display.


I think there is an issue with power management. If check TB port do not power off cause of power management the bip disappeared. But my question is, first of all, what are the right drivers? I dowloaded boot camp drivers with my mac and i dont see really the righ drivers inside. I can see only apple display drivers AppleDisplayInstaller64.exe...


What do you think about?

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Oct 11, 2021 10:00 AM in response to Loner T

Yes i see the USB drive, nothing about the monitor TB display.


I think there is an issue with power management. If check TB port do not power off cause of power management the bip disappeared. But my question is, first of all, what are the right drivers? I dowloaded boot camp drivers with my mac and i dont see really the righ drivers inside. I can see only apple display drivers AppleDisplayInstaller64.exe...


What do you think about?

Oct 15, 2021 8:51 AM in response to faillax23

faillax23 wrote:

I downloaded bootcamp with brigadier but inside i can find the same drivers as directly from my mac.
I also modified the bios looking at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253105639 but the display is not detected.

Not a very good sign.

If i attach a thundebolt external hard drive it works :-(

Interesting. I assume the connection is External TB2/TB3 disk --> Display TB2 -> TB2+TB3 Adapter -> Windows PC.

I have no more banana! as we said in italy

That is indeed very funny! Made me laugh. Thank you.

Oct 11, 2021 10:38 AM in response to faillax23

AppleDisplayInstaller64.exe is only for the Display part, not for the hub which contains Ethernet/TB/USB ports. USB ports get passed to the USB driver in Windows, and it works properly. The Ethernet/TB ports require other drivers. If the hardware on the PC cannot understand encapsulated TB protocol(s) over PCIe or a USB-bridge, you may have an issue. Can you check if the Ethernet port on the Display works?

Connect Apple Thunderbolt Display to Windows PC

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