Windows 7 Wireless and Audio Drivers on 2010 MacBook Pro

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Windows 7 Wireless and Audio Drivers on 2010 MacBook Pro

I have a new MacBook Pro i7 2.66 Mhz with Snow Leopard and dual boot to Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate. I can't find the correct drivers (Windows 7 side) to get the audio and the wireless networking operating. I ran the bootcamp setup from the Snow Leopard install disc on Windows 7. It gave an error message that this model is not supported. I then ran each software driver individually from the install disc and was able to get all to work except the audio and wireless. I then installed the Bootcamp 3.2 update from the Internet with no improvement.

Does anybody know where the audio and wireless drivers can be located for Windows 7? (Apple Support has not been able to resolve the problem yet) Thank You!

MacBook Pro i7 Dual Core 2.66 Mhz, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Dual Boot w Windows 7

Posted on Dec 19, 2010 6:34 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 19, 2010 10:02 PM in response to bpski

I'm having the same problem with Windows 7 64-bit Professional. I had to go through the same process to get most of the drivers installed. I've had the same issues with the wireless and audio drivers.

To get the Apple drivers installed, I followed the instructions from this blog post.
http://michael.anastasiou.me/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22:qbo ot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-modelq-solution&catid=7:how-to&lang= en

Has anyone had any luck with the rest of the drivers?

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Dec 20, 2010 6:23 AM in response to bpski

I finally got working sound drivers but still no wireless. Try this Realtek HD audio driver. I tried two different versions, 2.52 (this one) and 2.55, and one or both of them worked. Unfortunately, I can't find where I downloaded the newer driver. Let me know if this one solves the sound problem.
http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/realtek-high-definition-driver-vista.html

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bpski Author

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Dec 20, 2010 12:05 PM in response to goldierox

I tried both versions of the Realtek drivers but still no sound, unfortunately. Thank you for the suggestion.

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Dec 30, 2010 11:08 AM in response to bpski

My apologies. I only got the sound working with external speakers. Still no luck with the built-in speakers.

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Jan 9, 2011 6:40 PM in response to bpski

I fixed both these issues by doing the following in this order. I'm not sure what did the trick but I'll lay out my steps.

1) Uninstall Boot Camp control panel
2) Reinstall Boot Camp 3.0 drivers from Snow Leopard DVD
3) Go into Device Manager (right click on Computer -> click on Device Manager)
4) Wireless card appears as a "Network Controller" with a warning sign next to it. Right click and uninstall it.
5) Install the Boot Camp 3.1 update. Can be found on Apple's support site.

That seemed to do the trick for both the audio from the laptop speakers and the sound. Hope that helps.

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bpski Author

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Jan 14, 2011 9:55 AM in response to goldierox

I still couldn't resolve these issues with the audio and wireless network drivers. There is still an exclamation point in the Device Manager for the network controller. I even installed the Boot Camp 3.2 update.

One error I'm also getting with the 3.1 update is that it tries to uninstall the NVIDIA driver and it says the 32 bit unistaller will not work on a 64 bit system. Maybe I just need to wait for 64 bit drivers for the audio and wireless network adapter from the hardware manufacturers?

I'm stumped.

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steve64g

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Jan 17, 2011 6:53 PM in response to bpski

I had this problem a few months ago. Make sure you install the bootcamp drivers from the discs that came with your machine. I was initially using retail Snow Leopard discs - no good, and even tried the latest from the net (I think 3.1) and no good. The I dug up the OEM discs and all good. I hope this helps you.

Note however - at the moment the audio on my internal speakers is problematic. I have recently installed Bootcamp 3.2..... still investigating...

I have a mid 2010 i7 MBP 15.

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