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Issue with MacHALDriver.sys on Windows 8

I recently installed Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, through Boot Camp, on my early 2011 MacBook Pro 15". I used the drives Apple provides for Windows 7. Everything works fine except I ocassionally get a BSOD. I had my dump files analyzed and the problem was with MacHalDriver.sys. More information from the dump file is available at this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-hardware/badpoolheade r-0x19-causing-bsod-on-windows-8/d6bafd0e-e759-4130-99fc-2f56a77d2d4a . Anyways I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem and if there was a solution to it.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Other OS

Posted on Oct 24, 2012 4:37 PM

34 replies

Mar 31, 2013 1:29 PM in response to Subodh Adhikari

I simply can't disable generic pnp monitor on a macbook pro (late 2011). All I get is a SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED BSOD..

Mar 31, 2013 2:43 PM in response to silver205

Try downloading the latest support drivers, BootCamp 5.0 is compatible with Windows 8.

Apr 12, 2013 9:52 AM in response to richardfromsnoqualmie

Update: 2013-04-11

Upgraded my Mac Book Pro's HDD to a Samsung 840 Pro SSD and decided to do a clean re-install of both OSX and Windows 8 via Boot Camp.

After re-installing Windows via Boot Camp and installing the latest Boot Camp v5.0.5033 drivers on Windows, I can report that the issue described in this thread appears to have been fixed - you no longer have to disable the "Generic Pnp Display" in Device Manager.

However, my MBP's clock no longer reports the corrct time and (for some reason) always reports the time in the time -8 hours from now! I'll start THAT discussion in another thread.

Jun 7, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Subodh Adhikari

I have Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro Mid-2010 and disabling Generic PnP Montior has fixed the BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD

Issue with MacHALDriver.sys on Windows 8