Jkarlos
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Q: Windows 8 bootcamp new drivers?

Hello. I have an 2011 MBA 11', with a bootcamp partition with W7 ultimate. I purchased the windows 8 upgrade few days ago...

This is a nightmare!!!!. The MBA freezes in a few seconds, and i need to restart the whole laptop becouse is totally frozen!!!!

At the end, as is impossible to downgrade to windows 7, i have erased the bootcamp partition, and reinstalled the W7...

Now i have downloaded again mi W8 installer, waiting in the W7 desktop, until Apple, microsoft or anyone else fix that megaproblem...

I' m with Mac Os for several years, and buffffff, this reminds me about my Windows years, and dont like it......

Posted on Nov 4, 2012 1:23 AM

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Q: Windows 8 bootcamp new drivers?

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  • by EmoEric87,

    EmoEric87 EmoEric87 Jan 30, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Jkarlos
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    Jan 30, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Jkarlos

    Hello to everyone!

     

    The issue, as I've been exprierencing on my Macbook Air (11", 2011 model) has to do with the driver for the Broadcom 801.22n network adapter (known as Airport Extreme adapter on the Mac OS side). My computer will freeze endlessly, without fail unless I go into the control panel and disable the wireless driver. Then, I literally have no problem. I can enable the dynamic tick (which is actually a GOOD feature of Windows 8).

     

    Until Apple updates the drivers for Windows 8 or Broadcom can come up with a solution, Macbook Air users will not be able to connect to Wi-Fi wil running Boot Camp.

  • by 16bitSuperhero,

    16bitSuperhero 16bitSuperhero Jan 31, 2013 12:37 AM in response to Jkarlos
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    Jan 31, 2013 12:37 AM in response to Jkarlos

    I nearly had the same problem and I found the drivers on the net, then I installed them manually with the devices manager.

     

    I can't find those drivers anymore but I found this if this can help you : http://www.aheil.de/2012/10/28/boot-camp-windows-8-me-haz-drivers/ . I don't know if you already tried it.

    Personally, I didn't get to download this, because I have an error at nearly 30% of the download but I hope you will. Just try it.

  • by trjh2k2,

    trjh2k2 trjh2k2 Jan 31, 2013 2:32 PM in response to 16bitSuperhero
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    Jan 31, 2013 2:32 PM in response to 16bitSuperhero

    I've been using Win 8 on my 2010 Macbook (the white plastic one) flawlessly for a while now, but I was having similar freezing issues.  As soon as the bootcamp driver/taskbar/program started up, the machine would either freeze or bluescreen.  The fix was simple:

     

    Open the device manager and disable the Generic PnP Monitor driver.

     

    Been working perfectly, including games, for well over a month without problems.  You might have to remove the bootcamp driver, then disable the monitor, then reinstall bootcamp, but then you're good to go.  The problem in my case was brightness controls.  Something about how the bootcamp software controlled brightness was conflicting with how the pnp monitor was doing it, I think.

  • by PuNkstErHD,

    PuNkstErHD PuNkstErHD Mar 26, 2014 8:14 PM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 26, 2014 8:14 PM in response to Csound1

    Delays happens when a Hard Drive gets shoked or hit on the inside by phisical hits and unstable voltages from the psu

  • by tellefsenfrank,

    tellefsenfrank tellefsenfrank May 21, 2014 8:14 PM in response to Atomez
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    May 21, 2014 8:14 PM in response to Atomez

    Hi Atomez,

     

    I tried the old driver you linked to but it crashed my wireless networks tray. I'm on Windows 8.1 with Boot Camp 5.1.5621 on an Apple MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.8 15" Mid-2010. Only getting a fraction of the speed I used to get on Windows 7 with an older Boot Camp.

     

    Any idea?

     

    Related thread:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/22651859

  • by tellefsenfrank,

    tellefsenfrank tellefsenfrank May 21, 2014 8:30 PM in response to tellefsenfrank
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    May 21, 2014 8:30 PM in response to tellefsenfrank

    Just uninstalled the driver Atomez linked to, which reverted me back to the original Broadcom driver by Microsoft, and now speeds seem to have returned to normal.

     

    Maybe uninstalling Atomez' driver helped remove some conflicting Broadcom files or something. Anyway, I hope someone finds this useful.

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