No Audio Boot Camp Windows 8

folbajJun 22, 2013 4:41 PM Re: No Audio Boot Camp Windows 8
Re: No Audio Boot Camp Windows 8in response to easiest_dinner

Found one solution that works after working through a bunch that didn't.

The audio drivers that come with the latest boot camp don't work to produce sound even though Windows is reporting that the device High Definition Audio is working.

The task is to update the device driver using the driver from Cirrus Logic which can be found at

http://www.stuffedcow.net/macbook_audio. Select "WinVista" version on this page or use this link to download the zip that contains the drivers at http://www.stuffedcow.net/files/CS4207_WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit_6-6001-1-30.zip.

First unzip the drivers to a file folder of your choice that you will need to remember as you will need to point to it later, e.g. c:\users\yourname\Cirrus_Logic

Next find the audio device in device manager. Can use Search Settings "device", select "update device drivers" or "device manager" and find "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers". Under this item, you should see a High Definition Audio device that is working properly., Right Click on it and select "Update Driver Software", then "Browse My Computer for driver software", then navigate to or paste the folder path into the location window. Click Next, and it will start looking for drivers in that folder/path.

It should find the drivers and complete the installation and when it is done your sound device should now be named "Cirrus Logic". Be patient at this step, it can take a few minutes.

Must reboot computer at this point and then sound through speakers or audio jack should be working!

Good Luck,

Darryl

This worked for me. I have an early 2010 MacBook pro 17". I had just formatted my OS X (re-installed Yosemite) and deleted/recreated a bootcamp partition running Windows 7. After these operations I had no sound on the Windows side. After trying several common solutions, including the RealTek drivers, I found that Darryl's answer finally fixed the issue.

Thanks Darryl and thanks for posting.

From Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support

iMac

Your Mac only support W7 32-bit or earlier. What is the version of Windows you are trying to install?

This might help:

how to install bootcamp on windows 7 64 bit on late 2006 imac

and, following from the last post there...

http://michael.anastasiou.me/boot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-model /

Hi,

I had the same issue. Thanks to this discussion site i was able to resolve my issue. Please find the detail step defining how to resolve Audio issue step by step.

Download -->

http://www.stuffedcow.net/files/CS4207_WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit_6-6001-1-30.zip.

2. Go to device manager.

• Right click on sound and select " update driver software"

  select " Browse my computer for driver software"

  • select " Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
    • select " Have Disk"
      • map to the driver location and select the .ini extension file.
• wollaaaaz..... you should be all set.
• enjoy the sound of Apple .... 🙂

i'm having same problem too,

Macbook pro 13 inch boot camp windows 8.1 pro, early 2011

Installed windows 8.1 pro using usb EFI Boot / EFI Mode,

use the GPT to change the BOOTCAMP disk permission

download and installed the newest bootcamp driver for windows

5.0.5033

everything works except audio.

I had this when I installed Windows 7 on my iMac. I fixed it by downloading the Realtek Audio Driver from here:

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Le vel=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs

The Latest Drivers will work with Windows XP through to Windows 8.

Then, just reboot and you should be good to go.

Issue might be due to HDMI Output.

ISSUE:

I had a secondary monitor connected to my MAC PRO over HDMI and this was causing the issue.

My MAC was sending the audio over HDMI instead to the speaker.

CHECK:

If there is sound coming from your audio jack, this is the problem.

FIX:

Change Default Audio Output.

STEPS:

Open Control Panel

View by: Small Icons

Double Click Sound

Under Playback Tab.

Highlight Speaker

Set Default.

I did what you said but I get "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."

I'm on win8 x64 EFI boot.

"high definition audio device" relates to the audio link via the display port (which can support video and audio via thunderbolt, hdmi...). it's the graphic card driver which has to be updated, not the audio card driver

What worked for me on a MBP 2012 (Intel HD Graphics 4000, windows 7 64b) was to download and install the latest version of the Intel graphic card driver directly form Intel website. Unfortunately, this driver is not included in bootcamp nor proposed in windows update and has to be installed manually.

Still no sound and "High Definition Audio Controller" still says

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}

The requested operation was unsuccessful.

Installed Windows 8.1 with the ISO and Drivers from Bootcamp

installed last HD4000 from Intel website,

Updated Diriver with Cirrus Logic CS4207_WinVista_Win7_32-64-bit_6-6001-1-30.zip

"The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."

MBP Win 8.1 x64 EFI Boot

Hi everyone,

I have the exact same issue as colibry here and tried everything out found here and elsewhere. Except:

Manual install wouldn't work because of that error message. I remember to have had the same issue last year installing Windows 7 where downloading and manually installing the drivers would totally fix the problem.

Does anyone have a clue?

iMac 21" of 2011 with Radeon HD6750M

Hi there,

same here.

Installed Windows 8.1 with the ISO and Drivers from Bootcamp.

No sound on my MacBook Pro.

"High Definition Audio Controller" says

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

Operation Failed

The requested operation was unsuccessful.

In this case Bootcamp and Windows 8.1 are not really usable.

I can't believe that there are no more people with this problem.

Hopefully, Apple will solve this.

I'm having this issue for almost a year now! I cannot install Windows 8.1 through bootcamp because the installer recognizes the hybrid MBR that bootcamp created and forbids proceeding. If I get rid of the hybrid MBR and try to install it natively, then Windows setup works perfectly, but the sound does not work at all as you described, no luck with ANY driver. I'm stuck. No, don't tell me to use Parallels or VMware! I tried those! I need real native windows for my work! Do something about it already! I bought this Macbook from Apple because I thought they are quality products with excellent support. Clearly I was wrong! I am extremely disappointed! I have a MacBookPro8,1 (13-inch, Earchly 2011).

My solution: Use DVD to install Windows 8.1 rather than using USB or ISO.

When using USB, boot mode is EFI

When using DVD, boot mode is Lagecy

It seems that Windows 8.1 doesn't work great in EFI boot

Let' try to install using DVD and let me know if it works please.

PS: It seems no way to change EFI to Lagecy mode without re-install 🙂

A modified version of Bobby Nan's post worked great for me! I am using a MacBook pro late 2010 with Windows 8.1. Went to CONTROL PANEL, clicked on HARDWARE AND SOUND, clicked SOUND, right clicked on my monitor icon (mine is an ASUS with no sound capability) and clicked DISABLE, and right clicked on HEADPHONES and clicked SET AS DEFAULT DEVICE. That way, when my headphones are in, it will use them, and when they are not, it will use my laptop speakers.