Retina 5K - AMD Boot Camp Driver failure

Use Brigadier - https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier - and download the BC package for iMac 17,1.

OK...

Should I use it on windows ??

How it's works?

ok .... found brigadier.exe sorry .

arf nothing in the repository after the download ..

You will get better download speeds using a wired connection.

Use Brigadier to obtain the iMac 17,1 version even though my iMac says it's iMac 15,1? Just wanted to confirm.

aliensporebomb wrote:

Use Brigadier to obtain the iMac 17,1 version even though my iMac says it's iMac 15,1? Just wanted to confirm.

Yes.

Odd. The very latest version dates to June 3, 2014, there is a later version that dates to October 3, 2014. Both see my machine as an iMac15,1.

And in looking in his issues tab one of the issues was:

"iMac 15.1 (5k retina) not installing AMD drivers for bootcamp installation".

I presume this is why you specify attempting the 17,1 install. Is there a way I can trick brigadier into seeing my Mac model? The very latest version indicates it doesn't even support anything after iMac15,1 so I surmise I'm not in the right area of that website to get an even newer version.

Update: GOT IT! Stand by. I realize the model flag was a bit strange for non-CLI peeps.

Brigadier will default to using your model, if you do not use the -m qualifier. The 17,1 drivers are newer than Oct, 2014.

Here is the log for my download.

./brigadier -h

Usage: brigadier [options]

Options:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-m MODEL, --model=MODEL

System model identifier to use (otherwise this

machine's model is used). This can be specified

multiple times to download multiple models in a single

run.

-i, --install After the installer is downloaded, perform the install

automatically. Can be used on Windows only.

-o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR

Base path where the installer files will be extracted

into a folder named after the product, ie.

'BootCamp-041-1234'. Uses the current directory if

this option is omitted.

-k, --keep-files Keep the files that were downloaded/extracted. Useful

only with the '--install' option on Windows.

-p PRODUCT_ID, --product-id=PRODUCT_ID

Specify an exact product ID to download (ie.

'031-0787'), currently useful only for cases where a

model has multiple BootCamp ESDs available and is not

downloading the desired version according to the post

date.

-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m iMac17,1 -o Bootcamp-iMac17.1

Using Mac model: iMac17,1.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/08/53/031-13951/0azyj3l0sl4tkq4p874eibr rbokomwt6qw/031-13951.English.dist.

Distribution 031-13951 supports the following models: iMac16,1, iMac16,2, iMac17,1.

Making directory Bootcamp-iMac17.1/BootCamp-031-13951..

Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/08/53/031-13951/0azyj3l0sl4tkq4p874eibr rbokomwt6qw/BootCampESD.pkg.

100.0% 673644544 / 673639138 bytes

Expanding flat package...

Extracting Payload...

Extracted to Bootcamp-iMac17.1/BootCamp-031-13951/WindowsSupport.dmg.

Done.

-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ cd /Volumes/Boot\ Camp/

-rMBP:Boot Camp MyName$ ls

$WinPEDriver$ AutoUnattend.xml BootCamp

-rMBP:Boot Camp MyName$ cd BootCamp/

-rMBP:BootCamp MyName$ ls

BootCamp.xml Drivers Setup.exe

-rMBP:BootCamp MyName$ cd Drivers/

-rMBP:Drivers MyName$ cd Apple/

-rMBP:Apple MyName$ ls -l

total 56516

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 1271976 Oct 12 20:40 AppleCamera64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2383864 Oct 12 20:40 AppleDisplayInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2053824 Oct 12 20:40 AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2059112 Oct 12 20:40 AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2065240 Oct 12 20:40 AppleMultiTouchTrackPadProInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 504712 Oct 12 20:40 AppleNullDriver64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2383280 Oct 12 20:40 AppleODDInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2388592 Oct 12 20:40 AppleRemoteInstaller64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2385104 Oct 12 20:40 AppleSDCardReader64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2321408 Oct 12 20:34 AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2068376 Oct 12 20:40 AppleWirelessMouse64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 2406936 Oct 12 20:40 AppleWirelessTrackpad64.exe

-rwxr-xr-x 1 MyName staff 4632576 Oct 12 20:37 BootCamp.msi

-rMBP:~ MyName$ grep "Product" /Volumes/Boot\ Camp/BootCamp/BootCamp.xml

<BuildInfo BuildNumber="6237" ProductName="Boot Camp">

<ProductManufacturer>Apple Inc.</ProductManufacturer>

<ProductVersion>6.0.6237</ProductVersion>

<ProductCode>{FCFFE6B6-BAE8-490E-88D0-097A9DA1C43D}</ProductCode>

Thanks Loner T

Opening cmd (in windows 10) then make :

brigadier -m iMac17,1

Download in progress

My test was OS X, but Windows (brigadier.exe) should work.

OK I've done the downloads and tried to get the iMac to read the new AMD driver in the subdirectory. No joy - error 43. It's holding onto a death grip to the 15.200.1060.0000 version - I'm not sure how to completely destroy that version so that only the correct version will be on the system.

Please see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730875.aspx (pnputil) and Driver Store management.

I think I need to install 7-zip.

But where is the file? I don't want download it again 🙂 (4 times). I can't found it in TEmp or /downloads directory

Find BootCampESD.pkg. You can copy the pkg file to the OS X side and see it's contents.