Windows 10 on MacBook Pro Mid 2010 13"

You installed the 32-bit version of the OS, while I used the 64-bit version. It appears my method only works in the 64-bit version, while yours works for the 32-bit. Thank you for updating the thread, now this tutorial is complete for both versions.

Happy computing.

So the video drivers from Windows Update work without problems? They are broken on my end.

Yep, I haven't encountered problems with any of the 32-bit Apple drivers, including the video, though I haven't used it extensively since upgrading to Windows 10. I checked and the date on the Nvidia driver on my system is Oct 13, 2015.

It's interesting that the 64-bit driver installation was so much more problematic - did you try using setup.exe in the driver package? I'd normally be inclined to re-upgrade to the 64-bit version, but your experience is a bit of a deterrent. Hopefully Nvidia will improve their driver soon.

The driver provided by Apple is just fine, the problem I had was that Windows Update kept forcing the 2015 driver on my machine, which resulted in corrupt graphics (something I observed in XP, 7, and 8 as well with the 2015/2014 drivers).

Let us know if things keep working well for you. W10 has been very stable for me since I ironed out all the kinks.

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Please see the article for guiding: https://codexpltd.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/install-windows-10-on-macbook-pro-mid -2010

What are the steps to resolve black screen and no bootable device issues when you boot from the USB? 😉

Using the Bootcamp Info.plist modifications may work for some models, but does not work for all. 2011 Models support USB boot partially. 2012 Macs support much better, 2013 fully support USB boot. What may work for one user, does not work for all. Users on 2010 Macs have new issues.

Unless there is a problem with Mac hardware (broken Optical drive), such modifications are unnecessary.

Hi,

I had freshly installed from scratch El Capitan on MBP 17" Mid 2010. I went through BootCamp Assistant to configure and install Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit to which I had a key and activated the installation (BootCamp 5.1.5769). I did nothing special other than the steps below.

Once all - absolutely all - recommended and optional updates (other than language packs - I'm using US English) were installed plus the NVIDIA provided reference driver for the graphics (which is identified as NVIDIA 330M), and the system was stable I clicked the Windows 10 upgrade offer from the tray. The pre-install check stated that the Bluetooth wouldn't be supported. I clicked continue and Windows 10 Professional 64 bit installed.

I ran Windows Update a few times after and a few updates were installed. I also reapplied the reference driver. I thought audio was out but after a jump over to You Tube, I can confirm audio works though I don't think the keyboard audio control buttons are functional.

Windows Device Manager shows that there is a problem with Bluetooth. Otherwise, there system seems stable through several reboots and switches back to OS X and then back to Windows. My Windows 10 shows activated and if I want, I should be able to fresh install Win10 via ISO image of the Win10 install DVD at some later time and retain activation status.

I haven't tried to fiddle with the Bluetooth. If anyone can or has more knowledge about the Bluetooth subsystem in these MBPs, I would be interested in learning about it. I can't say there is any possibility of successfully getting Bluetooth to work but I am willing to work at it a little harder. I have has some success on a Lenovo Q150 NetTop all-in-one once (twice, actually as I had to reload the box when I replaced the hard drive) where I managed to fiddle with a Win 7 driver for an Intel Card that was supported on Win 7 but not in Windows Homeserver 2011 (Windows Server 2008 under the covers) and get it to install and work flawlessly. It would be interesting to see what is different for the Bluetooth in Windows 10 compared to Windows 7, 8.0 and 8.1. I'm wondering if the API or something was rewritten or something.

So I grabbed the Bluetooth driver mentioned elsewhere on this thread and installed it. It looks like it works. The Bluetooth device shows working now and the icon is in the tray. I have successfully paired headphones and played audio through it. I cant use the Audio buttons on the keyboard and the keyboard backlight remains on. I'll look at that soon.

When i install these driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8-win7-64bit-327.23-whql-driver.html

Half way the installation my screen goes black for a while and the mac reboots with no drivers installed.

Any thoughts?

Greetings,

Jelle Breuer

Assuming this is on a 2010 13" MacBook Pro 2.4, sounds like you installed EFI Windows. Your Macintosh does not support EFI Windows and will fail at critical points, such as enabling hardware acceleration. Install Windows through BIOS emulation (non-EFI).

Hola ! Llegue al paso 6. Instalo los drivers (341.95-desktop-win10-64bit-international) reconoce mi hardware, arranca pasan unos segundos, mi pantalla se pone en negro y la pc se reinicia! No se instalan nunca los drivers Nvidia. Que hago mal? Alguna solución?

Nvidia 327.23 no me reconoce hardware por eso utilizo el 341.95

Tambiénutilice Bootcamp drivers (WindowsSupport) instalados correctamente, funciona todo menos display y control de brillo tampoco.

Hola ! Llegue al paso 6. Instalo los drivers (341.95-desktop-win10-64bit-international) reconoce mi hardware, arranca pasan unos segundos, mi pantalla se pone en negro y la pc se reinicia! No se instalan nunca los drivers Nvidia. Que hago mal? Alguna solución?

Nvidia 327.23 no me reconoce hardware por eso utilizo el 341.95

Tambiénutilice Bootcamp drivers (WindowsSupport) instalados correctamente, funciona todo menos display y control de brillo tampoco.

MacBookPro 2010 2.4 6GB Ram GForce 320M Windows 10 x64 pro

These are English boards.

I'm still chugging along with 10 on the old 2010 MacBook Pro 13" 2.4. Works great.

About half a year ago, my HDD cable failed so I replaced that. Turns out the bad cable was responsible for the DPC BSODs I was getting and stuttering video (data streaming problems) I blamed on the newer video driver.

Windows must be installed in BIOS mode. EFI Windows will not run on this computer, because Apple's EFI implementation is slightly older than necessary.

Apple's BIOS won't let you boot from a non-Apple optical drive or USB drive that doesn't contain Mac OS because Apple. rEFIt will overcome this and let you boot anything.

Easier than making a VM IMO.

I agree it is easier than VM but i was able to boot from USB by making the disk non hybrid i guess ( mentioned in one of Loner T's post). However the problem with that is win10 crashes on installing NVIDIA drivers.

Haven't tried rEFIt but i'm assuming that it would give similar result.

Right now stuck on the process of directly installing the VM image as a raw disk on the partition. The above link provides instruction on an older version of VM Fusion. Mine is 8 and somehow i'm not able to use the raw disk description files since the file extension is different.

It's crashing on Nvidia installation because you're installing Windows in EFI mode. You have to boot in BIOS mode. There should be two options for the Windows installer, an EFI mode and a BIOS mode. In one of your shots, I see the legacy bootloader.