Driver issues Windows 10 on A1181 (no headphone playback devices)

Hi there,


Please be gentle as I'm VERY new to the Mac world/community!


It took me quite some time but I finally managed to get my A1181 (Macbook 2.1) to run Windows 10 today. I couldn't get the drivers downloaded through Boot Camp (3.0.4) but I'm now up and running with the exception of the IR Remote, Camera but most importantly, I've no audio. Zero. Nada. (I'm running Snow Leopard).


I'm coming from a Windows background so I'm pretty familiar with that side of things. In device manager I've no issues showing with the "Audio inputs and outputs" nor "Sound, video and game controllers".


When I go to Sound, Playback Devices, only Speakers and Digital Audio show up, no mention of headphones. I also have the red light in the headphone socket.


I've spent hours trawling through version forums to try to resolve my audio issue but I've drawn a blank. I've tried installing a few different drivers but it shows the ones that I'm running as the most up to date.


Any suggestions please?

MacBook, Other OS

Posted on Aug 20, 2015 2:51 PM

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Posted on Aug 22, 2015 7:59 AM

You have a 13-in Late 2007 Macbook. From System requirements to install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support, the highest you can go is Windows 7 32-bit. There are no drivers for Windows 10 for your Mac based on Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support. Your Mac is also not in the official list of supported W10 Macs.


You can download the drivers from the W7 link and install them with Administrative privileges and compatibility set to W7 when install specific drivers by hand. You may still encounter errors.

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Aug 22, 2015 7:59 AM in response to woldranger

You have a 13-in Late 2007 Macbook. From System requirements to install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support, the highest you can go is Windows 7 32-bit. There are no drivers for Windows 10 for your Mac based on Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support. Your Mac is also not in the official list of supported W10 Macs.


You can download the drivers from the W7 link and install them with Administrative privileges and compatibility set to W7 when install specific drivers by hand. You may still encounter errors.

Dec 9, 2015 5:49 PM in response to budboyntn

EFI will not expose Audio properly. Only CSM-BIOS will do it correctly till you get a Late 2013 or later model. The Ubuntu lspci is correct. Windows in EFI (especially W10) is unsupported and unlikely to work. There are no drivers for W10. The Cirrus devices are embedded as you can see in my output on W8.1 in BIOS in a 2012 MBP.

Aug 29, 2015 3:07 PM in response to woldranger

BCA = BootCamp Assistant.


From OSX Terminal, post the output of the following Terminal commands


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

Jul 31, 2016 6:30 AM in response to woldranger

I know this post is old, but I did install Windows 10 on my A1181 and got the audio working, with Realtek drivers.


Just download the Boot Camp on Apples website: https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1720?locale=da_DK


Then when downloaded navigate to \BootCamp5.1.5640\BootCamp\Drivers\RealTek and run the RealtekSetup.


When it's done reboot and the audio should work just fine.

Aug 22, 2015 8:05 AM in response to Loner T

I know that there are no official Windows 10 drivers for my version, and that's why I was hoping someone on here would be able to give me a link to the specific driver that I'm looking for, just for the audio. With all due respect, I've already downloaded any obvious driver packages. Sorry, I must have given the wrong impression when I said that I was a newbie. I'm new to Mac's not to Windows - I've had a bit of experience building and fixing my own pc's.


So it still remains that I've no working audio driver - any suggestions anyone?

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