Touch-bar MacBook Pro bootcamp Issues

Hello, I just got my MBP w/ touch bar (15"/2.9/460/1TB) yesterday. I was using a 13" 2015 RMBP before with bootcamp win 10 pro and it ran just fine. I used the same ISO to bootcamp my 15", when bootcamp assistant restarted my computer to being the install, a windows recovery screen popped up, and I was unable too get a working version of that ISO running on my MacBook. I then tried downloading a direct ISO from windows website and It ran perfect, until It started crashing, throwing errors like "Radeon watt man settings have been reset to general because of an unexpected system failure". This error (along with the crashing) happened so much that It was almost unusable, so I removed that partion.

My biggest problem now is getting a working version of windows to run on this thing, Idk why It keeps booting into a recovery screen right when bootcamp assistant tries to load windows.

Am I missing something? Should I try a different iso? Has anyone else ran into these problems? I haven't seen anything on the internet about my issue, so maybe I'm just being a goof. Is there a better ISO I should use? I also have a license so Its not torrented or anything like that.

Please help!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Nov 26, 2016 12:03 PM

24 replies

Nov 26, 2016 5:13 PM in response to Loner T

Ok at this point im making a restore point, and im going to test a few things first to see if the virtual resolution fixed the issue because if it did then this other stuff would be a waste. Ill get back to you in lik 30 minutes

Loner T

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Nov 26, 2016 6:06 PM in response to TheMileHighKid

No pressure. 😉

Nov 26, 2016 6:21 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, So the tests failed, and it seems like when ever the GPU goes under significant use, it crashes. but now I have another problem. I downloaded the linked driver that you sent me, and now I'm having trouble replacing it. The AMD settings app won't allow me to update it for some reason, any other ideas? Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Loner T

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Nov 26, 2016 6:30 PM in response to TheMileHighKid

The PID/VID of your tbMBP is excluded/non-existent in 15.301 driver. Do not force it. Can you fall back to W10 Generic VGA driver, so Windows will boot, and then run Apple Software Update, to check for a driver newer than the one included in the BC drivers package?

Nov 26, 2016 6:40 PM in response to Loner T

Sent from my iPhone

Nov 26, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Loner T

I used the restore point to get back to the original working version I had. Then i went to device manager and rolled back the driver so tjat the computer ia running on 'microsoft basic display adapter'. I ran apple software update but there are no updates, it doesnt even mention the graphics card. Should i run apple software update when the 460 is enabled?

Loner T

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Nov 27, 2016 2:47 AM in response to TheMileHighKid

Can you remove all AMD drivers from the Driver Store using pnputil.exe, before you enable the adapter?

Nov 27, 2016 10:01 AM in response to Loner T

OK, so Im going to try to go back to square one in a minute, but in the meantime I tried a different ISO. This time it was a multiple version(s) of windows 10 (Build 1607-same as the first) and before bootcamp even restarted my computer, it crashed "Bootcamp has quit unexpectedly". The world doesn't want me to put windows on my computer lol. Idk whats going on, I'm going to try and reinstall the Microsoft one that I installed before.

For now, Im starting to think that there is something wrong with my computer. Last night I even did an internet recovery, wiped the entire drive and re-installed OS X.

Im going to reinstall the 'crash-prone' one just like before and Im going to run some stress tests to see if completely removing the factory settings from the drive did anything to fix the issue (Prob not, but we will see).

I now have a working version of the 1607 windows like before, with restore points from right when it first showed the desktop so we can troubleshoot. I installed the bootcamp drivers and its ready to go. I'm not familiar with the the driver store or PNP, can you explain what I should do with it?

Also there is a windows update:

I don't think these effect the graphics in any way, but it could have something to do with it.

Thanks!

Loner T

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Nov 27, 2016 6:35 PM in response to TheMileHighKid

Please do not apply any Windows Updates. I also suggest disabling any Windows Driver Updates for your GPU, using https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606(v=ws.10).aspx .

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Touch-bar MacBook Pro bootcamp Issues