1. Install Linux On Macbook

I’ve been mucking around with lately, which has made it pretty simple to create an unattended install routine for my (hopefully more on that soon) and to inject drivers into the build; however in doing so I’ve found a nasty bug in the drivers from Dell (version 6.10.0.6217, A09). This particular version doesn’t actually work at all, i.e. No sound plays. In addition, media applications, such as Adobe Flash, Windows Media Player and, and any system components that uses audio locks up when attempting to play sound. These drivers are listed on the Dell support site for the following systems. Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400. Latitude E4200.

Latitude E4300. Latitude E5400. Latitude E5500. Latitude E6400. Latitude E6400 ATG.

Install Linux On Macbook

Latitude E6400 XFR. Latitude E6500. Latitude XT2. Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M2400.

Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M4400. Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400 I’ve tested these on a 32-bit install of Windows 7 on two machines – a Latitude XT2 and a Latitude E4200, with the same result. Fortunately though, the drivers are not required for playing sound – Windows 7 will find the audio hardware out of the box. If you have the same issue, open Device Manager and uninstall the device labelled IDT High Definition Audio CODEC, be sure to also tick the option Delete the driver software for this device to remove the driver completely. Here’s what you’ll see in Device Manager: Now here’s the weird part, these audio drivers also prevent the Hyper-V virtual machine remote console client (VMCONNECT.EXE) from connecting to a VM. You’ll see the client window open but no remote console will be displayed.

Windows 8.1 isn't playing back audio on my 13' mid-2012 Macbook Pro. I only have a speaker with an x on my notifications bar. When I click on it, I get the usual 'detecting problems' garbage. Unfortunately, every 'solution' I've found seems to work for everyone else, but not for me.

Device Manager Windows shows a High Definition Audio Controller listed under System. Its properties state that it has a Code 10 - 'This device cannot start', along with 'The requested operation was unsuccessful.' This is the only notion of an audio device listed in Device Manager. Navigate on your Mac to the Bootcamp application. Before this make sure you have a 8GB USB flashdrive formatted to FAT 32, Windows default.

Open Bootcamp app, and install the latest Bootcamp drivers onto the USB. I suggest naming the USB to SUPPORT all caps after doing this. Navigate to Windows Partition on boot menu. Open up File Explorer, click on you new SUPPORT drive, open up Bootcamp folder, then drivers, click on Realtek driver set up.exe, and install that (depending on your computer it will prompt you to restart it or not after installing). Next after rebooting or re-installing the Realtek driver, head into the Cirrus folder. This is the most important part about getting the sound to work Click on the second.exe driver manual download, and run it. If you don't do the second one first, it won't work.

After the download is complete, click on the first Cirrussetup.exe and install that. After that is complete, when you go to test your Mac's sound, there will be a slight delay. Followed by the nice obnoxious chirp on Microsoft's sound test. Sound working on Windows 8.1 x64 at 10:50, 2/21/2015. Lovely hyperkin cirka premium gamecube-style usb controller for mac. Forget EFI and install using boot camp assistant. After backing everything up, wiping my partitions, and installing Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp, everything works as normal.

The machine boots using bios mode, Cirrus Audio was properly installed after a single run of setup.exe from the Bootcamp support software, and the device is recognized properly as VEN1013 DEV4206 -Cirrus Audio CS4206B (AB 82). It sucks, but it's worth it. I plan on resizing windows' ntfs partition and booting linux beside it, but that's a problem for another day.