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[Urgent ] Need help from Haswell bootcamp users
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Sorry but I don't have one of the latest models but I'm curious as to what you think is wrong? There are no yellow triangles with exclamation marks to say that a driver is not installed or not working.
It all looks good to me.
It all looks good to me.
Yes but Bootcamp doesn't completely support Windows 8.1
I had to install the drivers myself by checking the Hardware ID and Compatibility ID in Device Manager.
I managed to make everything work fine except that the Sleep option is not there. I am sure that there is something messed up with the driver version.
Thanks.
I have 8.1 installed in Boot Camp on mine. The drivers installed (and updated) fine. Did you use the Boot Camp drivers for Windows 8 (version 5033 or 5411 if you have latest hardware)?
Several people are having problems with sleep on 8.1.
As it happens I appear to be lucky as it's working fine here.
Several people are having problems with sleep on 8.1.
As it happens I appear to be lucky as it's working fine here.
Where did you get the build 5411 from ?
The one on Apple website is 5033 and the one I could find is :
<BuildInfo BuildNumber="5279" ProductName="Boot Camp">
5411 is only available through Boootcamp Assistant and you have to have the correct (latest) hardware. I don't know whether it's just for MBP's or not.
It is not available from Apple's Support downloads page.
I don't know about 5279 at all.
It is not available from Apple's Support downloads page.
I don't know about 5279 at all.
OK thanks. I will try to see how to bring the Sleep option back.
Doesn't look easy for now.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634?viewlocale=en_US
Apple changed how drivers install. For the recent machines late 2013 the drivers are saved to your USB during the boot camp process. You can no longer download these hence your earlier issues.
Yes but BCA takes hours downloading. It starts fast then all of sudden transfer rate is down to 50KB/s. Annoying I must say.
I just leave it to download overnight. Internet is bloody slow here in Queenstown, NZ (there's no fibre optic internet here because Queenstown is in a mountainous area).
The problem with this is that people are now getting error messages about the download not being available and if it is available it takes ages. And worse, if there's a problem during downloading it just fails.
Agree on all fronts, I think the old method was better but likely Apple changed since lots of people would forget to manually install the driver package.
Please check out this article. Sleep is disabled in Windows 8 (and 7) while a Thunderbolt device is connected.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#28
Also did you manage to get BOOTCAMP installed properly? I had to go down the route to download the drivers via the BOOTCAMP Assistant under OS X. The drivers were downloaded to a Pen Drive which installed like charm on a brand new Haswell iMac that was shipped in December 2013.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#28
Also did you manage to get BOOTCAMP installed properly? I had to go down the route to download the drivers via the BOOTCAMP Assistant under OS X. The drivers were downloaded to a Pen Drive which installed like charm on a brand new Haswell iMac that was shipped in December 2013.
Yes mate, that's what I did but I feel like something isn't right here. I'm very positive that we can tweak the iMac performance under Bootcamp. I am still updating everything using Driver Identifier.