Fixing SoundĪt first, I followed everything from the video below (I backed it up here in case it gets deleted from the channel). I also manually installed other drivers that came along, thinking they might be useful though I didn't know what they were.Īfter installing Windows Updates and some drivers from Bootcamp Support, I was able to adjust screen brightnes (in Settings > System > Display) and use my external monitor connecting through Thunderbolt-to-VGA adapter. I got WiFi, Camera, Bluetooth, and SD card reader working using Bootcamp Support version 5.1 (intended for Windows 7 and 8 only), but I had to manually install them one by one, by clicking on their corresponding setup files located in the Broadcom and Apple folders the Bootcamp Support file. Fixing WiFi, Camera, Bluetooth, and external monitor Sound issue could be fixed by the steps described in the section below, but external monitor couldn't, even after installing the monitor driver and firmware updates and manually updating the graphics card's driver). However, sound and external monitor weren't working. I had to press and hold down the power button to shutdown the machine and start it again then Windows did some repair tasks and rebooted the machine, and the keyboard and USB mouse started to work so I was able to install the drivers from Bootcamp Support and then Windows updates. I was also able to install Windows 10 using a bootable USB stick (created by Bootcamp app) but built-in keyboard, trackpad, and USB mouse weren't working when starting Windows for the first time so I couldn't even install the drivers from Bootcamp Support. However, built-in keyboard and USB mouse worked fine without insalling drivers from Bootcamp Support (but I wasn't able to adjust screen brightness, keyboard backlight, and sounds using function keys). There were several steps to do for solving the sound issue. It worked with Windows 10 too, just using a Windows 10 ISO file instead, but sound didn't work out of the box.

And here is some solved issues happened during installation. HEREis how I successfully installed Windows 7 via VirtualBox.

However, later Mac models work just fine with Windows 10 because Apple provides hardware drivers (Bootcamp Support) for them. It means that my machine would be fine running Windows 7 and Windows 8, yet some hardware might not be recognized when running Windows 10. My Macbook Pro 13-inch Early 2011 is in the list of Bootcamp Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8, but not Windows 10.

Problems with installing windows on mac