macoman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) I succesfully installed windows 11 pro on my MacPro 2009 equipment. Everything works with the exception of the sound. Drivers are installed but I have an USB speaker which are the creative pebble v2 and I can't hear anything. Does anyone know what is going on? I checked all the settings in audio and everything looks normal, no issues or anything in there. Edited February 26, 2023 by macoman Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
devHead Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Quote Does anyone know what is going on? I know what's going on : you installed Windows 11 on a 14-year old Apple PC. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 12:50, devHead said: I know what's going on : you installed Windows 11 on a 14-year old Apple PC. Well even if it’s 20 years old machine… Windows 11 installed fine with only the audio been the problem. devHead 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 26, 2023 MVC Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 11:07, macoman said: I succesfully installed windows 11 pro on my MacPro 2009 equipment. Everything works with the exception of the sound. Drivers are installed but I have an USB speaker which are the creative pebble v2 and I can't hear anything. Does anyone know what is going on? I checked all the settings in audio and everything looks normal, no issues or anything in there. I think it has to do with EFI vs non EFI .. I have that problem on my 2011 27 inch iMac ... if I boot off the non-EFI installer then the sound driver will never install. Ok, now I see it's installing but you can't hear anything. ... Try some headphones. Also check the sound settings and see if the green bar is going up and down as the audio (That you can hear ) plays. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 14:45, Warwagon said: I think it has to do with EFI vs non EFI .. I have that problem on my 2011 27 inch iMac ... if I boot off the non-EFI installer then the sound driver will never install. Ok, now I see it's installing but you can't hear anything. ... Try some headphones. Also check the sound settings and see if the green bar is going up and down as the audio (That you can hear ) plays. yes, I went to the audio settings and I can see when playing a video the audio in movement when they are talking but audio is still like muted and I increase the volume to 100%. I will try another speakers to see if maybe these are not compatible with windows 11. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 26, 2023 Administrators Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 21:00, macoman said: yes, I went to the audio settings and I can see when playing a video the audio in movement when they are talking but audio is still like muted and I increase the volume to 100%. I will try another speakers to see if maybe these are not compatible with windows 11. Make sure crap like Dolby, DTS and Audio enhancements are not turned on. You might also need to check the above shown settings to see if exclusive mode is somehow screwing things up. On my Windows 10 PC if I allow exclusive mode and use Tidal, nothing else in Windows or any other app will use the sound, only the Tidal app, so it is quite possible that some app is taking exclusive control if you have that enabled and see the green bars going up and down indicating there should be sound. hellowalkman 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellowalkman Reporter Posted February 26, 2023 Reporter Share Posted February 26, 2023 Sometimes restarting or manually stopping and starting services (in this case, "Windows Audio", "Windows Audio Endpoint builder" services) may also help. macoman 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 Thank you all for your response. I ended up replacing the speakers for another one and connected without issue using the Bluetooth technology. devHead and hellowalkman 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598801502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 I have a question for those people that were able to upgrade a Mac computer to run windows in it. Does exist an option to mute the startup chime sound of my MacPro? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598804752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 On 11/03/2023 at 08:55, macoman said: I have a question for those people that were able to upgrade a Mac computer to run windows in it. Does exist an option to mute the startup chime sound of my MacPro? Comment number 11. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/turn-off-startup-sound-on-bootcamp-only-mba.1865106/ macoman and hellowalkman 1 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598804755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 11/03/2023 at 11:03, adrynalyne said: Comment number 11. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/turn-off-startup-sound-on-bootcamp-only-mba.1865106/ Thanks for your response but I did in fact tried while was running Mac OS Ventura to mute the startup chime sound and didn’t work with the sound setting turning it off. I think I read somewhere that macs from that time 2009 the sound setting’s don’t work. Specially on the MacPro. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598804846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniellemill Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 17:07, macoman said: I succesfully installed windows 11 pro on my MacPro 2009 equipment. Everything works with the exception of the sound. Drivers are installed but I have an USB speaker which are the creative pebble v2 and I can't hear anything. Does anyone know what is going on? I checked all the settings in audio and everything looks normal, no issues or anything in there. I usually restart my computer 2-3 times! The next step is problems with the switches and then I look at the drivers are updated or working fine ... This is enough for me to solve most problems! macoman 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1426303-windows-11-pro-on-macpro-2009/#findComment-598804873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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