Apple thunderbolt display 27 driver

Question: Q: Can i use the 27″ thunderbolt monitor on my HP windows 7 PC ?

I would like to purchase the Thunderbolt 27″ display and use it for my HP windows 7 pro desktop PC. (a) Is this possible?, (b) do I need any specialized cables?, (c) do I need any specialized graphics card?. Any help and or direction would be greatly appreciated. —

Posted on Jun 18, 2013 2:05 PM

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You need a Thunderbolt port and I doubt your PC has one.

Jun 18, 2013 4:48 PM

so then i assume a «displayport» will not work with the thunderbolt?

Jun 18, 2013 6:37 PM

I’ve got a Thunderbolt Display. Its a massive convenience.

It can be used with any graphics card that has a mini-displayport (some ATI cards have them, plus there are dongles to go from full-sized displayport to mini-displayport, but I’m not sure about HDMI/DVI-to-mDP adapters)

When you plug the Thunderbolt display into a mini-displayport of a PC, it acts just like every other screen that is on the market. But NONE of the usbs, mic, camera, ethernet or speakers will work, as they require a Thunderbolt connection.

Hope this helps.

BTW, the Thunderbolt display only has usb2 ports, this may not be an issue with older macs, like mine. But if I had usb3 on my mac, I’d want usb3 on the display too. Maybe sit tight for a couple of months and see what apple has in store for us (should get slimmer and get usb3 at some point, a là iMac)

Jun 18, 2013 8:02 PM

Thank you very much for this info. I am crossed between the Dell Ultrasharp and the Apple 27 TBD. I really like the apple better and have plans to migrate from PC to mac in the future. I have read some very conflicting info that it will NOT work with a ‘PC’ vs it will work but some proprietary functions associated to Thunderbolt will not work.

My focus is to have the monitor function at the specified resolution driven from the windows 7 PC and the display work properly . I can do without the mic, camera and usb ports for now.

Any additional advice and or direction would be greatly appreciated. —thanks again..

Jun 19, 2013 8:50 AM

This is exactly what I need know but I haven’t found any positive answer on google or youtube, only this post. I don’t care about camera, usb or speakers, at least not now.I just need the display function of the display.

Most people disagree that Thunderbolt Display will turn on, on mini DisplayPort source except you and a local Apple store employe.

So can anybody else confirm this? Will apple thunderbolt screen act as any other display port screen if plugged on a pc Gpu with mini display port or full size display port + dongle to mini dp?

Dec 9, 2013 1:58 PM

I do not thnik it will work. Read through this thread:

Dec 10, 2013 1:32 PM

In trying to connect the HDMI out of a PC laptop to drive an Apple cinema display (27″) with a Thunderbolt connector input, I found this solution:

This takes the HDMI out from your PC (and also USB out) and converts it to a female «DisplayPort» connector

Then you also need a:

— StarTech.com DP2MDPMF6IN 6in DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort Video Cable Adapter — M/F

This takes the «DisplayPort» female connector (from the first adaptor) and provides a Mini-DisplayPort female plug that the monitor’s Thunderbolt connector can plug into (the Thunderbolt connector and the Mini DisplayPort connector are physically the same, though the Thunderbolt standard has features the DisplayPort may not have, like sound, data and power switching)

One reviewer on amazon said this worked—including powering up the display at full max resolution of the Apple display—so I have mine on order. About $55 for the two adaptors. I suspect that depending on the graphics card in the PC, the HDMI out may or may not drive the the full capability of the Apple Display—but it seems this adaptor solution would not be the constraint as its spec’d to drive up to a 4K monitor.

I’m not a StarTech guy, but its the only solution I was able to find.

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Question: Q: Windows 10 thunderbolt display not working

I had upgraded my late 2013 MacBook Pro to Windows 10. The Bluetooth driver didn’t work, but just about everything else did. I just updated Boot Camp and now my Thunderbolt display is not recognized by Windows. I’ve reinstalled the Boot Camp 6 update, rebooted, etc. No joy. Anyone encountered / solved this issue?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, Other OS

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 1:38 PM

a. If i plug in the TB display after booting, nothing works.

This is expected since Bootcamp drivers do understand the TB hot-plug.

b. If i boot to windows with TB inserted, USB and Ethernet work but display does not.

This indicates a problem with the Graphics driver, not the TB driver. What GPU do you have? 13-in is Intel-only, but 15-in is Intel/nVidia GT750m. What are the GPU driver versions?

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 8:45 PM

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1. Does the TB display work properly on the OS X side?

2. If you have a TB-to-Ethernet adapter, can you test if the Ethernet connection works properly. The same thing can also be tested with TB-to-FW adapter, or another TB-to(HDMI/DVI/VGA).

3. Do non-TB monitors work properly in Windows?

Aug 18, 2015 5:52 PM

1. Yes, Works fine in OS X.
2. USB and Ethernet on the TB Display work in Boot Camp.
3. I’ll try a TB to HDMI/DVI/VGA adapter tomorrow. I’ve never had any luck with them in the past using boot camp.

Aug 18, 2015 6:23 PM

USB and Ethernet on the TB Display work in Boot Camp.

a. Windows is running, you plug the TB cable in. Are you saying USB ports and Ethernet ports are live and usable and Display does not work?

b. Windows is down, plug the TB monitor cable, boot and/or switch to Windows, and USB and Ethernet work, but the Display does not?

Aug 18, 2015 6:33 PM

a. If i plug in the TB display after booting, nothing works.

b. If i boot to windows with TB inserted, USB and Ethernet work but display does not.

Aug 18, 2015 7:11 PM

a. If i plug in the TB display after booting, nothing works.

This is expected since Bootcamp drivers do understand the TB hot-plug.

b. If i boot to windows with TB inserted, USB and Ethernet work but display does not.

This indicates a problem with the Graphics driver, not the TB driver. What GPU do you have? 13-in is Intel-only, but 15-in is Intel/nVidia GT750m. What are the GPU driver versions?

Aug 18, 2015 8:45 PM

Under About This Mac | Displays, it lists, «Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB»

I found the driver install from Intel and it is working. Thank you!

Aug 19, 2015 4:12 AM

Corrected my typographical error.

a. If i plug in the TB display after booting, nothing works.

This is expected since Bootcamp drivers do not understand the TB hot-plug.

Glad to see it work. 😎

Aug 19, 2015 4:43 AM

New MacBook Pro 15 Retina with GeForce GT750M.

I can’t get the TB to work my secondary display. (HP LA2405x)

The NVIDIA app shows the Windows 10 Driver 355.82 released 8/31/15

Sep 1, 2015 5:56 AM

Do the ports on the TB work, but just not the monitor? Older Macs do not support TB hot-plug. GT750m is a 2013/2014 model.

Sep 1, 2015 9:23 AM

MacBook Pro 15 Retina is a 2015 model. I could not get WIN7 boot camp to work at all and found out the 2015’s dropped WIN7. So I went with WIN10 and it works fine, except for the TB display. Don’t have any other need for TB, so not sure how to verify. Plus first Mac ever, so not Mac peripherals to test.

It looks like others have trouble with TB display in WIN10. But as on this thread, were able to get it to work.

I Updated the Boot Camp drivers with BCA two times, with no luck.

Sep 2, 2015 5:21 AM

Run the same test as DrDroop and check if Ethernet or USB or FW on the TB display work or not. Since you have a 15in, we may need to check the drivers. Do you have any unknown devices in Windows Device Manager? Was your W10 an upgrade or a clean install?

Please also see

1. Are Thunderbolt devices “hot pluggable” using Windows with Boot Camp?

Thunderbolt hot plug is supported under Windows 8 or 8.1 on all 2014 and later Mac computers.

For all other Mac computers, Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 scans and activates Thunderbolt devices connected to Thunderbolt ports only during the Windows startup process. If your device was not plugged in at start up, Windows will not detect it without a restart.

Sep 2, 2015 5:50 AM

I have iMac 27 inch w/Retina. I installed Windows 10 via Boot Camp.

I added an external monitor (Toshiba TV Monitor which works fine as a secondary monitor with Mac OS X on this iMac 27 w/Retina).

The external monitor is simply NOT recognized in Windows 10. I rebooted with it plugged in, etc. I attempted to install a new WIndows driver for the AMD graphics card, etc.

The weird thing is, I had a 21.5 inch iMac for a week (I took it back and upgraded to the 27 inch). During that week, I had windows 10 installed on it and the same external monitor worked fine, in both Mac OS X Yosemite and Windows 10. For real.

My conclusion is, one of two things is going on:

1) The 27 inch iMac w/Retina’s AMD graphics card is the issue (as it is the only difference in the scenarios), or

2) One must have the external monitor hooked up and on while preparing and installing the Windows 10 installation. In other words, maybe Thunderbolt itself is not recognized because nothing was hooked to it while running Boot Camp Assistant. But I be damned if I’m going to reinstall Windows 10 again.

Any way to tell under Windows 10 if Thunderbolt is working? I have no other Thunderbolt peripherals to try.

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Nowadays we have faster and faster connections between all our devices, and many of them are wireless. That wasn’t always the case.

In the past years, Thunderbolt was the standard for fastest data transfer and today we’ll find out how you can connect your display through it.

What is Thunderbolt?

Thunderbolt is an input/output technology introduced five years ago by Apple, famous for supporting high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices with a single port.

Its main characteristics are flexibility, speed and simplicity. This technology gives you two channels on the same connector and each channel has a data transfer speed of 10 Gb/s in both directions.

Thunderbolt is one method of connecting a display to a computer, but not a very popular one. The most appreciated are HDMI, DVI, VGA and DisplayPort.

Today, most of the VGA and DVI ports were replaced with DisplayPort. HDMI is used for flat screen TVs and smart TVs because you can connect that port to different extensions like Blu-Ray players, game consoles, computers and much more.

The original project was patented by Intel under the name of Light Peak. The first version of this technology appeared in 2010 but was more like a beta.

The following year, Intel released the product co-developed version with Apple. PC manufacturers rejected the Light Peak version because its fiber optics technology was too expensive and the Thunderbolt version seemed like a more profitable option.

One problem with Thunderbolt monitors is that they have a specific connector for Apple devices. A Thunderbolt screen should work on any PC that has a Thunderbolt port, but many of you wouldn’t buy one without a guarantee it would work.

And while Thunderbolt 3 has adopted a new USB Type-C port, this port is not compatible with any kind of PC.

Can I use an Apple Thunderbolt screen with a Windows 10 PC?

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As we said, you need a system with a Thunderbolt port and, if you are lucky, you will be able to use this type of monitor on a PC. Wikipedia has a list with almost all the devices compatible with Thunderbolt and on the Thunderbolt official website you can find also a database with all these devices.

At this moment, we recommend you the latest model Dell XPS, because almost all of them have Type-C ports and those will be compatible with Thunderbolt 3.

Z77A-GD80 – A motherboard with Thunderbolt port

This is another option for connecting this kind of screen. This motherboard has three display outputs: Thunderbolt, VGA and HDMI. It supports USB 3.0 and 6GB/s SATA.

The latest processor model supported is i7 and you can add up to 32GB RAM memory. You can buy this motherboard from the official website of the developers.

Establish connection via an adapter

To solve this problem, computer manufacturers have introduced different adapters on the market for these types of monitors. We recommend you the DisplayPort adapters.

Of course, there are adapters for any kind of video format, but there is a very small price difference between an HDMI or VGA adapter and a DisplayPort adapter.

Set-up guide for Thunderbolt 3

After you made sure that the system and your drivers are up to date and your computer is compatible with Thunderbolt display, after connecting, you should receive a notification called New Thunderbolt devices have been attached.

1. In the notification window, you have two buttons: OK and Cancel. To start the set-up click on the OK button and it will run the configuration as an administrator.
2. After this, you may receive a Windows User Account Control (UAC) pop-up which is asking if you want to allow this app to make changes to your PC. Click on Yes button.
3. It will appear a window where you will approve the Thunderbolt device that was attached. For every device, there is a table. From that table, change the status from Do Not Connect to Always Connect and then click OK.
4. To view and manage the approved settings, click on the carret (up arrow icon) from the start menu bar. Right click on the Thunderbolt icon and click on the Manage Approved Devices.
5. Again, you may receive a Windows User Account Control (UAC) pop-up which is asking if you want to allow this app to make changes to your PC. Click on Yes button.
6. After clicking Yes, it will open a window with all the Thunderbolt devices connected to your PC. Make sure that the devices have a check at Attached category.

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If you still have trouble setting up the thunderbolt display on your PC, you can contact Apple support department for a correct diagnosis and more efficient solutions.

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