Intel MacBook under Boot Camp does not detect Apple Studio Display

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Intel MacBook under Boot Camp does not detect Apple Studio Display

I have an Intel MacBook Pro 2019 (A2141, MacBookPro16,4), 16 inches with the 5600m GPU. It is running both the latest Mac OS (as of June 2025) and Windows 11 under Boot Camp with clean drivers from Apple and AMD. (To install Windows 11 I used a little script from Bootcampdrivers.com which disables the TPM check.)

Recently I acquired an Apple Studio Display and decided to use it under Boot Camp. The display had the time to run its internal updates on the Mac side. Apple's Boot Camp software was fully updated under Windows. I plugged it in and it worked: brightness, camera, speakers, everything.

Then I restarted to the Mac side for some quick work. And then restarted under Windows, and the Apple Studio Display was black. It still provided power. I tried successively:

- Plugging the Thunderbolt cable in different ports;

- Restarting and shutting down the Mac several times;

- Unplugging monitor's power, plugging it back in;

- Updating the AMD GPU driver;

- Windows Update;

- Checking that Boot Camp was up to date;

- Checking for unrecognised devices in Device Manager (something appeared for a few seconds when the display was connected, then disappeared; the connect and disconnect jingles played);

- Restarting in safe mode, deleting the GPU driver, reinstalling, etc.;

- Then in desperation: doing a complete reset of Windows (from Microsoft's start-up tool), it didn't work;

- Then in greater desperation: reinstalling Windows 11 from the original ISO, which wiped all my program files: it didn't work.

The Apple Studio Display remained black, still undetected by Windows or Apple's Boot Camp Control Panel, although it still provided power. During all this time, if I restarted under Mac OS, the Apple Studio Display worked without problem.

Then I realised I hadn't tried closing the MacBook's lid, waiting for a few seconds, and reopening it. And this worked! The Apple Studio Display came back to life. Sometimes Apple's Boot Camp Control Panel detects it, and sometimes it still says "No supported external displays connected". I still haven't figured out why, but at least I can use the display.

So I wasted several hours and the solution was just to close the MacBook's lid and reopen it. I hope this information is useful to someone out there.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 20, 2025 1:20 AM

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Jun 21, 2025 12:12 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I'm using Apple's 1-metre Thunderbolt cable supplied with the Studio Display.

Here's an update. I tried to fix the fact that the display's sound and camera only worked part-time, so I uninstalled the GPU driver (using Display Driver Uninstaller) and reinstalled either the one included in the Boot Camp drivers (Apple's installer saying "Repair") or the one provided by AMD on their web site, the "Boot Camp Unified Driver R6.3 for Windows 10" (10 Dec 2024).

This only made matters worse. Although the camera and speakers were detected, and for a moment I could control the display's brightness from Boot Camp Control Panel, after a minute both screens (laptop and Studio Display) went black, then relit, then went black. The computer was hot. I noticed in Task Manager that the GPU temperature had exceeded 80°C. This happened several times over many restarts.

I became concerned, so I rebooted under Mac OS (where everything works fine) and reinstalled Boot Camp from scratch (deleting and recreating the Boot Camp partition) with Windows 10. And now I'm back in Windows 10 with Apple's drivers and the Studio Display works instantly, flawlessly. The GPU temperature hovers around 55°C.

I think I caused the problem by installing Windows 11 from within Windows 10, with an ISO supplied by Microsoft, rather than upgrading from Windows 10 to 11. The ISO gave only one option: "Keep only user's files", it wipes Windows and program data. After installation, I installed the Boot Camp drivers (having downloaded them on a USB key from the Mac side) but some devices didn't load well, such as Bluetooth. I had to go "find" the driver in Apple's folder.

I think what happened is that Microsoft installed its own Thunderbolt, GPU or thermal management drivers before Apple's.

In the future I might try upgrading from Windows 10 to 11, using the upgrade tool, disabling TPM. For now I'll stick to Windows 10.

Once again I hope this is helpful 🙏

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Jun 21, 2025 9:23 AM in response to jfclemay

jfclemay wrote:

Then I realised I hadn't tried closing the MacBook's lid, waiting for a few seconds, and reopening it. And this worked!

The Apple Studio Display came back to life. Sometimes Apple's Boot Camp Control Panel detects it, and sometimes it still says "No supported external displays connected". I still haven't figured out why, but at least I can use the display.

So I wasted several hours and the solution was just to close the MacBook's lid and reopen it. I hope this information is useful to someone out there.

ok jfclemay - thanks for the report.

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Jun 21, 2025 12:41 PM in response to jfclemay

it sounds like you got lulled by Apple's attention to detail, where you can freely install what you want as long as you are going forward (not trying to go back, which is prohibited).

You got used to Apple taking care of you, and when the reality operating in the Windows world hit, everything was messed up (as is the Windows standard).

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Jun 21, 2025 11:23 AM in response to jfclemay

What cable are you using, and about how long is that cable?

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