Thunderbolt 2 external displays support under bootcamp

The faq says win7 and bootcamp would support just 1 external thunderbolt display... I am trying to build a 3 monitors rig to play iriacing, and i really hoped that my 27" imac would do the job by just buying two additional monitors but it seems not the case. Has anyone experience on the matter and any tips to give so i can spare some money and avoid buying a new pc... just to play iracing (that would be too dumb even for me)?

the problem is not with the mac but with tb support on windows
in windows the tb port is just seen as a miniDisplay port out of the box
maybe with time windows will get better thunderbolt support

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I have been getting GPU Panic whenever I use external Thunderbolt Display.
Not sure whether this is software after(Mavericks) or hardware, if anybody could shed some light I would appreciate it.
The Current Discrete GPU will only work for few seconds 10 sec max before it became blank and require you to force shutdown. This also happened even without external display Blank and GPU Panic upon restart. So I suspected either the discrete GPU failure or software in Mavericks.
But at the moment I'm looking for workaround so I can use the intel intergrated GPU to use my Mac Thunderbolt External Display.
Thank you in advance for any input.
Anonymous UUID:       08E3F48E-64B8-B380-1B7A-A676656BE0A6
Fri Nov 1 21:55:27 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8876bfac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 4 0 a0 d9 9 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x102c00000 0xffffff80fe1b8000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80fd8b3540 : 0xffffff8006422f69
0xffffff80fd8b35c0 : 0xffffff7f8876bfac
0xffffff80fd8b3690 : 0xffffff7f87020cf8
0xffffff80fd8b3750 : 0xffffff7f870ede26
0xffffff80fd8b3790 : 0xffffff7f870ede84
0xffffff80fd8b3800 : 0xffffff7f87318f31
0xffffff80fd8b3870 : 0xffffff7f87111011
0xffffff80fd8b3890 : 0xffffff7f87027841
0xffffff80fd8b3940 : 0xffffff7f87025362
0xffffff80fd8b3b40 : 0xffffff7f870263cd
0xffffff80fd8b3c20 : 0xffffff7f86fd365a
0xffffff80fd8b3db0 : 0xffffff7f86fd23e4
0xffffff80fd8b3dd0 : 0xffffff7f8873e812
0xffffff80fd8b3eb0 : 0xffffff7f8873e6ee
0xffffff80fd8b3f00 : 0xffffff7f8873d55e
0xffffff80fd8b3f20 : 0xffffff800644a15a
0xffffff80fd8b3fb0 : 0xffffff80064d6aa7
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I have the same problem with an early 2013 macbook pro. gfxCardStatus ( http://gfx.io/ ) will allow you to force integrated and not do dynamic switching, however the external display still doesn't work.

MacBook Pro cannot connect to external display (projector) under Windows

Our office has got one of those lovely new 13" MacBook Pros and we cannot figure out why it cannot connect to either of our 2 projectors with Windows 7.
We have an older MBP with NVidia graphics that connects just fine under both OS X and Windows. And this machine connects fine under Snow Leopard.
There was a recent Thunderbolt chipset update and we applied that; on the Windows side the Intel driver has been updated but nothing happens. Have also zapped the PRAM to no effect.
To add another wrinkle: I just connected the MBP to my Cinema Display and the external display shows fine in both OS X and Windows--Windows didn't even require me to go to the control panel.
This leads me to two thoughts: either it is something with the Thunderbolt to VGA adaptor (hard to believe, though, since it works for OS X) or it is something to do with the native resolution of the projector (equally hard to believe, as changing through various settings in Windows NOTHING happens on the external projector--it doesn't blink, go back or anything.)
Any ideas?

I wish I could find the discussion, but I cannot.
There was a discussion about the Windows 7 driver for the Thunderbolt port. The conclusion I believe was that it only outputs digital signals, not analog.
The other conclusions were:
A USB-VGA adapter adapter bypasses this limitation because the driver is in the adapter itself and works regardless of the OSX/Windows operating system in charge.
Run Windows under VM, where OSX is in charge and can create analog output through Thunderbolt
If only I could find that thread ...

Does Reader IOS have native external display support?

Without the jailbraking method, can Adobe Reader for IOS natively display to an external display?
Cheers

On ipad 2 and later, all apps support mirroring using the iPad VGA cable. We've tested this configuration and it works well in our testing. You should also be able to use AirPlay (configured in the iPad settings).

Non-thunderbolt external displays on rMBP

If I buy a couple 27-inch displays elsewhere, instead of from Apple, could I use them on the rMBP? Or does it only work with the Apple Thunderbolt displays? Do external displays (of any brand) need to go through Thunderbolt or can they use USB 3.0?
Just curious, I only have background in using external displays with Windows. Not sure how the plug&play works on OSX.

You can use other external monitors with the MBPr but you will need an adapter for the thunderbolt port to say VGA or DVI. Or you can use the built-in HDMI port.

How to switch to Target Display Mode under BootCamp?

Hi there,
I am running Windows 7 x64 under bootcamp and want to be able to switch to target display mode.
I can achieve this when running OS/X by hitting Command-F2.
Is there a way to switch to target display mode from within Windows 7 under bootcamp?
I would like to do this so that I can easily switch to target display mode whilst using Windows without having to restart my machine.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Bardman

Windows does not have a Target Display mode.

Is it possible to use Target Display Mode under Bootcamp on iMac 27?

I run Solidworks under Windows XP in Parallels 5 on my pre Unibody MBP since a couple of years. Works well but I could need more speed and screen size.
I'm thinking that the following setup would suit me well if it works:
iMac 27 running Windows in Bootcamp
New MBP running OSX
Is it possible to connect the MBP to the iMac and use Target Display Mode when the iMac runs Bootcamp? Haven't been able to find a good answer.
If not - Apple: Will you please implement this in a Bootcamp update...?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
If I understand your question, you wish to access the MBP in TDM from the iMac booted into Windows. The iMac using Windows should see the MBP in TDM as it would any other connected external USB or FireWire HDDs. However, you should also face the limits that the version of Windows you use may have regarding reading disks formatted for Macs.
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Screens list and thunderbolt external displays

I'm on Mac os 10.7.2 with a macbook pro and an external monitor connected via thunderbolt.
When I try to get a list of the screen with the Screen.screens I only get 1 display, which is the monitor from my macbook. The external monitor doesn't appear at all.
Is this a bug?
I'm compiling in Air 2.7 from Flash CS5.5

I would love to know the same.
Ideally I would like to have the speakers on the left monitor for left sound and the speakers on the right display to act as the right with the main iMac speakers doing noting?

HT5019 Can I turn off my macbook Pro when using a Thunderbolt external display?

I have attached a Thunderbolt disply to my MacbookPro when not traveling. Is there a way to turno off the Macbook screen and only have the Thunderbolt running?
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This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.

ESATA external hard drive woes under Bootcamp

Hi everyone,
I have just taken delivery of a early 2009 MBPro 17 inch and a WD MyBook USB/eSATA/Firewire external HD.
I am trying to use the MyBook with eSATA in bootcamp with a generic expresscard that utilises the Silcon Image Sil3132 chip. I'm only wanting to use it as a single drive with no RAID. The drive shows up and works fine when booting into Leopard but under bootcamp it is nowhere to be seen in explorer. I have installed the ATA controller driver and in control panel it shows up as it's own "app" (and even tells me theres a WD drive attached to it). It also shows up in Device Manager under SCSI/RAID controllers as "Silicon Image SIL 3132 Softraid 5 controller.
In the device info panel this is what i see:
Available controllers: SIL 3132 revision 1
Location: PCI bus 6 device 0
IRQ number: 5 (0x5)
Device location: Channel 1 Target 1
Type: Disk Drive
Model: WD My Book
Firmware revision: 01.00A01
Serial number: blah blah
ATA version: ATA/ATAPI-6
Current transfer mode: Ultra DMA mode 6
Host link speed: Generation 2 (3.0gb/s)
Device link speed: Generation 2 (3.0gb/s)
Look Ahead: Unsupported
Write Cache: enabled
But as for gaining access to the drive in Explorer, it isn't recognised.
Am i missing something here?
I am really stuck with this, so if anyone can help i'd be very grateful.
Cheers
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Where / how can i find that information?
When i "get info" in Leopard it just says it's formatted as "Windows NT File System"
It came formatted as FAT32 but i reformatted in NTFS. Leopard has read and write access thanks to Paragon.
Windows on the other hand can see it if it's plugged into the USB socket, but not under eSATA.
I was wondering maybe that the express card slot might not be fully supported under Bootcamp, meaning no matter what you plug into it the thing won't ever work properly?
The express card is an unnamed generic one with this chip: SiI3132 - PCI Express (1x) to 2 Port SATA300
Drivers are here..supposedly: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=32&cat=3&os=4

Maximum Thunderbolt/VGA resolution for external displays?

Hi there
Until recently, I've been using a Macbook Air Core 2 Duo with a MiniDisplayPort output. This is connected via the Apple MiniDisplayPort > VGA adaptor to an LG Flatron W2246 22" display, and running 1920x1080 quite happily.
I recently bought the Macbook Pro 15" quad core i7 with the Intel HD 3000 and AMD Radeon 6490M - a much more powerful machine with a much more powerful graphics card.
However, it only seems to allow me a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 on the Thunderbolt external display port - it won't give me an option for 1080p.
Any ideas? It seems strange that the Macbook Air will give me higher resultions!
Thanks

I had similar issues to Jason with the technical documentation. It was clear on the maximum resolutions for the laptop's screen and the max resolution on an external monitor, and the max for single and dual link DVI on the adapter pages, but vague on VGA.
I suspected it should work since I have a PC laptop with a graphics card that is a generation behind that can do the full res of my monitor over VGA, but thank you BSteely for confirming this.

Thunderbolt HDD device support

Hello,
I want to run Windows on my Mac Mini, Mavericks, 16 GB RAM, either under Bootcamp or a VM.
I have connected an external HD via Thunderbolt. Are such devices supported under Bootcamp
or VMs like Parallels or Fusion? Any recommendations based on own experiences?
Thanks,
Anndreas

Windows cannot be installed on an external drive. However, if you install Windows with Boot Camp, you will be able to use your Thunderbolt external drive to store files after installing the Windows support software. Follow Apple's steps to install Windows > http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1636/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_ 10.8.pdf
I do not know if you can use Windows in a virtual machine with a Thunderbolt disk, but you can try it. VirtualBox is free, and you have got enough RAM to run Windows in a virtual machine.
See > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3321

Unibody MBP owners with *working* external displays, please chime in.

I'm trying to determine if there's any use at this time to try to exchange the MBP (unibody) I have now with another unit in the hopes of getting proper external display support. (To be clear, I'm referring to the external display problems many of us are having, like in this thread, and this one, and others.)
I'm sure there are others suffering from this problem who are simply seeking another datapoint in determining whether or not exchanging one's unibody MBP for another are of any use at this time. So the question here is:
If you have a unibody MBP, and you are successfully driving an external monitor without issue (using the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter), can you kindly post the following information?
1) External display model (manufacturer and model)
2) External display screen resolution
3) Any information about DVI cable, length, brand if applicable, etc.
4) Have you confirmed proper operation in both 9400 and 9600 GPU modes?
5) If you know, is your MBP equipped with the 9c84 or 9c85 built-in display panel?
6) If your setup wasn't originally working, but now is working due to a unit swap or swapping out of the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter with a new one, can you kindly note that?
Please do not consider yourself representative of a properly working external display setup if yours looks mostly good, with just minor artifacting--that is, for the purpose of this thread, please consider "working" to mean only perfectly normal operation of an external monitor from your unibody MBP.
Are all of the above points necessarily relevant? I don't know yet, but I figured it's best to try to get as much information from those who have working units, to try to determine what's relevant and what isn't.
Why am I asking this? Because I've already wasted enough time with this unibody MacBook Pro, now on my third unit, and I do not want to waste time making trips to the store to exchange units (and the time necessary for restoring to the new unit, etc.) if it's not going to help things. (The previous two replacements had nothing to do with this particular problem, and I didn't have my external display until the third unit, so have no idea if the previous two suffered from this particular problem or not.) If it seems that an exchange from one unibody MBP to another isn't going to help, then those of us who need to resolve this might learn more information with which to make a decision. Right now, I'm seriously considering exchanging for the current 17" MBP with matte display, even though it's not the new unibody design, and doesn't quite match up in the specifications with the new 15" MBP--I just need to get my setup working, and figure the older style of the 17" might be more tested and worked out.
Thanks in advance to those of you who fit the bill and answer these questions.
NOTE: If you have more relevant information to ask of those with working setups, please do; but please avoid the discussion of your problems if you're among the ones (like me) with external display issues, as there are other threads for the discussion of that (like the ones linked above). Ideally, I envision this thread as more populated by the responses of those with working setups.
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Mine works perfect.. This is AFTER a logic board replacement for the 9600's BSOD problem
1) Dell 2007WMP
2) 1680x1050
3) Cable that came with monitor
4) Post repair only really using 9600, though 9400 seemed fine too
5) LG (9C84)
6) Logic board replaced last week for BSOD problem. (That board had external monitor refusing to wake problem as well).
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Connection to external display does not work under windows bootcamp, with a thunderbolt to vga adapter.

Hello guys, after searching a lot in the forum for an answer to this, I could not find a solution so this is the reason for this post.
I have a Macbook Pro (early 2011 I think) running MacOSX Lion and I have installed Windows 7 64-bit through bootcamp (version 4.0).
Everything works fine except that I cannot connect my external display through my thunderbolt-vga adapter.
The external monitor shows only the boot screen of windows (the one with the windows logo) and then, when I get into the login page it goes blank.
After reading the forum, I have done several things in order to fix this problem such as:
Restarting the macbook with the thunderbolt device connected to it.
Updated to the latest ATI drivers through bootcamp.
Removed the graphics driver and re-install it again.
I have tried to identify the external monitor through windows 'screen resolution' tool (attached photo).
but still no luck.
Does anyone have any idea on what else I could do in order to fix this? By the way, I find it very frustrating that Apple does not have a stable solution to the problem with devices that are connected to the thunderbolt port.
Thank you in advance

and here is the attached screenshot

Windows 7 Bootcamp and Thunderbolt to VGA Adapters for External Displays MacBook Pro i5?

Is it possible to connect an external moniter to a MacBook Pro using a Thunderbolt to VGA adapter in Windows 7 (professional)? I have tried and tried, when booting, both moniters (both laptop and external) show the "Starting Windows" page, but the external blacks out on the user selection screen. That gives me hope... is there a driver out there that will let me use the external display in Windows 7?
MacBook Pro
i5, 4gig, 750gig.
Windows 7 Pro
Mac OSX Lion
LG Flatron Wide
DisplayPort to VGA adapter (not apple brand, purchased on eBay).
Thanks.

You shouldn't require a driver. I would try booting as usual, then plugging in your external display. In windows, you can hit "command-P" to toggle between your external display options (mirror, extend, etc.). Once you do that, you should see the new display show up.

Thunderbolt 2 external displays support under bootcamp

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