I recently acquired a 2010 27" iMac that was hardly ever used. I removed the factory hard drive and installed a Samsung SSD. I just installed Windows 10 and I can't get the factory Apple speakers to work. I even tried connecting via Bluetooth to a speaker with no luck. Any ideas where to go from here? I'm not very tech savvy so please bear with me.
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Installed Samsung SSD in 2010 27" iMac. Need sound help!
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Did you install macOS and then install Windows using Bootcamp https://support.apple.com/HT201468, or did you simply install Windows directly, as if the Mac was just another Windows-compatible PC?
Assuming you only installed Windows.... Windows does not come with Apple hardware drivers - Apple supplies those as part of the Bootcamp installation process. So if you did not use Apple's process (which begins with having a macOS installation), you have to obtain and install those drivers separately. That's beyond my particular expertise, but there are others who are familiar with it - maybe one will chime in.
One way or the other, the subject line of your message does not accurately describe the issue. It wouldn't have mattered what brand SSD (or spinning hard disk) you installed. What matters is what OS you installed immediately afterwards.
Assuming you only installed Windows.... Windows does not come with Apple hardware drivers - Apple supplies those as part of the Bootcamp installation process. So if you did not use Apple's process (which begins with having a macOS installation), you have to obtain and install those drivers separately. That's beyond my particular expertise, but there are others who are familiar with it - maybe one will chime in.
One way or the other, the subject line of your message does not accurately describe the issue. It wouldn't have mattered what brand SSD (or spinning hard disk) you installed. What matters is what OS you installed immediately afterwards.
The speakers WILL NOT work without an Apple boot camp driver. You will need to get the boot camp drivers from the Apple website or use a USB drive created from Boot Camp Assistant in macOS. In Windows, the speakers will show as working but will not actually output sound without the correct driver.