Connecting a Windows PC to an Apple Studio Display

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End of 2023 Update

I purchased the first cable below and it works! With a caveat – sometimes, when the PC first boots and seemingly at random, I have to unplug the USB (the one attached to the PC along with the Display Port) and re-insert it after waiting a few seconds for it to kick the Studio Display into action. Windows complains about some USB Device not being recognized, but…everything works – the web cam, microphone, speakers, and of course, the display itself at 5K.

Summary/Notes

Using a USB-C to DisplayPort with USB Cable Adapter cable should ‘just work’ but it might be graphics card dependent. Technically a “WJESOG DisplayPort to USB C Cable 6.6ft 4K@60Hz with USB Cable Adapter,DP Male to Type-C Male Converter” cable:

https://www.amazon.ca/WJESOG-DisplayPort-Adapter-Converter-Support/dp/B0BNX7MS6N?th=1

It’s possible this might only be 4K@60Hz as that’s what the cable says, but the reviewer says they get 5K@60Hz.

A similar cable that has 8K@60Hz is https://www.vopmart.com/belkin-charge-and-sync-cable-for-huawei-vr-glass.html – a lot more expensive.

Link

https://nadim.computer/posts/2023-07-22-studiodisplay.html

Summary/Notes

• Example of a good cable to use: https://www.cablematters.com/pc-710-124-usb-c-to-displayport-cable-8k-ready.aspx
• Brigadier to get drivers: https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier
  • Run the following to download the drivers: brigadier.exe --m MacPro7,1
  • In the resulting $WINPEDriver$ folder, delete all folders except for Dolby, AppleAudio, AppleAudio_1883106B, AppleSSD64, AppleUSBVHCI, and SerialIO. This will prevent Boot Camp from installing drivers you don’t need.
  • In the BootCamp\Drivers folder, delete everything except for the Apple and Promise folders.
  • Using an elevated, administrator-level command prompt, run msiexec /i BootCamp\Drivers\Apple\BootCamp.msi and click through the resulting installer.
  • Reboot.