I have a 2013 cylindrical Mac Pro with 1TB SSD (100GB allocated to Boot Camp Partition and 8GB left), 64GB Ram, 12 cores and dual AMD Firepro d300s. Why does Windows 10 through boot camp keep crashing on very basic tasks like opening edge? It might be because of the poor storage, but just checking, as this machine should be able to handle w10 efficiently. Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone,
I’m dealing with a persistent and incredibly frustrating issue on my iMac running Windows, and I’m hoping someone here might have a clever workaround or technical solution.
My Setup:
Note: Going back to the officially supported macOS Catalina is not an option for me, and patching it to macOS Sequoia runs way too sluggishly. Aside from this Windows bug, the machine performs beautifully for its age thanks to the SSD and RAM upgrade.
After every cold boot, Core 0 of the CPU is permanently stuck at 100% load.
Through log analysis, I’ve discovered that this is an ACPI interrupt storm caused by the Intel graphics driver. It seems Windows incorrectly handles the power management/ACPI functions of the Iris Pro 5200. Since Intel dropped support for this generation years ago, it was never officially patched.
Two interesting clues:
Because Core 0 is pinned at 100%, entering sleep mode takes about 10 agonizing minutes (the machine looks completely frozen during this time). To make matters worse, I experience frequent power outages in my area. I can't just leave the iMac in sleep mode forever; I have to endure this painful 10-minute shutdown/sleep cycle almost every single day.
Is there any way to forcefully disable, mask, or reroute this specific ACPI interrupt in Windows?
Has anyone managed to fix this using registry tweaks, INF driver modifications, or third-party tools like Process Hacker or RWEverything?
I would deeply appreciate any advice, pointers, or tools that could help me bypass this driver bug without losing GPU acceleration. Thanks in advance!