Has anyone installed Bootcamp on a 24" yet?

[ViveLeLivre]

It is definetly not the disk. I just got my replacement machine and, using the same disk, Windows runs perfectly on it.

Is anyone else noticing the somewhat long delay and strange artifacting between the first Windows splash screen (the black, ugly, 640 x 480, scrolling bar and Windows logo screen) and the "welcome" screen?

First I get the Windows splash, then my screen goes pitch black, (and by that I mean completely OFF) for about 2 seconds, flashes a garbled display (imagine your screen picture going through a shredder and reassembled by a 3 year old)... then it displays the blue "welcome" screen like nothing happened.

Once Windows loads completely, everything's fine. But it just doesn't look healthy, and I think it might be related to the black screen problems mentioned in this thread. Anyone else have this problem?

Also, OOC, why and when do you need to zap the PRAM?

 

[RobTuck]

It is definetly not the disk. I just got my replacement machine and, using the same disk, Windows runs perfectly on it.

Not necessarily. My point was that certain CDs may work in certain machines and not others.

 

[topgunn]

Not necessarily. My point was that certain CDs may work in certain machines and not others.

Well the CD that "didn't work" in my now returned iMac worked well enough to actually install Windows. It just didn't display anything on the internal display. I think we are past the point of trying to peg this one on user/disk error and acknowledge that it is a machine level problem. Whether it is actually defective hardware or if it simply requires a firmware update is still undetermined. As I mentioned before, the number of affected machine seems to be going down. When the 24" iMac first came out, the ratio was pretty close to 1:1. Now it seems to be more along the lines of 1:7.

 

[mebincmh]

work around for eject button not working for game installs

You dont need to buy another keyboard, the Imac comes with one.


The problem, I had with the bluetooth keyboard was that the eject button didnt work and that became a hassel when installing games.

We just got a new imac. Installed BootCamp so could boot into XP to install/play some of my Windows-based games.

Can't figure out how I can get the CDs to eject, however. The eject button doesn't work on the bluetooth wireless Apple keyboard we have. (It does work in the Mac OS. Just not in the Windows OS.)

I'm on the phone right now with tech support. But so far, no one knows what to tell me?

Anyone know what I should do?

 

[nateDEEZY]

We just got a new imac. Installed BootCamp so could boot into XP to install/play some of my Windows-based games.

Can't figure out how I can get the CDs to eject, however. The eject button doesn't work on the bluetooth wireless Apple keyboard we have. (It does work in the Mac OS. Just not in the Windows OS.)

I'm on the phone right now with tech support. But so far, no one knows what to tell me?

Anyone know what I should do?

Well you said you couldn't figure out how to eject the CDs... As a work around you can go into My Computer and right click and select eject.

 

[bmcgrath]

When in windows go to My Computer, go to the cd/dvd drive and right click on it. Go down to Eject. To get the right click menu I think you need to press the right apple key, and then click. I think that is what I used to get the right click.