vista installation blank screen

[nodell]

Hi All,

I have a brand new dual 2.8 quad core Mac Pro with ATI Radeon HD 2600 connected to an Apple 17" studio display with the ADC - DVI Apple adapter. OSX 10.5.1.

I partitioned the disc with BootCamp, and moved to the next step of inserting Windows Vista Ultimate in the drive and continuing the installation. The machine reboots, i see a brief gray screen then the monitor goes black -the DVD spins for a while and then it stops and nothing.

Anybody else experience a similar issue? Any suggestions?

Neil

 

[Inevitable]

I'm actually having an extremely similar problem.

The only differences are that my Pro is a very late 2007 model, with an x1900.

Everything else, symptomatically speaking, is identical.

I've tried just about everything I can think of to try to get it to advance, as well sa attempting XP instead of vista. No luck at all.

I can only conclude that either I'm missing a step somewhere (I don't think so, as I printed the guide right from the apple site), or there is some other underlying issue that I just have no idea about.

Truly, if anyone out there can lend aid, i would be most appreciative.

 

[Inevitable]

First, sorry for the double post, second, I figured a workaround that works for me at least:

You have to use the DVI-VGA dongle in to get a display during the install process on some of these pros. Lord knows why, but I'm now up and running!

Hope it works for you as well!

 

[mariusvincent]

blank screen with mac mini

I have the same problem with the installation using Leopard on a mac mini.
It worked under Tiger and then Leopard. But, since the update to 10.5.1 the mini does not boot any CDs/DVDs anymore to complete the installation.

Any ideas?

 

[nodell]

i got this to work.... (inevitable - thanks for the tip)

i was using the adc-dvi adapter to run my 17" studio display. i tried this using the dvi-vga adapter and an older NEC lcd monitor. first attempt it did not work - i then unplugged the usb cable that I had left plugged in from the dvi-adc adapter and had success. after installing the apple drivers i switched back to the 17" studio display and everything looks good.

- neil