Win 7 on Intel Xeon Mac Pro. How? Getting Blue Screens

I have a Intel Xeon Mac Pro and I've been able to put XP and Vista on it without issue, but am now trying to put Win 7 on it and every time after doing the initial installing files and then reboot, it comes to a blue screen and reboots very quickly.

Has anyone run into this and if so have you found a work around?

For more info, I created a Windows partition in Leopard using the Boot Camp utility and divided my drive equally. Then I insert the Win 7 disc and click on the start install and it reboots. I select the Boot Camp partition and format it. It copies files and does the install process and eventually gets to a point where it reboots and goes to load the Win 7 OS and this is when it blue screens.

I have done all the firmware updates on my Mac Pro, I even tried it on another Mac Pro with the same results.

I'm at a loss.


Update:

I've redownloaded the iso direct from MS and burned it using different brand disc and using a different burning app. I tried the 64bit version also and whenever I use that version it comes up asking me what CD drive, 1 or 2, I can't enter in a 1 or a 2 or do anything at all but turn the machine off. I even tried it on another Mac Pro with the same result.

I tried removing the OS X drive and having only 1 hard drive in the system that's just for installing Win 7 to, all to no avail. Every time with the 32bit version I get a blue screen and every time with the 64bit version I get the "which cd drive" screen and cannot do anything but power off the machine.

I was able to do an upgrade from Vista after installing Vista SP1 but after it completed and tried to load the Win 7 OS for the first time it again blue screened.



I'm at a total loss.

galstaph said:

not sure what is wrong, you are using the RC I assume? Mine just worked, no issues... you formatted with windows right, not disk utility?

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Yeah.

Formatted with the Windows Utility.

Did you install 64 or 32bit?

I'm trying the 32bit.

Update:

I've redownloaded the iso direct from MS and burned it using different brand disc and using a different burning app. I tried the 64bit version also and whenever I use that version it comes up asking me what CD drive, 1 or 2, I can't enter in a 1 or a 2 or do anything at all but turn the machine off. I even tried it on another Mac Pro with the same result.

I tried removing the OS X drive and having only 1 hard drive in the system that's just for installing Win 7 to, all to no avail. Every time with the 32bit version I get a blue screen and every time with the 64bit version I get the "which cd drive" screen and cannot do anything but power off the machine.

I was able to do an upgrade from Vista after installing Vista SP1 but after it completed and tried to load the Win 7 OS for the first time it again blue screened.



I'm at a total loss.

Cindori said:

It is an issue with iso standards. I just googled the cd 1 or 2 message and got several answers that made it work for me. Can't give you any links though since I do not remember the message and you did not write it.




EDIT:

Here it is...

Solution (need a working windows installation or a windows-pc):

0 - create 3 folders c:\windows64iso c:\windows64exe c:\windows64dvd
1 - download this (http://sergiomcfly.googlepages.com/oscdimg.exe) .exe file and put into c:\windows64exe
2 - put .iso you downloaded from ms (or an .iso you created from your retail windows disc) into c:\windows64iso and unzip it
3 - move .iso file out of c:\windows64iso and trash / delete it (won't need it anymore)
4 - open a dos prompt in c:\windows64exe and type:

oscdimg -n -m -bc:\windows64iso\boot\etfsboot.com c:\windows64iso c:\windows64dvd\windows64dvd.iso

The windows64dvd.iso is the file you gonna burn onto a new DVD


But yeah, search more next time.

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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That did indeed work for the 64bit version. I'm going to try the 32bit version also at some point and see if it also does the trick.

Thank you very much for your help!