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So.Ive been trying to install windows 10 on an unsupported iMac,its been going great so far but it didnt last.

 

Right after the installation of windows (when its booting up with the spinning white dots)the screen goes black.no cursor,no login,nothing.

So Ive booted up into safemode.I tried uninstalling the amd display drivers(as ive had problems with them before) and used the microsoft basic display adapter.And surely enough.it worked.

However,you cant do much without your actual gpu drivers(I dont think so atleast) so if anyone could help me it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

 

PS:my friend told me that it has something to do with Apple limiting GPU usefulness for other OS

Not sure if thats true though.

 

GPU:ATI Mobility Radeaon HD 4670

Core i3 540 @3.07GHz

4 GBs of DDR3 ram

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See if you can get Windows to install its own version of Drivers. 

 

But yeah, getting an unsupported machine to run Windows 10 is going to have problems. 

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maybe u got ur monitor on port 2, port2 would still be showing the bios / bootup n stuff but windows would start giving screen @ port 1 automaticly by default +- ( trust me everyone got that blooper atleast once xD )

 

it can also be windows loading in the driver and crashing on that, try older drivers instead, maybe the newer ones are bugged

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1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

maybe u got ur monitor on port 2, port2 would still be showing the bios / bootup n stuff but windows would start giving screen @ port 1 automaticly by default +- ( trust me everyone got that blooper atleast once xD )

 

it can also be windows loading in the driver and crashing on that, try older drivers instead, maybe the newer ones are bugged

yah,um...

im running an iMac,where the screen is the machine.

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2 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

maybe u got ur monitor on port 2, port2 would still be showing the bios / bootup n stuff but windows would start giving screen @ port 1 automaticly by default +- ( trust me everyone got that blooper atleast once xD )

 

it can also be windows loading in the driver and crashing on that, try older drivers instead, maybe the newer ones are bugged

But this is an iMac......

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4 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

See if you can get Windows to install its own version of Drivers. 

 

But yeah, getting an unsupported machine to run Windows 10 is going to have problems. 

do you mean going to device manager and and manually update the drivers?

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Just now, Kingslasher3000 said:

do you mean going to device manager and and manually update the drivers?

That might work. Its just that Apple does not have any official drivers for that iMac for Windows 10 so yeah, idk. 

 

 

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still gives me a blackscreen mid install.

restored the microsoft drivers again.

any other ideas ?

45 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

That might work. Its just that Apple does not have any official drivers for that iMac for Windows 10 so yeah, idk. 

 

 

 

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