Booting Windows 7 install DVD in uefi mode fails for satellite p870

So as the title says, I'm trying to boot the windows 7 installer in uefi mode. It gets pretty far into the boot process, but then just falls flat on it's face. Booting the DVD in safe mode, I can see that it loads all the drivers up to disk.sys, then it seems like it's trying to display the installer GUI and fails. The top quarter or so of the screen gets blanked to black, and then everything just sorta stops. DVD stops spinning, and nothing else happens. I'm kinda restricted to uefi at the moment, as the drive i want to install on has some stuff i'd rather not lose on it, and i've just carved out some empty space for windows. 

Hello Jerry:
Trying to help a friend who just got a Satellite L875D that needs to downgrade from factory Win8 to a purchased disk of Win7-64 to continue using his legacy software & not have to re-train himself & buy more stuff.  Tried putting in the Win7 disk before starting the first time, but it didn't boot from that drive. Then the initial start-up factory screen didn't give an F-key to enter BIOS. Some forum notes say it might be F-2 or F-12; another post says he tried every F key.
Do I have to do/finish the Win8 installation, and then let Win7 format the C drive? One post talks of the Win8 method to reach the UEFI, and then you say to disable secure boot. And I am not sure if the Win8 is in a "safe" partition since there are no disks included; or if I should do the Win8 install and make a backup of it, and then do the Win7 clean install.
Thank you.

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