Cannot create bootcamp, cannot boot from Windows DVD or Bootcamp USB.

2011 Mac Mini, running 10.9 Attempting to create a bootcamp installation. Note that I have done this many times with other Macs, including similar Mac Minis.
I get through the Bootcamp assistant process of downloading windows support files and creating a USB drive for the install, I partition the internal 500gig hard drive in half. On reboot all I get is a black screen. Not a Black screen with flashing cursor, no error of any kind, just completely black, I have waited for over 45 minutes and it never changes. I have repeated this process several times, letting bootcamp assistant remove the partition in between, with several versions of the .iso file. I have recreated it from an original Windows 7 Pro 64bit. I have downloaded an iso of the same from Microsoft. None give any different results. I have reset the PRAM. I have a external Apple superdrive and have booted up to startup disk manager and can see that the USB is a valid boot, the Windows DVD is valid and there is an option for EFI Boot. None work, all give the exact same black screen with nothing. When booting from the Windows DVD, you can hear it spin up and read for a short while, then is stops. I have read and tried all the related posts here and on any web site I can find, although there are few and most just point back to the same articles here.
Help, tis is driving me crazy! I know it can be done, but there is something at work here I can't figure out.

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