Macbook, Thunderbolt display, Bootcamp problem.

I have a Macbook Pro connected with Thunderbolt display. The Macbook has Bootcamp 5.5 and Windows 7 Prof 64-bit. When working in Windows the screen gets blank, but network and USB are still working. Sometime the screen of the Macbook goes blasnk also, not always. After that Macbook does not turn on when disconnecting the Thunderbolt display. This issue is also in OS X Mountain Lion.
2 weeks worked without any problems, but this started yesterday and today the issue was too time consuming.

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If you read the tips in Boot Camp Assistant, you would know that only Windows 7 is supported with Lion.
The DVD if it was sold as physical media and your computer is listed as supported, but if you burned an ISO image and did not reduce burn speed to slowest, it will not be accepted or work (even if it appears to install).
BCA sets the default boot OS volume to the Windows FAT "BOOTCAMP" so that Wndows can restart multiple times to install and update on its own. YOU have to format to NTFS during install.
And you need to go to OS X control panel (system preferences) and use Startup Disk to make OS X the default again.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
has all the articles FAQ HOW TO and manual guides

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