White Screen During Windows 7 Installation

HI guys.
I am trying to install windows 7 using bootcamp on my macbook pro mid 2012 after deleting a previous install and everything goes fine until bootcamp partitions the drive and then begins to restart to boot into the Windows installation..
When it reboots I get a white screen and nothing happens.. windows does not boot.
I try instead to create an ISO image and boot from a flash drive and the same thing happens..
If anybody has any experience with this or knows the solution to the problem I'd appreciate the help.
Thanks

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