Windows 8 on macbook air (mid 2011) dark screen

I downloaded the windows 8 retail edition from dream spark and wrote the iso file into a usb drive. I installed the windows 8 using GUID partition map successfully and the windows 8 was bootable. But when it's first booted, it says "getting ready for the devices (some percentages)" and it went dark later. The laptop rebooted itself and went to the booting screen of windows 8. But after that the screen went dark again and I couldn't even set up the account. I tried to close and reopen the lid but the screen remained dark; also tried to refresh my pc in the efi menu but it couldn't fix the problem either. (I assume it had something to do with the drivers. I downloaded the latest bootcamp drivers into the usb drive but I don't think windows 8 would retreive that automatically after the installation.)

How do you install using Windows 8 RTM? Actually, what is RTM?
I have an EFI version I think and I've tried numerous times and it does not work. After researching, it has to do with the partition map and such as you guys talked about.
I used rEFIt and magically, Windows 8 started to install then an error happened and I was not able to see what happend. Thereafter, I could not install it on my mid 2011 mac air due to the partition map.
I even tried repeating the steps for it to install again (after I installed rEFIt) but that didn't work either.

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http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634
Apple Support: Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4326
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1636
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