Windows vista 32 Bit Ultimate. Black screen after installing drivers B-Camp

I installed windows vista Ultimate 32 bit on my 2.26ghz mac mini 2gb ram. after installing vista and setting up my account, i installed the drivers from the apple CD that came with the mac. it installed all the drivers and requested me to reboot, so i did. once i rebooted, i got a black screen with a thin green line through the center of the screen. i hear the bootup sound but that is all i see. Any tips or anything on how to fix this?

How did you solve this? I am having the same problem.

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    while installing WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS,(the drivers from hp site for win 7-64 bit OS) laptop hung and when tried to restart, no display only black screen with all LED's glows. Tried with hard reset no luck. Still gets BLACK SCREEN please HELP to solve this problem.
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    Hi there @html6794 
    Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, both from other users, HP experts and other support personnel.
    I understand that your system hung while trying to install a BIOS update. With that in mind, probably the best thing to do is to try to roll back the BIOS.
    Restoring the BIOS
    Give it a try and let me know, if that helps.
    Malygris1
    I work on behalf of HP
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