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Hi,
I have a brand new Mac Pro Dual 2.66GHz. It came with a second GeForce 7300GT installed. I installed additional 2x 1GB FB DIMMs. Everything worked fine, and I installed all new updates, including the new EFI Firmware update Apple introduced yesterday. After the OS X setup was complete, I downloaded BootCamp 1.1.2 and followed the instructions to create a 30GB partition for Windows XP Home. I insert the WinXP CD and let BootCamp restart the computer. WinXP boots and the blue screen appears and a bunch of drivers get loaded. After that I get the first install screen, and on that point the keyboard is not responding anymore. I can press "return" as often as I want, the install does not start. It also not responds to F3 or R as written on the screen. Its the first time Windows gets installed on this Mac Pro. I also tried to connect the keyboard directly to the computer (before it was on the cinema display hub). I tried to remove the RAM to have only the standard 1GB RAM installed. Nothing worked.
Anyone have a hint to get this done? Thanka a lot on advance!
Marty

I already thougt about that, but Apple put a note on the page:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd12.html
"Note: This CD cannot be used to return an Intel-based Macintosh computer’s firmware to a previous version if a successful update has already been performed."
So because I did a successful fimware update, I can not go back to the old firmware! There is no way back!

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