Black screen when trying to install Windows 10 w/ Bootcamp

I seem to be running into a problem installing Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro 13,3.


Using the official Windows 10 1803 ISO from Microsoft, I run Bootcamp on macOS perfectly fine. The hard drive gets partitioned, the Windows support software downloads perfectly normal, and the computer restarts. It takes me through the whole Windows installation process, and then restarts again. This is where I run into problems.


After I go through the Windows installation and the computer restarts, I boot back up to get a lit black screen. The Windows mouse cursor is showing and can be moved around, but resets to the middle of the screen every couple seconds or so, as if stuck in a loop of some sort. I did not get into Windows 10 at all yet. The computer went from the Windows 10 installation, to reboot, to black lit-up screen with the Windows cursor that resets every couple of seconds.


When going into startup manager, there are two drives named "Windows" and the normal "Macintosh HD" drive. One of the Windows drives takes me back to the black lit-up screen, and the other takes me back into the Windows installation process, which immediately freezes upon starting up.


Here is some info on my system:

Macbook Pro 13,3 (15", Late 2016)

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5

Bootcamp 6.1.0

SSD: APPLE SSD SM0512L 500 GB

GPU: Radeon Pro 460 4 GB

Trying to install Windows 10 1803


Any help in getting Windows 10 working would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)

Posted on Jul 2, 2018 5:48 PM

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Jul 3, 2018 2:37 PM in response to Loner T

I have yet to be prompted for a drivers installation. I think there was a misunderstanding on what step of the installation process I get stuck on.


Here is the part of the installation that finishes fine before the reboot:User uploaded file


This completes, and after the restart I get a screen that looks like this:

User uploaded file


This is where I get stuck. I get this result when trying to install Windows 10 1709 and Windows 10 1803. I have also tried to install Windows 10 1607, but after the installation step showed above, the computer restarts to a "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" error, which puts me in another boot loop.


Also SIP has been disabled for all of these installations, because I heard that it can cause problems occasionally.

Jul 3, 2018 5:35 PM in response to Loner T

Here's the output from Terminal:

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 319.0 GB disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 181.0 GB disk0s4


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +319.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 210.8 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 44.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.0 GB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

Jul 3, 2018 6:06 PM in response to Loner T

I was able to remove the Boot Camp partition with no problems.


Here is the output of the repair:

Started partition map repair on disk0

Checking prerequisites

Checking the partition list

Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required

Checking for an EFI system partition

Checking the EFI system partition's size

Checking the EFI system partition's file system

Checking the EFI system partition's folder content

Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

Checking booter partitions

Reviewing boot support loaders

Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

The partition map appears to be OK

Finished partition map repair on disk0


Here is the new result of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.0 GB disk0s2


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 210.7 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 44.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.0 GB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

Jul 3, 2018 8:19 PM in response to Loner T

Ran it, here is the output:

** Checking volume.

** Checking the container superblock.

** Checking the EFI jumpstart record.

** Checking the space manager.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the snapshots.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the snapshots.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the snapshots.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the snapshots.

** Verifying allocated space.

** The volume /dev/rdisk1 appears to be OK.

Jul 3, 2018 10:28 PM in response to Loner T

I created a Windows 10 USB installer by using the WMCT and installed the latest Windows 10 1803 using Boot Camp. The normal Windows 10 setup sequence failed with the lit-up black screen and cursor as usual. I then restarted and selected the EFI Boot from the USB, and attempted to install Windows 10 with that setup tool. It failed in the same manner, resulting in a lit-up black screen with the cursor.


However, I do have access to all of the Windows repair tools now. I tried to repair Windows startup using the tool, and it said there was nothing to repair.

Jul 4, 2018 10:58 AM in response to Loner T

Okay, I removed the AMD Drivers from the USB Installer and moved them to my Desktop, in case we need them later.


Should I now follow the rest of your Boot Camp USB installer tutorial and try to install Windows without AMD drivers, or are we going to try to replace the AMD drivers with different ones from another source and then install?

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