[newbie] Can't install Mandrake-Linux?

[Lanman]

Has anyone heard of a Mandrake install causing a black-screen right at 
the beginning of the install? I've been trying to install Mandrake 10.0 
and 9.2 on an ECS K7VMM board with a Duron 650 CPU and 512MB of ram, and 
right after I press the Enter button to start the install, the screen 
goes black, and nothing else happens.

Just to make sure, I installed Fedora Core 2 without a single problem. I 
thought I'd try it because it has a 2.6 kernel, and I was concerned that 
the kernel was the problem. FC2 installed without a single problem - 
Video and Monitor were properly detected by Anaconda, and all my 
hardware was detected and set up without any grief at all.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? I've tested the Ram and it's fine, and I've 
checked and rechecked the BIOS which is also set properly.

TIA
Lanman
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