Machine won't boot without a graphics card!

[Mark]

I finished my server build over the weekend, with it being a file server there's no need for a graphics card so I took it out - powered the system back on and sat with a command prompt open continuously try to ping it. "Why's it not coming online?"
Popped it back in, without a monitor attached and success.

Reply from 192.168.2.110: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Any ideas how to get it to power up without a card?

BIOS beeps: beeeeeeeeeeep beep beep

[bigsharn]

It's fucked mate.

[latch]

Just put an old pci one in there!

[Mark]

Just put an old pci one in there!

That's what I've had to do. I don't like graphics cards in my servers! The Latch does not know a way around this?!1 :cry

[latch]

I've never seen a computer run without a video card- I'm pretty sure the bios demands it. I have run them with no kb or mouse but even then you have to let the bios know that's what you want. Maybe if you can reverse engineer your bios..

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2196826

One of the dudes on this one said most of what I said.
http://www.computing.net/answers/hardwar.../5035.html

[Mark]

One of the dudes on this one said most of what I said.
http://www.computing.net/answers/hardwar.../5035.html

Heh! I came across the same article with my google-fu.

[latch]

I used Ixquick!