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i have an old box that i use to occasionally backup various music files and things of that nature, i want it to boot up completely with nothing attached to it, after messing with various settings it doesnt need a keyboard now to boot up, but it refuses to boot up unless there is a monitor hooked up to it...is there any way around this? im sure there is probably a bios setting somewhere, because i know it can be done.
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i know there are some knowledgable people here that can help you, but you will get faster replies on a comptuer forum... i use em all the time when i dont wanna look like an *** here
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Re: computer assistance
Originally Posted by LittleHoov
i have an old box that i use to occasionally backup various music files and things of that nature, i want it to boot up completely with nothing attached to it, after messing with various settings it doesnt need a keyboard now to boot up, but it refuses to boot up unless there is a monitor hooked up to it...is there any way around this? im sure there is probably a bios setting somewhere, because i know it can be done.
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
Your computer shouldn't even know if a monitor is attached or not. As long as there'* a video card there, it should be happy.
and on that note whats a good computer forum?
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Originally Posted by LittleHoov
Originally Posted by MOS95B
Your computer shouldn't even know if a monitor is attached or not. As long as there'* a video card there, it should be happy.
and on that note whats a good computer forum?
*EDIT* alrite maybe i should read up on my computer skills.... you can run a puter w/ no monitor.. havent found out how.. but servers can be done.. i dunno.. but the way i said should work... sorry.. google or yahoo.. check it out.
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and on that note whats a good computer forum?
check this out
http://67.80.184.220:3/forum/
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By any chance is it a compaq or an older gateway? I have two older boxes with video cards built in to the motherboard, and do absolutely nothing without the monitor.... Oh, and the Compaq wont even post without a keyboard... I had it set up for 3 days, turn it on, blank screen ... wtf... took it apart, cleaned it, checked everything ... still nothing... roommate says... is your keyboard plugged in? I say "I service computers all day long, you dont need a keyboard for BIOS to post..." Anyway, long story short... I felt pretty lame lol
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its an old Aopen machine that i got for free so i dont want to invest anything into it, if i have to plug a monitor in every so often to boot it up then so be it i guess..i only use it for storage because i cant fit any other hard drive into my Dell...
right now the ol box is a 333mhz Pentium 2 that ive overclocked to 417, and i also overclocked the FSB from 66 to 80ish? the exact figure escapes me. but it works
right now the ol box is a 333mhz Pentium 2 that ive overclocked to 417, and i also overclocked the FSB from 66 to 80ish? the exact figure escapes me. but it works