A lot of desktop bios chips check for video memory/settings during the power on self test (POST). It might be that your system just won't boot without a video card. See http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm#04 Ciao, benjamin On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 13:02 -0600, Jeremy wrote: > How can I run a box without a video card? My video card fan fried yesterday. > The card still works, but something makes bad smells when it runs (I think > it's the fan). > > I'd buy a new card, but the stores are closed today. I might try to salvage > or improvise a fan from my pile of parts, but I was hoping I could just run > the box headless. > > I tried booting without the card, but I can't ping the box. There weren't any > beep codes. The HD light flashed a number of times, but not enough to > indicate a full boot. I can powerdown with a quick press of the soft power > button, so I'm guessing it's either a bios prompt or something early in the > boot process. The mobo is a gigabyte ds3r for core2-quad, and doesn't have > onboard video. > > What would be stopping the box from coming up? Is it a bios prompt, or is > Linux expecting something? > > Jeremy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list