rockytt Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Hi All, Looks like it's time to replace my aging intel Z87-Pro motherboard - the easiest solution is to just pick up a new(er) Z97 board, move over the bits and call it a day. Would there be any reason to jump to something more modern like one of the ASRock X570 boards? (Running 14 drives, if that makes a difference) Fun fact: I do almost zero with the server as it just functions as a NAS for the house/office. The only thing I run on it really is miniDLNA so I can watch movies on the one TV that won't read the files directly. Normally I'm a "latest/greatest" person - but until the board started to die a few weeks ago, 6-year old tech was just fine for my uses Quote Link to comment
rockytt Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 So, I picked up an ASRock X570 PRO4 board yesterday and paired it with a RYZEN 5 3600 - really strange as I can get the server to boot/start just fine - but I can only access the server via the GUI - I get absolutely nothing from a monitor connected directly via hdmi. Makes it a little hard to make any bios adjustments when once can't see the screen (!) Any tricks I'm unaware of so I can see the boot screen? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 That's normal without a GPU. Add a video card and use that if needed. Quote Link to comment
UNOPARATOR Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 According to List of AMD Ryzen processors wiki post, your CPU does not include a GPU which essentially means you cannot use your MB's graphics ports (neither HDMI nor DP), so like @jonathanm said, you would need a discrete GPU and connect your monitor there. After making necessary adjustments to your BIOS, you might remove the graphics card to have a headless unRAID system. Quote Link to comment
rockytt Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Bah - thought I'd checked the list - ah well - I'll pick up a cheap card and go from there - thanks!! Quote Link to comment
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