nautarch Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 If I take my video card out, unRAID won't boot up. Is that normal? Am i doing something wrong, or does it require a video card? Quote Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 unRAID does not require one but your motherboard might. You can try looking in the BIOS options to see if that can be disabled. Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Try pressing the <F1> key. If that works, then you need to find the BIOS setting mentioned above, something like "Halt on Any/None/Keyboard only Errors", and change it to not halt for anything. But as he said, there are a few motherboards that require a video card, even if you don't have a monitor attached. Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Added to the FAQ, here. Feel free to edit. Quote Link to comment
nautarch Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 thanks y'all. I'll try this out and let you know how it goes with my A8n-SLI mobo. Quote Link to comment
nautarch Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 looks like it's a no-go for headless. All of the halt options don't ignore video card, so I'm stuck. I'll look into a cheap fanless solution. Quote Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 looks like it's a no-go for headless. All of the halt options don't ignore video card, so I'm stuck. I'll look into a cheap fanless solution. Just look for a cheap, old, PCI based card. They are almost always fanless and that way you are not using up a precious PCI-E slot. Check craigslist and ebay, you can probably find one for $10. Quote Link to comment
nautarch Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 already on its way. got a $14 card (after rebate) from newegg. Quote Link to comment
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