Your BIOS is probably set to halt on certain errors, such as no keyboard which would also include no video card. The new ones will have a feature that will not make it stop at any error. Look around the BIOS settings for it. Jeremy wrote: > I dug around and found an old Diamond Stealth 64 (circa 2001). It booted just > fine. X won't run, but I don't really need it on that machine. > > I'm still curious what hung up. Since there were no beep codes, and the hard > drive showed a little bit of activity, I'm tempted to think it wasn't bios. > > Jeremy > > On Tuesday 01 January 2008 1:02:26 pm 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >