booting with no video card

[pamf]

i'm trying to get an older socket 7 board to boot without a video card.. the guy i got this board off of says he ran it like that all the time, but i just get the standard no video beeps and thats it. i dont have a spare card for this machine (yet) and i wanna leave it in the corner running seti until i get one .. i have 'halt on: no errors' in the bios ..

it's an epox ep-5bvpxb ..

any ideas?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

If it can be done someone around here will know, so you came to the right place. I have never attempted to do so and off the top of my head I'd say that guy is full of it.

 

[Pederv]

It can't be done. Your video bios is part of the system startup process, if it isn't there the system isn't goin anywhere.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'll bet the guy you got it from is confusing "without a monitor" and "without a video card". Either that or he isn't taking his meds and the delusions are kicking in...