Dumb question alert.

[de8212]

I have a second machine that I remote desktop to. Any way I can remove the video card and still be able to connect ot it and work on the desktop?

I Can't imagine this working but I had to ask.

 

[phatrabt]

Hmmm, I don't think it would work. I'm not sure but I don't think that it would boot without a vid card. If you need the card in it I would find a cheapie and throw it in there and just not hook up a monitor.

Just my opinion...

 

[de8212]

I took the video card out of it earlier. Tried to boot and it apparently isn't getting into windows. Haven't bothered with it but I'll have to do something soon.

Per this thread, I gave my ti4600 to my brother for hi machine so he's probably going to go buy one so I can get mine back..

 

[JackMDS]

Some times it amazing what becomes an issue.

Link to: Video AG Card $6 shipped.

:sun:

 

[Kelemvor]

I have an old computer sitting around that I remote connect to. I found my old Vanta something-or-other card and popped that in there. not for gaming or anything so it works fine. I originally have my old Matrox Mystique combines with a VooDoo2 passthrough 3D card but couldn't get XP drivers for that so it never worked quite right.

Ah well.

 

[Bob151]

Like the others, I think you will need a video just for the OS to be happy. It wont have to connect to anything, though. Any cheapo with drivers should do.

I do this with one of my older PCs, no monitor, but it has a video card. RDP is great.

 

[kylef]

IIRC, it's actually up to your computer's BIOS whether this is a supported boot configuration. It's your BIOS that beeps when there is no video display available, not your OS.

But 99% of PC BIOSes require the presence of a video output device, so if I were you I wouldn't bother trying to get around it. Just go along with what the others are saying and throw an old card in there...