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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:20 pm
by GORDON
Stripping down old PC to use as a server.
Mobo does not have a monitor port.
If I remove the video card, and the only monitor ports, would I still be able to VNC into the desktop, if there is nothing there to actually render a desktop?
Unless the mobo still renders the desktop in the absence of video output... that is my question. Do I need to keep the video card in the system?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:55 pm
by GORDON
Nobody got back to me, so I pulled the video card to try it out:
Didn't work. It seemed to boot up as I had access to the networked drives, but I could not establish a VNC connection.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:57 pm
by Leisher
Yes, you will still be able to access the machine.
However, you must use a monitor to do the initial setup.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:49 pm
by TheCatt
Hmmm. I've run lots of machines without monitors, but never without a video card.
I may have a spare? (Or, may have thrown them all out recently). What type of video card do you need? (What connector)
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:52 pm
by GORDON
No, I had a card in it, I would just rather not have it because, for 99.9% of its remaining life, it is just going to be spinning a fan, generating heat, and using electricity.
But the mobo doesn't have a video adapter and my one experiment told me that VNC wont work without a video renderer.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:04 pm
by Leisher
Interesting.
I skipped the "remove the video card part", as like Catt, I ran a lot of PCs without monitors.
I would've tossed a coin on whether on not you could remote into it without one.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:14 pm
by GORDON
Yeah, I was in the same boat.
I'm not even 100% sure I did my experiment correctly. Only tried once and the system sort of locked and of course I couldn't see what was happening so I just powered down and threw the card back in.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:06 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah, without a video card, it doesn't know what to do. I'm guessing that it won't boot without, period.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:15 am
by Cakedaddy
You should be able to buy some $5 video card that doesn't need a fan because it's so old and shitty you could put in there.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:20 am
by GORDON
Thought about that too. Might do it next time I order something else from newegg.