headless server...

Przemysław Nowaczyk p_nowaczyk at o2.pl
Wed Jun 8 15:26:46 GMT 2005


Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Przemys?aw Nowaczyk <p_nowaczyk at o2.pl> wrote:
>  > Erich Dollansky wrote:
>  > > Did you try to run it with the cable plugged in but no monitor at the 
>  > > other end?
>  > 
>  > yes.. it didn't start :(
> 
> Is that a VGA-to-VGA cable, or a VGA-to-RGB/coax cable?
> 
> There's a slight chance that the latter might work better,
> because it should terminate the ID pins on the VGA side.
> 
> Other than that, I agree with Erich that this mainboard is
> particularly perverse and not the right choice for a head-
> less server.  You should get a better mainboard.
> 
> Best regards
>    Oliver
> 
it's a VGA-to-VGA cable..
I suppose that You're right.. it's a VERY perverse mainboard.. I just 
thought that since it stays in the corner I could use it for something 
interesting but as we can see that wasn't exaclly a good idea :P
thanks for help,

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