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help configuring server - no motherboard display output

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You always need to have a GPU, is it a dedicated card, iGPU or one on your motherboard, you need at least one. Even after the installation you will need one, or the system will just not boot.

 

 

 

yes,

 

or get a usb monitor, they do exist.

 

That will not work, the system will not boot as it will only see it as a display and not as a GPU.

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so, i plan on using my old core 2 duo desktop as a home server and i have a problem. the motherboard does not have a vga connector (or any other display output) and i dont want to have to use my old power hungry graphics card to run the machine. my question is, can i use the graphics card to output to a display just while configuring the server and then remove it afterward when a display is not required? thanks in advance.

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You always need to have a GPU, is it a dedicated card, iGPU or one on your motherboard, you need at least one. Even after the installation you will need one, or the system will just not boot.

 

 

 

yes,

 

or get a usb monitor, they do exist.

 

That will not work, the system will not boot as it will only see it as a display and not as a GPU.

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You always need to have a GPU, is it a dedicated card, an iGPU or one on your motherboard, you need at least one.

 

 

 

 

That will not work, the system will not boot as it will only see it as a display and not as a GPU.

 

some of the usb monitors have there own graphics driver

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some of the usb monitors have there own graphics driver

 

But they are not recognized during POST, so the system will not boot.

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But they are not recognized during POST, so the system will not boot.

 

i forgot about that, thanks.

 

and to the op just buy a really cheap gpu

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