Server won't boot

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

So I bought a server a while back, for like $50, it came without a drive so I grabbed an extra stuck it an tried to boot to Bios, is it me or does this not work, do I need a gpu? Must I have os on drive? Am I just missing something?

[Electronics Wizardy]

What server?

 

What happens when you turn it on? Fans? lights? Most have a diagonstic panel.

 

Gpu is on the board.

 

You don't need a gpu to post and bios

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

11 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What server?

 

What happens when you turn it on? Fans? lights? Most have a diagonstic panel.

 

Gpu is on the board.

 

You don't need a gpu to post and bios

server don't know exactly off the top of my head, has an asus dbsv-d board inside, dual xeons, 8 gigs ram ecc, and a 1 tb hdd i dropped in. when i turn it on i get fans and lights, it just doesn't display to monitor. thanks for replying.

Edit: found the page where i bought it ASUS DSBV-D 8032A0 2x Intel Xeon 5110

[CptCarbonat]

The monitor is connected via VGA without adapters or converters? Did you maybe try another monitor or made sure the monitor you are using is working properly on VGA? Other things I would check is that everything is properly installed and plugged in, I had it once where a server came and one stick of RAM was not properly plugged in.

Edited February 28, 2017 by CptCarbonat

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

1 hour ago, CptCarbonat said:

The monitor is connected via VGA without adapters or converters? Did you maybe try another monitor or made sure the monitor you are using is working properly on VGA? Other things I would check is that everything is properly installed and plugged in, I had it once where a server came and one stick of RAM was not properly plugged in.

ive tried different monitors, cables, reseated ram  and cpus, nothing so far

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 hours ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said:

server don't know exactly off the top of my head, has an asus dbsv-d board inside, dual xeons, 8 gigs ram ecc, and a 1 tb hdd i dropped in. when i turn it on i get fans and lights, it just doesn't display to monitor. thanks for replying.

Edit: found the page where i bought it ASUS DSBV-D 8032A0 2x Intel Xeon 5110

Probably bad ram or cpu then

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[WolfoftheShadow7465]

9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Probably bad ram or cpu then

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can i test with a single cpu or does it require 2 to post?

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said:

can i test with a single cpu or does it require 2 to post?

you can use one. What ram do you have.

 

Those systems are basically through away though. They chew lots of power and are pretty slow.

[WolfoftheShadow7465]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

you can use one. What ram do you have.

 

Those systems are basically through away though. They chew lots of power and are pretty slow.

im not look at the fastest server, i just want to use it to mess around on linux and other fun little projects, i have my main pc for other things