Booting without a gpu

[DiamondShark286]

I had an old athlon 860k system laying around that i want to repurpose as a home server. The only problem is that the gpu that was in it is in my current desktop so it doesn't have any graphics output. I used the graphics card to setup ubuntu server and removed the card and tried to boot. The system seemed to stat but I was never able to ssh in. After some googling I decided that it is probably not POSTing. Does anyone know a way to get around this and boot without a gpu installed? 

 

Here is the full parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YQfrw6

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, Tb428 said:

I had an old athlon 860k system laying around that i want to repurpose as a home server. The only problem is that the gpu that was in it is in my current desktop so it doesn't have any graphics output. I used the graphics card to setup ubuntu server and removed the card and tried to boot. The system seemed to stat but I was never able to ssh in. After some googling I decided that it is probably not POSTing. Does anyone know a way to get around this and boot without a gpu installed? 

 

Here is the full parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YQfrw6

You need a GPU for it to post because the  Athlon X4 860K does not have an integrated graphics chip. There is no way to post without graphics. 

[STRESSMASTER]

56 minutes ago, Tb428 said:

I had an old athlon 860k system laying around that i want to repurpose as a home server. The only problem is that the gpu that was in it is in my current desktop so it doesn't have any graphics output. I used the graphics card to setup ubuntu server and removed the card and tried to boot. The system seemed to stat but I was never able to ssh in. After some googling I decided that it is probably not POSTing. Does anyone know a way to get around this and boot without a gpu installed? 

 

Here is the full parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YQfrw6

there is a dummy PCIe gpu card. (looks like a RAM chip for PCIe without a heatsink) They use to use them to make sure on-board video would work. you can try one of these or just buy a ebay $10 card like a PCI card. if neither are a option than sometimes you can find a bios update from 3rd parties that allows this (not recommended)

[DiamondShark286]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You need a GPU for it to post because the  Athlon X4 860K does not have an integrated graphics chip. There is no way to post without graphics. 

ok thanks i was just wondering if there was way to bypass the graphics check.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

48 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

there is a dummy PCIe gpu card. (looks like a RAM chip for PCIe without a heatsink) They use to use them to make sure on-board video would work. you can try one of these or just buy a ebay $10 card like a PCI card. if neither are a option than sometimes you can find a bios update from 3rd parties that allows this

At that point it's more beneficial to just pick up a used GPU for 10 bucks and just slam it in. There's no point investing in some questionable cards or taking a risk with an unofficial third party BIOS.