Boot without a video card?

rmothers

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I was hoping to boot my "pc" withough a video card. My motherboard is the asrock 970de3-u3s3. There is no onboard video card and i really have no need for a video card once it is booted i use ssh and web gui to manage it. any thoughts on if and how i can make this work? The reason i want to do this is i am using all the PCI/PCIe slots for Drive controllers.
 
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A video card is required to post a system, and post is a requirement for boot, even when using remotely a basic video card integrated or not is required. When using it remotly it will work without a monitor plugged in but a video card is still required.

rmothers

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Thanks Ill give it a shot shutting down now ill let you know.
 

bignastyid

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A video card is required to post a system, and post is a requirement for boot, even when using remotely a basic video card integrated or not is required. When using it remotly it will work without a monitor plugged in but a video card is still required.
 
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rmothers

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And I assume that a USB video card will not work as a "video card" to boot ?
 

rmothers

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Yup no booting without the video card. Thanks for the reply
 

bignastyid

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Yep you assume correctly a usb video card will not work for post.