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Will my computer run without a gpu ?

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So about a month ago I bought a low end gaming pc but I ended up giving it to my mom and started building one of my own . So the computer I gave to my mother has a HD 7770 gpu and I was wondering if I took it out will get pc still work fine ? She doesn't do any gaming all she does is watch youtube videos maybe a few games like words with friends nothing to graphically heavy . The mobo on her build is a ga-78lmt-s2p it says it has onbard graphics but will of be enough ? And will it have any effect on her computer if I remove the 7770 . The reason I'm thinking of removing it is because I want to add it to my new build temporarily until I save up to buy a gtx 670-680.

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mig_e said:
So about a month ago I bought a low end gaming pc but I ended up giving it to my mom and started building one of my own . So the computer I gave to my mother has a HD 7770 gpu and I was wondering if I took it out will get pc still work fine ? She doesn't do any gaming all she does is watch youtube videos maybe a few games like words with friends nothing to graphically heavy . The mobo on her build is a ga-78lmt-s2p it says it has onbard graphics but will of be enough ? And will it have any effect on her computer if I remove the 7770 . The reason I'm thinking of removing it is because I want to add it to my new build temporarily until I save up to buy a gtx 670-680.
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It should be fine, onboard is more than enough for her needs.
Just power down the system, remove the 7770 and connect the video lead to the motherboards output.
There should be no need to make BIOS changes, but you should uninstall the AMD drivers.
Depending on if you uninstalled the onboard drivers or not you should check the system disc/s and install the onboard drivers.
There may be sound issues, again, check the system disc/s to restore the onboard sound drivers.
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Yes, your motherboard has integrated graphics so the Radeon HD 7770 is not required for that mobo.

An easy way to tell if the mobo has integrated graphics is if the mobo has a VGA / DVI / HDMI port.
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@ mig_e. The supplied driver/system disc/s will have the required drivers.
If you do not have those disc/s check the manufacturer website for that software.
If you did not uninstall the onboard drivers they'll still be there, once the HD7770 is removed and the system reboots Windows should automatically find and reinstate them.
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