Re: headless server...

2005-06-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot to mention: A standard 15pin VGA connector has > three ID pins (11, 12 and 4, I think). If all else fails, > it might help to connect some or all of them to ground. > However, be very careful with this. Don't complain to me > if you fry yo

Re: headless server...

2005-06-13 Thread Xian
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 15:19, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: > >> okey.. the status for now is: > >> - I have the newest version of Bios v.4.51PG 2B for this motherboard, > >> - I've tried all combinations with the Halt On option (n

Re: headless server...

2005-06-09 Thread Brett Glass
At 09:40 AM 6/8/2005, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: >I've tried that too. The box beeps 1 long and 3 short ones.. as far as I know >it 'tells' that way that it cannot be run without a video card.. >hehe, stupid mainboard :P Try telling it not to test or shadow video memory. On a classic IBM PC, the

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread bq510
> well to be exact, the situation looks like this: when the > monitor is plugged into the box (it doesn't matter wheather > it's on or off) everything runs fine (there's the > standard "short beep" and the machine boots normaly). I think your solution lies there. With the thing running OK wit

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
well, I think that's it.. I would like to thank All of those who had and shared ideas about my box.. All of You were very helpfull.. thank You.. The conclusion about the topic is that I just have a very perverse motherboard and probablly it'll stay that way till its last days :P hehe.. Once aga

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
David Wolfskill wrote: Well, you could try pulling th evideo card out of the machine, and see if it will boot that way Long shot, but if it works :-} Peace, david I've tried that too. The box beeps 1 long and 3 short ones.. as far as I know it 'tells' that way that it cannot be run

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
Kevin Kinsey wrote: My next line of inquiry would probably be the video card itself. There seem to be few references to this sort of problem out there; but the two I've seen that matched your description most closely (and they weren't THAT close, but we seem to be dealing with a relatively rare

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
e extreme. And makes that board ill-suited for the taks at hand (headless server). I don't know the situation where you are, but my inclination at this point would be to "cut my losses" and stop trying to make it work for that function. And acquire a different system (or system b

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
Oliver Fromme wrote: Przemys?aw Nowaczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Did you try to run it with the cable plugged in but no monitor at the > > other end? > > yes.. it didn't start :( Is that a VGA-to-VGA cable, or a VGA-to-RGB/coax cable? There's a slight cha

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Przemys?aw Nowaczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Did you try to run it with the cable plugged in but no monitor at the > > other end? > > yes.. it didn't start :( Is that a VGA-to-VGA cable, or a VGA-to-RGB/coax cable? There's a slight chance that the latter migh

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: Erich Dollansky wrote: well to be exact, the situation looks like this: when the monitor is plugged into the box (it doesn't matter wheather it's on or off) everything runs fine (there's the standard "short beep" and the machine boots n

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: Erich Dollansky wrote: well to be exact, the situation looks like this: when the monitor is plugged into the box (it doesn't matter wheather it's on or off) everything runs fine (there's the standard "short beep" and the machine boots normaly). But when the mon

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
ill-suited for the taks at hand (headless server). I don't know the situation where you are, but my inclination at this point would be to "cut my losses" and stop trying to make it work for that function. And acquire a different system (or system board) for the function. Peace, d

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
David Wolfskill wrote: On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:19:30PM +0200, Przemys?aw Nowaczyk wrote: ... well to be exact, the situation looks like this: when the monitor is plugged into the box (it doesn't matter wheather it's on or off) everything runs fine (there's the standard "short beep" and

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: okey.. the status for now is: - I have the newest version of Bios v.4.51PG 2B for this motherboard, - I've tried all combinations with the Halt On option (no solvation), - Even without the video card the box doesn't start, - in my bios ther

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: okey.. the status for now is: - I have the newest version of Bios v.4.51PG 2B for this motherboard, - I've tried all combinations with the Halt On option (no solvation), - Even without the video card the box doesn't start, - in my bios there's no No Video option, -

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
okey.. the status for now is: - I have the newest version of Bios v.4.51PG 2B for this motherboard, - I've tried all combinations with the Halt On option (no solvation), - Even without the video card the box doesn't start, - in my bios there's no No Video option, - Even when only the cable of the

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Connect a monitor to see what happens. It should work as you described it. Could it be that halt on no errors means that the machines halts even if there are not errors? English is a difficult language, even for BIOS programmers.

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. What if you only connect a monitor plug or cable, but > no actual monitor? I forgot to mention: A standard 15pin VGA connector has three ID pins (11, 12 and 4, I think). If all else fails, it might help to connect some or all of them to ground

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Przemys?aw Nowaczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to make a headless server of my old Celeron 366 box and I've > got some problems with it. I know that in BIOS the Halt On option (Award > Bios) needs to be set to No Errors, It should be sufficient t

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Wed, June 8, 2005 12:47, Przemys³aw Nowaczyk said: > when the monitor is connected the box runs fine.. the problem is when I > want to turn it on without the monitor.. > i'll check the bios settings again maybe as You said it should be the > other way.. > Just a wild shot in the dark; Try upg

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Connect a monitor to see what happens. It should work as you described it. Could it be that halt on no errors means that the machines halts even if there are not errors? English is a difficult language, even for BIOS programmers. Erich when the monitor is connect

Re: headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Przemysław Nowaczyk wrote: hi to all, I'm trying to make a headless server of my old Celeron 366 box and I've got some problems with it. I know that in BIOS the Halt On option (Award Bios) needs to be set to No Errors, but still without the monitor the box doesn't start (

headless server...

2005-06-08 Thread Przemysław Nowaczyk
hi to all, I'm trying to make a headless server of my old Celeron 366 box and I've got some problems with it. I know that in BIOS the Halt On option (Award Bios) needs to be set to No Errors, but still without the monitor the box doesn't start (it doesn't give the "s