Re: hardware troubleshooting
Andrew Cowie <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:27:21 +1000
| Newsgroups | gmane.org.user-groups.slug.chat |
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| Organization | Operational Dynamics |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 14:21 +1000, Clint wrote:
> It could be the video
> card...
I've a client with a number of [not old] desktops that they wanted
repurposed as servers (sure, fine).
For whatever reason (either previous overheating, or dodgy power at a
previous office location) the video cards are all fried and, having
desktop motherboards†, the machines "helpfully" refuse to boot if
there's no working video card present. Lovely.
AfC
Sydney
†and no available BIOS setting to toggle, either {sigh}
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