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    Strange (stupid?) question about 9262

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Deodot, Sep 8, 2008.

  1. Deodot

    Deodot Notebook Consultant

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    Is it possible to start up and enter the settings in BIOS without any GPU's in the computer??

    If it's possible, then I'm doing something wrong. It just wont start..

    Thank you for any answer :)
     
    Deodot, Sep 8, 2008
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  2. jonhapimp

    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    if im think im right you won't get anything on the screen because it needs a gpu to have the screen work(to display graphics and video,video card, get it?)
     
    jonhapimp, Sep 8, 2008
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    you need the following to startup the system:
    - CPU
    - RAM
    - Videocard

    without any of those, the system will not boot up.
     
    Gophn, Sep 8, 2008
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  4. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    If you borked the vBIOS though and are trying to get in without the video card working, you can still get in. I did that once. Removed the HDD so I could boot to usb to blind flash :)
     
    emike09, Sep 8, 2008
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    yes, you can do a blind flash... but you have to know what is going at at what time.
     
    Gophn, Sep 8, 2008
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  6. Deodot

    Deodot Notebook Consultant

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    This is exactly what i needed to know. Thanks a lot..

    I don't know what's going on even if i see it, so that doesn't seem to be a good idea :)
     
    Deodot, Sep 8, 2008
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  7. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    what happened to your videocards?

    can you just leave one in (preferably the working one) and boot off of that?
     
    Gophn, Sep 8, 2008
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    What were you trying to do!?
    Wouldn't the vga default work with no video card?
     
    IKAS V, Sep 8, 2008
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  9. Zenica

    Zenica InterArmaEnimSilentLeges

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    With no video card?

    No.

    No video card...just drop off the word card and you have your answer.
     
    Zenica, Sep 8, 2008
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