Of course I'll not be the first to nitpick (since when did a nitpick get first post?), but I always thought 135kg was about 300 lbs. 235kg is closer to 500 lbs.
So? Same is true of the VGA monitor: once you turn it on, and the computer POSTs, you can unplug the VGA and carry it away. Does the DVI not have the ability to say what kind of monitor is connected? Is it not possible that the card depends on getting that information, or it fails its own internal POST? A VGA monitor doesn't need to be turned on to give the basic information (monochrome / color) that the video card BIOS requires; perhaps a DVI monitor does.
still running Windows NT, AT box, dual Pentium Pros; it pulls so much power that it has actually burned out two PSU connectors. If you turn it off, you have to let it sit for a minimum of 1 minute; less than that, and it simply won't come up again. I don't know why not.
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Yeah... many video cards will report "not present" if there is no monitor attached. There is a pin on the VGA connector that says "monochrome" and another that says "color", and if neither of them is connected, the card doesn't know whether to report mono or color and reports "not present", and you get the long... short short short beep rather than a POST.
I saw that... it was actually a standard-sized shipping skid with three very solid cardboard boxes sandwiched between wooden layers. Two empty boxes. The third contained... one hard drive. One. Standard. 3.5". Hard drive.
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Of course I'll not be the first to nitpick (since when did a nitpick get first post?), but I always thought 135kg was about 300 lbs. 235kg is closer to 500 lbs.
So? Same is true of the VGA monitor: once you turn it on, and the computer POSTs, you can unplug the VGA and carry it away. Does the DVI not have the ability to say what kind of monitor is connected? Is it not possible that the card depends on getting that information, or it fails its own internal POST? A VGA monitor doesn't need to be turned on to give the basic information (monochrome / color) that the video card BIOS requires; perhaps a DVI monitor does.
still running Windows NT, AT box, dual Pentium Pros; it pulls so much power that it has actually burned out two PSU connectors. If you turn it off, you have to let it sit for a minimum of 1 minute; less than that, and it simply won't come up again. I don't know why not.
Yeah... many video cards will report "not present" if there is no monitor attached. There is a pin on the VGA connector that says "monochrome" and another that says "color", and if neither of them is connected, the card doesn't know whether to report mono or color and reports "not present", and you get the long... short short short beep rather than a POST.
I saw that... it was actually a standard-sized shipping skid with three very solid cardboard boxes sandwiched between wooden layers. Two empty boxes. The third contained... one hard drive. One. Standard. 3.5". Hard drive.