ASRock Forums : <Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 20:01:45 +0000 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:21:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7190 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : At least some of ASRock&#039;s...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=44638&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#44638 Author: nallar
Subject: 7190
Posted: 05 Feb 2018 at 1:21am

At least some of ASRock's AM4 motherboards do work headless.

There's a discussion here on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ur5ni/dear_am4_users_can_you_boot_without_a_gpu_and_if/
]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:21:03 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=44638&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#44638 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : zlobster wrote: php42 wrote:to...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42499&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42499 Author: SoniC
Subject: 7190
Posted: 07 Jan 2018 at 7:44am

Originally posted by zlobster zlobster wrote:

Originally posted by php42 php42 wrote:

to be fair, AMD is also vulnerable to meltdown, it's an abuse of speculative execution which is present in most modern processors


Sadly, yes. That's why KPTI has to be implemented as well. AMD have been kicking in performance & price/performance as well. Only their discrete graphics are a bit behind now. Can't have it all, I guess? Disapprove

We hijacked this thread good, no? LOL Sorry, OP!

No, AMD CPUs don't need the KPTI fix, see evidence in the kernel commit here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/27/2

AMDs need only a fix for Variant 1 -- without big performance hit. 
The real performance hit comes from Variant 3 and AMD is not affected.
]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 07:44:25 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42499&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42499 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : php42 wrote:to be fair, AMD...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42490&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42490 Author: zlobster
Subject: 7190
Posted: 07 Jan 2018 at 3:59am

Originally posted by php42 php42 wrote:

to be fair, AMD is also vulnerable to meltdown, it's an abuse of speculative execution which is present in most modern processors


Sadly, yes. That's why KPTI has to be implemented as well. AMD have been kicking in performance & price/performance as well. Only their discrete graphics are a bit behind now. Can't have it all, I guess? Disapprove

We hijacked this thread good, no? LOL Sorry, OP!
]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:59:01 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42490&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42490 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : zlobster wrote:Maybe you&#039;ve...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42487&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42487 Author: php42
Subject: 7190
Posted: 07 Jan 2018 at 3:30am

Originally posted by zlobster zlobster wrote:


Maybe you've been living under a rock the last few days? LOL Cough, Spectre, cough, Meltdown, cough, ME...

to be fair, AMD is also vulnerable to meltdown, it's an abuse of speculative execution which is present in most modern processors
AMD also has their own variant of ME

still i would agree that AMD is the safer bet :P

EDIT: i should mention that AMD is indeed less vulnerable to meltdown, and so is the safe bet for security reasons


Edited by php42 - 07 Jan 2018 at 3:55am]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:30:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42487&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42487 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : hansi12 wrote:hmm okay then....]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42485&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42485 Author: zlobster
Subject: 7190
Posted: 07 Jan 2018 at 3:21am

Originally posted by hansi12 hansi12 wrote:

hmm okay then. Makes Intel attractive again :P



Maybe you've been living under a rock the last few days? LOL Cough, Spectre, cough, Meltdown, cough, ME...

I ain't touching Intel with a 6-foot stick!
]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:21:37 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42485&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42485 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : hmm okay then. Makes Intel attractive...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42483&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42483 Author: hansi12
Subject: 7190
Posted: 07 Jan 2018 at 3:15am

hmm okay then. Makes Intel attractive again :P

Although ive read someone can run without gpu, he had a certain asus atx board and flipped a BIOS setting.
]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:15:27 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42483&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42483 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : ssateneth wrote:The system...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42458&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42458 Author: zlobster
Subject: 7190
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 at 9:37pm

Originally posted by ssateneth ssateneth wrote:

The system still needs a display adapter of some sort, be it an expansion card, or integrated into the CPU (Current Ryzen chips do not have one). You don't need a monitor but you still need some sort of graphics processor.

If you have an A6-9500 or A8-9600 CPU, which have an iGPU, then you can run without a graphics card, otherwise you will need to purchase a GPU (anything will work, as long as it's a GPU)


He is right, mobo will not POST w/o some sort of GPU. Monitor is optional.

Hell, you can always plop some 1050 or some absolutely entry level GPU and it won't even touch the PSU juice.
]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 21:37:47 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42458&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42458 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : The system still needs a display...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42426&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42426 Author: ssateneth
Subject: 7190
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 at 8:02am

The system still needs a display adapter of some sort, be it an expansion card, or integrated into the CPU (Current Ryzen chips do not have one). You don't need a monitor but you still need some sort of graphics processor.

If you have an A6-9500 or A8-9600 CPU, which have an iGPU, then you can run without a graphics card, otherwise you will need to purchase a GPU (anything will work, as long as it's a GPU)
]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 08:02:54 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42426&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42426 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : my english is just bad :) ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42413&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42413 Author: kerberos_20
Subject: 7190
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 at 6:47am

my english is just bad :)
]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:47:18 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42413&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42413 <![CDATA[<Running a headless Server (Ryzen) possible? : If you say they are able to POST...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42410&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42410 Author: hansi12
Subject: 7190
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 at 6:30am

If you say they are able to POST in your first sentence, why do you say they still need a gpu in your last sentence?
]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:30:49 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7190&PID=42410&title=running-a-headless-server-ryzen-possible#42410