No OS Boot without a graphics card
Printed From: ASRock.com
Category: Technical Support
Forum Name: AMD Motherboards
Forum Description: Question about ASRock AMD motherboards
URL: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11405
Printed Date: 27 Jul 2024 at 3:52pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.04 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: No OS Boot without a graphics card
Posted By: alinthda
Subject: No OS Boot without a graphics card
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 10:10pm
Firstly sorry for my bad English, I speak badly this language
I mounted my new server for the house with these components:
- ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe NVMe
- G.Skill Fortis Series 32 Go (4x 8 Go) DDR4 2400 MHz CL15
- Controller card PCI-E 1 port RS-232 (DB-9)
- x8 Seagate barracuda 2TB
I use a graphics card the time of installation, everything works perfectly.
but when I remove the card (because on this server I do not want it for electrical consumption and I'm using ssh for this server) the server does not start.
I feel like it's stuck on the BIOS selection screen.
Is there an option in the bios to allow me to boot without a graphics card?
thank you in advance
|
Replies:
Posted By: kschendel
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 11:46pm
The Ryzen 2600 has no integrated graphics, so you have to have a graphics card of some kind for it to run. I don't know of any option to allow boot with no graphics at all.
|
Posted By: alinthda
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 12:05am
All my other servers under intel xeon with asrock card work without problem.
they do not have integrated display or graphics card
Why make this mandatory with amd?
|
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 3:09am
It is an ASRock thing. Ryzens and TRs can run headless servers without any issue.
It's the mobo that actually checks for a GPU during POST and refuses to boot without one.
|
Posted By: alinthda
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 5:08am
|
There is no solution? No adjustment possible in the bios?
|
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 5:17am
There might be one. I am just not aware of it.
You can also try emailing tech support for more info.
Or you could get a $100 server/VM AMD GPU.
|
Posted By: alinthda
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 7:21am
|
I have gpu, that's not the problem. Only for power consumption I do not want a gpu. ASRock allows it with Intel and not with AMD? weird
|
Posted By: xhue
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 7:44pm
Most discrete GPU have a really low power draw in idle, while not feeding a monitor, e.g. 12-25W. Some have even lower power sip.
For 24/7 usage it really adds up, but what are your other options?
|
Posted By: alinthda
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 5:17am
|
yes apparently I have no choice. I am disappointed with Asrock. Thanks for your help
|
Posted By: kschendel
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 6:10am
I had to reboot just now so wandered through the BIOS, didn't see anything that sounded like allow headless boot except possibly for the boot splash screen option under Boot - I didn't experiment but you could try it.
I found a reddit posting where someone claimed to be able to boot headless with one of the Gigabyte B450 boards. The interesting bit is that Gigabyte told him no, that doesn't work, you have to have a GPU!
|
Posted By: TemporaryPerson
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2020 at 6:57pm
|
Late to the party, but: I've been able to boot without an attached monitor on an asrock b460m-itx/ac after enabling CSM in the BIOS. Otherwise, I got 5 beeps from the chassis speaker, and no boot.
|
Posted By: hats0id
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2021 at 11:19pm
I have some hosts on Asrock mainboards where i have inetl F without graphics and i can boot OS without any problems.
Asrock B460M Pro4 with i7-10700F = OK
Asrock H370 Pro4 with i3-9100F = OK
Asrock B460M-ITX/ac with i5-10400F = OK
Recently i purchased Gigabyte B460M DS3H with refused to boot with i5-10400F. I was thinking that it Gigabyte MB issue and last time i purchased again Asrock H470M-HVS and you know what? I can't boot OS without graphics. I have tried almost every option in BIOS and no luck.
BTW - i have checked OS logs and system try to BOOT, but something in the end goes wrong. Neworking is not starting, so i can't access it using ssh. We need a specialist to solve this.
/var/log/kern.log without graphics:
Apr 15 17:50:02 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 3.859298] softdog: initialized. soft_noboot=0 soft_margin=60 sec soft_panic=0 (nowayout=0)
Apr 15 17:50:02 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 3.860507] new mount options do not match the existing superblock, will be ignored
Apr 15 17:50:02 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 4.022705] bpfilter: Loaded bpfilter_umh pid 1173
/var/log/kern.log with graphics installed:
Apr 15 18:03:53 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 4.557232] softdog: initialized. soft_noboot=0 soft_margin=60 sec soft_panic=0 (nowayout=0)
Apr 15 18:03:53 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 4.561911] new mount options do not match the existing superblock, will be ignored
Apr 15 18:03:53 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 4.596775] vmbr0: port 1(enp2s0) entered blocking state
Apr 15 18:03:53 43oz-pve1 kernel: [ 4.597609] vmbr0: port 1(enp2s0) entered disabled state
Without grahics networking is not starting. Any ideas?
|
Posted By: hats0id
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2021 at 12:47am
|
Update - centos 7 boots well without graphics. Proxmox VE 6.3 does not boot.
|
|