Could it be that someone’s already had a play with the board? Seems like an odd configuration, and if it were normal, I’d guess that it’d be the #1-10 hits on Google as every man and his dog would be running into the same problem.
Also, just a thought, if the board supports Intel vPro, then the AMT feature would allow someone to reconfigure the BIOS over the LAN, thus getting around the Catch 22 situation you describe. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:04 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] New PC no video My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the confused and worried him. He also could get no video out of the motherboard, so in desperation he stuck a video card in, and it worked. Then in the BIOS screen he set it to use "onboard video" (which normally has to be the default), after which it works without the video card. So how stupid is that?! A perfect Catch-22 .. you can't configure the video to work until you get the video working. Sheesh! I'wondering if the ASRock board come out of the factory with the wrong settings -- GK On 23 January 2016 at 17:43, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com<mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com>> wrote: We couldn't even get the BIOS screen to show -- GK That’s tell-tale for RAM not seated, and/or CPU. I’m not sure with these new MBs whether there is a connection to a speaker but it was used as a useful fault detection by a pattern of “beeps”. Your MB’s guide may show a pattern of LEDs for fault diagnosis (green/red lights on the board). Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
