I can't argue the point, because, unlike you, I've only ever had to try it once. A new board wouldn't boot and tech support told me to remove everything but the CPU and it should reach the BIOS. It didn't, and they replaced it. It makes sense as the BIOS doesn't use RAM. But I imagine boards may be different.
I _did_ point out there may be trouble if the onboard video has been disabled in the bios. And I specifically pointed out it wouldn't load the OS since there's obviously nothing to load it _to_. So, why are _you_ all the time trying mobos with no ram? On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh? "Loading the OS" means loading it into RAM. If there is no RAM, you > can't load the OS at all. And with "on-board" video, a portion of the > motherboard RAM is used as video RAM (and therefore is unavailable for use as > system RAM), and without system RAM, there is no place for the video > circuitry to look for what to display. > > Every motherboard I have ever powered up with no RAM (both on-board video and > separate video card) has just beeped some beep code and stopped, well before > ever displaying anything on video. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
