Recent content by thislinuxguy

You can attach a BIOS speaker to hear if it is posting and if not what the error code is. For me it did beep the incompatible memory code.

Hey, the board is a server mainboard supporting Xeon processors which do not have onboard graphics. The onboard graphics are provided by the ASPEED chip on the motherboard. If I remember correctly, both HDMI and VGA worked. But do try to change resolutions on your monitor if your board posts...

Hey, thanks for the reply, although I have solved the issue by now (it's been a full month after all). I'm sorry I didn't post the solution/mark it as solved. Yes, the MB has an Aspeed VGA chip. I tried resetting CMOS first & then some other things, but as I already suspected & then confirmed...

Hey, let's start by saying that I've done quite a few PC builds, but never something with an server MB/ECC supporting MB. The setup is a replacement for the AMD desktop hardware currently in my NAS (with a tiny case). To save some $ (or € in my case), I bought some older used components. So I...