Can i boot bios without needing a Graphics card? so i can check the integrity of parts as i go?
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It completely depends on your motherboard. If you have a motherboard with onboard graphics, then yes, you can boot bios, just plug your monitor to the onboard graphics port. if you have a motherboard without an onboard graphics chip, you will be able to boot the bios (providing you have CPU and RAM installed), but you won't be able to see anything, so it will be no use booting the bios to check if parts are working correctly, or to alter settings without a graphics card hope that helps
892190
Yes, as long as you have "boot from usb device" enabled and set in your bios.
781144
If youre talking about a motherboard port..you can put it on the card without any changes. your mobo/software should see it fine. You may need to modify your boot sequence.
1296594
First check the documentation for the motherboard and what it supports, because you can fry the board if you do not put in the right RAM
895893
According to the internet, you may need BIOS rev 3. Maybe check with Gigabyte's support?
837201
The board does have onboard graphics capabilities, however only giving you a maximum of 1MB of shared video memory. If you are going to be doing any kind of gaming or graphics intensive applications (i.e. photo editing) you will need to invest a separate video card. So to answer the question, technically you can run it without a video card, but you will be quickly disappointed when you run out of video memory trying to play games or any graphics intensive processing.
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when you get into the bios, there will be a very big sign said setting on the left, into this menu and you will see advanced, after that you will see hardware monitor then you can figure whatever you need, that's all I found, pretty good motherboard
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Not out of the box, but it can with updated BIOS You can find the latest BIOS version on Asus website
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The bios rom can be downloaded from the asus website. After it is downloaded, copy it to a flash drive and reboot the computer without the hard drive connected. Ensure that the rom file is the only file on the flash drive. In the bios, go to the flash bios section and follow the instructions.
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In short no - The chip has built in video. At least the LGA1155 socket MB's, I've seen have either a VGA or DVI or HDMI socket built in. No graphics card needed.
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Yes, according to the support website linked below. However, it requires a later BIOS version than what may be currently on your board. You may have to flash the BIOS to use it. http://goo.gl/7108ON
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Yes I recommend this PC for you, but you will need ALL of the Software to install from scratch and do the BIOS Update.
455846
Yes sure. You just have to check your motherboard has a PCI-Express interface.
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Yes, it did it for me out of the box, and i have the 3970X also. I recommend to flash the Bios anyway.
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I haven't tried to do it, but I don't see why not so long as there is a Mint/Linux kernel for that CPU and drivers. Note that the machine came with the OS installed so be sure to do a backup and boot media. You might want to contact ASUS: http://service.asus.com, +01888-678-3688 to be sure.
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I used a SATA drive for the boot disk and it was running Windows Vista.It did have an IDE CD-ROM drive that worked fine.I think the BIOS allows you to set the IDE drive as the boot, but I no longer have the system with me.My family member went back to their home, out of state, so I have no way of testing.
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The Bios would need an update, I suggest going for a Z97 board, which you should easily be able to find for a similar price.