OT: onboard video dead, what next?

[Alex Beamish]

On 4/14/05, Matt Price <matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> ok, what do I do now...  I have a Dell Optiplex GX1 (Don't kno much
> about the motherboard 'cept it's a funky folded-up board w/ the PCI
> slots at right angles to the rest of the board).  It seems to me to
> boot up fine, to find, for instance, the hard drive and the CD;
> ethernet connects fine (I can ping but naught else -- I think the hard
> drive has windows something-or-other installed on it); but I get no
> signal out of the onboard video (this worked fine last time I tried
> the machine out but it's been used by a not-so-careful friend for a
> while).  I actually want to set this up as a server so am not too
> particular about the video access.. but I guess I need video to
> e.g. see the BIOS screen or any other such thing.
> 
> So what do I do next?  Anyone know the procedure?

I would try throwing in some cheapie video card to see if the machine
will also display at the POST on that. From there, you may be able to
get the BIOS to select the cheapie video card and not the on board
video.

I'm not familiar with the Dell, but give it a shot.

Alex
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