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eyal8r:
ok- my Mame PC will not boot unless I have a PC monitor plugged into the thing. Since I'm using a tv, that's a pain in the butt to drag a monitor out and plug it in every time I need to reboot. Is there a way around this?

Basically, upon bootup- it just emits a loud beep, and then sits there doing nothing. Any ideas?  Well, now that I say that- the screen is black, so I assume it's doing nothing. For all I know, it's booting to Windows, and since it didn't detect a monitor at bootup, it won't allow the TV to display anything.  Any ideas?
Thanks
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Lilwolf:
What video card are you using?

I've never seen this (and owned most brands of video cards).   I guess with plug-n-play video cards a driver could now require it...

btw, you should be able to test it out of cabinet without a monitor... and plug it in quickly and see what the error is.
Thenasty:
try goinh into the bios (standard) and select none for Video.
LordDamo:

--- Quote from: Thenasty on January 25, 2005, 03:31:48 pm ---try goinh into the bios (standard) and select none for Video.

--- End quote ---

Also check to see if the "halt on all errors" is enabled.
moonpatrol 4 lyfe:
If none of those options work, you could try wiring up a null modem cable... except it would be more like a null monitor cable =)  Not exactly sure what resitors, diodes, etc you'd need.

Bill
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