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PC wont boot w/o Monitor
krick:
Having a monitor hooked/not hooked to a PC has absolutely no effect on booting.
I'm sure it's still booting into Windows, even though you can't see it. Turn on the PC without the monitor attached, wait a while for windows to load and then try plugging in the montor to see if it has.
Tell me if I understand the real nature of your question...
You have a PC with a monitor and a TV hooked up to it and you use the TV-out to play games.
You want to boot without the monitor connected, using the TV as the primary display.
There are probably hundreds of people in this forum running MAME cabinets with just a TV so I know it's possible.
It may require special video settings, updated drivers, or an external utility.
What video card are you using? This may make a difference.
If you are using a Nvidia based card, check out the TVTool utility...
http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm
shawshank:
Eyal8r,
I had the same problem. It is really frustrating, but you can get it to work. What type of video card are you using and what OS?
I am using a ATI Radeon card with a DVI adapter to my TV. I had to hook both the PC monitor and TV up at the same time and use extended desktop to mirror both pictures. When booting the system, the TV will not show, but the monitor will still boot. You will only see a picture on your TV after the OS is initialzed. I had to make the TV the primary display and not the PC monitor.
I experienced your problem because the resolution was to high for the TV, so the systems was always looking for the PC monitor to be connected. After you mirror both you need to set the res to 60hz , then the TV picture will come on and the PC monitor will go off because the res is too low. MAKE SURE THE TV IS THE PRIMARY AND THE PC MONITOR IS SECONDARY. Then reboot.
Also I am using Powerstrip to size the picture on the TV.
Hope this helps!