Skybuck Flying wrote:
Hello,

I switched my monitor from GT 520 graphics card to integrated graphics
RADEON 3300 chip/monitor connector.

So there are two hdmi connectors.

I noticed how the computer appeared to refuse to boot when there was no
monitor connected ?!?

Is that normal ? Is this a new kind of motherboard feature ?

(Perhaps it's a conspiracy People trying to boot "planks" with
"beeps" will think it's dead and buy a new one ! =))

Bye,
Skybuck.

See the user manual.

Check for "Primary Graphics Adapter". Values are
[PCI], [Onboard], [PCI Express].

The setting controls the search for video adapters, and
may make a difference to whether the BIOS will display
on the screen or not.

While the monitor is connected to the video card, change
it to [Onboard], save and exit, then move the monitor
to the motherboard video connector and see what happens.

It shouldn't make a difference to booting, so I don't know
whether this is going to help or not.

*******

Another setting you would have been able to try, would be

"Halt On" [No Errors]

but your Asrock BIOS doesn't have that option. Perhaps
you could bypass a video problem, with a setting like that,
but it isn't available according to the manual. Take a
look through your BIOS screens, to see if it actually exists.

Paul