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This might sound a bit silly but I'm not a very techy guy, my question
is that I have a brand new system without operating system over it my
graphi card has 2 DVI outputs and I have a LCD which supports DVI as
well as VGA, now to install a new operating system I need to see the
basic BIOS output on my LCD so would the DVI or VGA output the BIOS
without windows on my LCD?

P.S. my motherboard does not have builtin graphics.

Thanks

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This might sound a bit silly but I'm not a very techy guy, my question
is that I have a brand new system without operating system over it my
graphi card has 2 DVI outputs and I have a LCD which supports DVI as
well as VGA, now to install a new operating system I need to see the
basic BIOS output on my LCD so would the DVI or VGA output the BIOS
without windows on my LCD?

Both. Not OS dependent.


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Unless you have an older Apple monitor you should be fine.


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This might sound a bit silly but I'm not a very techy guy, my question
is that I have a brand new system without operating system over it my
graphi card has 2 DVI outputs and I have a LCD which supports DVI as
well as VGA, now to install a new operating system I need to see the
basic BIOS output on my LCD so would the DVI or VGA output the BIOS
without windows on my LCD?

P.S. my motherboard does not have builtin graphics.

Thanks

Either the DVI or VGA would work fine to show your BIOS. HOWEVER, use the
DVI for a much sharper image.

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This might sound a bit silly but I'm not a very techy guy, my question
is that I have a brand new system without operating system over it my
graphi card has 2 DVI outputs and I have a LCD which supports DVI as
well as VGA, now to install a new operating system I need to see the
basic BIOS output on my LCD so would the DVI or VGA output the BIOS
without windows on my LCD?

P.S. my motherboard does not have builtin graphics.

Thanks

wrote:
This might sound a bit silly but I'm not a very techy guy, my question
is that I have a brand new system without operating system over it my
graphi card has 2 DVI outputs and I have a LCD which supports DVI as
well as VGA, now to install a new operating system I need to see the
basic BIOS output on my LCD so would the DVI or VGA output the BIOS
without windows on my LCD?

P.S. my motherboard does not have builtin graphics.

Thanks


some times my Sony monitor will stay "asleep" for an extra few seconds
while booting up cold, and I'll miss seeing the POST screen from which
you can access the BIOS. If you're having trouble seeing the BIOS
during boot up try flipping your monitor power on and off right before
you start to boot.


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