Question to Windows users

    Stuart
    May 20 2006 | 8:51 am
    My setup revolves around a Mac with no keyboard and no monitor - all communication is via midi.
    Now, my old Pentium II gets grumpy if I try to boot without a keyboard attached, let alone without a monitor.
    Is it generally possible to run XP or whatever without monitor/mouse/keyboard ? Do I have to do something to enable this ?
    I'd dearly love to swap to Windows due to timing issues, and the Intel Macs seem to offer the perfect opportunity. However, if the Windows thing doesn't work, I'll wait for the native Max/MSP.
    Thanks,
    Stuart
    • nesa
      May 20 2006 | 11:18 am
      hello,
      some pcs can be booted without keyboard, most without monitor, but almost all bioses have very stupid bug: if there is no keyboard attached, bios halts before boot and asks you to press f1 to continue. To avoid this, one has to enter bios setup and disable 'halt on error' things, or something along those lines.
      best, nesa
    • Rui Caldas
      May 20 2006 | 12:15 pm
      hi
      there are some motherboards that can boot with no keyboard. mouse and monitor and keyboard is not important for XP!!!
      but to the board.... There are some bords that can not boot.
      so you have to try to boot without keyboard. you can also try to explore the bios system (press delete on boot) and look for an option that you can enable/disable to boot computer without the "Press F1 to continue".
      my current board does not need keyoard to boot... the keyboard is USB, so ps2 do not detect...bla bla bla My bios has that option.
      i hope that helps!
    • Stuart
      May 20 2006 | 1:34 pm
      Aha. I wonder if any Intel Mac owners could perform a quick test...?
      My thanks for the help. Looks like I'm going to have to get my hands oily on the bios :-(