Motherboard won't operate without VGA connection

has anyone had experience with a motherboard not operating unless a VGA monitor connection is made?

i have a VIA pico-itx sized board that i want to run without keyboard, mouse, and monitor. if i plug in the monitor, everything works great. i unplug the monitor and the board shuts down.

i examined the BIOS and have the "headless" option set to enabled, but that doesn't help.

any ideas? thanks.

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freezingHot

8/22/2022 - Mon

Rob Miners

1/5/2013

If your handy with a soldering iron you can make your own or pick one up from eBay.

VGA Dummy Plugs

http://soerennielsen.dk/mod/VGAdummy/index_en.php

freezingHot

1/5/2013

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thanks - was hoping it was a BIOS setting or something of the sort. i'm hoping the manufacturer has a jumper setting for it. it's strange to me that an embedded board would required a VGA monitor to operate.

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