12th Gen - Standalone mode?

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I am trying to get my 12th gen i7-1280p board to boot in standalone mode and struggling. I’ve had it since they were released in the 13” chassis, but I preordered the new AI 370 board and am trying to move the 12th gen board into a 3d printed case. I did this with my 11th gen board without issue and am wanting to do the same with 12th gen.

Running bios 3.08
CPU: i7-1280p
64gb Ram (2x 32gb Corsair)
1TB WD SN850 nVME
Standalone mode enabled in bios.

If I disconnect the battery while still in the chassis, it still boots fine. But if I pull the board from the 13” chassis… which means no more display, and move it to the printed case, I just get a long series of RGB led flashes when I press the power button. It appears to still want the internal display connected best I can tell. Any other steps you need to follow on a 12th gen board to get it to work ? I’ve disconnected the audio board and wifi module to troubleshoot, no effect.

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Did you try a mainboard reset?
If a board is ever doing something it shouldn’t, it’s good to try that. Since once in a rare time, the boards can get confused.

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It looks like it’s working now. I tried disconnecting things one at a time in the chassis. But I couldn’t make it not seemingly boot even though I had no display. My display port module might not be working or it could be my monitor right now.

I swapped display port for HDMI and I’ll be dipped, it is actually booting. No weird LED blinking.

Whatever. I’m happy now lol. I’ve seriously wasted two hours on this, made a post, and then it starts working.

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