H57M-ED65 without a Video Card?

Hello -
Is there any setting that I may be missing in the BIOS of my H57M-ED65 that will allow it to boot without a Video Card in it?   
Im using the 750 chip and its an ESX host for my home lab and I would prefer to keep it low power and not put a video card in it....
Thanks

 Not with that CPU, the quad core i5 750 doesn't have integrated graphics. You will need a dual core CPU (i3 or i5) with integrated graphics or a separate video card.
 If you didn't know it, the graphics for that MB is in the CPU, not on the MB. You can't boot without some graphics device either, CPU with integrated graphics or discrete video card.

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