Re: confirmation of uselessness re: motherboard eDP port

On 3/18/2025 12:33 AM, Don Y wrote:

On 3/17/2025 1:45 PM, bitrex wrote:

ASRock seems to be the champion of motherboards with gimmicks. This mini-ITX desktop PC motherboard:
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<https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H610M-ITXeDP/index.asp>
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has an eDP port for connecting a laptop-like display to the iGPU, ostensibily for mounting a side panel display _inside_ the case to show through the window on the case, as the cool gamer kids do.

 What would be the purpose of such an *extra* display?  Do you envision
it as a second monitor that requires the PC to be located at eye level
(instead of beneath the work-surface)?  Does that save anything
over just plugging a second EXTERNAL monitor into a second video
port (prettymuch commonplace, nowadays)
 If you're just looking for a nominal "information display", then something
that hangs off a ubiquitous internal USB or serial port seems a safer
bet (I have a little "module" that I use for such a purpose -- mainly to
tell me why a boot goes awry)

Right. I usually buy ASus, I already regret my decision with this one. Independent of its quirky hardware layout its got some BIOS quirks that are less fun