Re: confirmation of uselessness re: motherboard eDP port

On 3/21/2025 2:10 PM, bitrex wrote:

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.

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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)
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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

For me, it's most often Dell or HP -- and, likely a server instead of
a desktop machine.  Less reliance on "dubious" documentation and a
passing interest in a particular product offering.  (gotta wonder how
much care goes into folks offering LOTS of "different" product!)
As I said, upthread, you can likely find a relatively easy way of
adding an "internal" display off an internal USB port (even it the
port is just implemented on an 8-pin header).
The last HDMI cable that I rescued had a USBC-HDMI adapter hanging
off the end.
Of course, then you need a *real* "display" and not just a "panel".
Perhaps embed a *tablet*, powered from the main power supply and
linked via USB or a wireless protocol?
[As I said, I just use a text-only module to give me the most recent
text on the serial port.  The display I use is tiny -- like 2 lines
of 16.  But, I've modified it so I can scroll left/right, up/down
AND have modified the boot messages so there is less of a NEED to do
those things; often the messages just remind me that I've left
a thumb drive plugged in that isn't bootable, etc.]
As for "regret", few such decisions are "permanent".  (I brought home
four 2U 2200VA UPSs yesterday and now have to find a place for them.
Far more likely to prove "regrettable"!)