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Asked: 2024-09-29 16:16:45 +0800 CST

Intel AMT: KVM only with external display connected?

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I have set up Intel ME (v11.8.92) and use MeshCommander for access.

The remote deskop (KVM) works well, as long as I have an external monitor connected in the VGA port. But if I disconnect the external monitor (also with a power cycle), the KVM screen remains black. Sometimes I get a single blinking dash at the very beginning (where there should be the BIOS).

Is this normal? And is there a setting to enable KVM regardless of whether external display is connected?

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    As far as I know, this is normal behavior with AMT. It doesn't work the same way as iLO/iDRAC on servers – it is meant for remote management of workstations (desktops), not of headless systems, and the iGPU doesn't pretend to have an always-active output.

    If there's no display connected, you have to connect one of those "dummy HDMI" or "EDID emulator" plugs that pretend to be a real display, so that the iGPU would generate output for AMT to capture.

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