Use Displaylink Monitor on BIOS level

Sean Westgate · 01-16-2013, 02:33 PM

Has anyone created an embedded device and used a DisplayLink monitor as primary monitor so that even BIOS notifications are displayed on it. We are investigating the use of a 7" touch screen monitor built into the PC and want to not only use it as primary monitor, but also re-route all BIOS and windows startup screens to the this monitor. Has anyone done that?

We are planning on using Win7 embedded.

Many thanks for any info.

Sean

Wim · 01-18-2013, 11:07 AM

No - DisplayLink displays are not currently supported by PC BIOSes.

Wim

jackiejane · 03-17-2014, 07:59 AM

Does DisplayLink support UEFI BIOS now?

alana · 08-06-2015, 01:40 PM

I'd also be interested to hear if DisplayLink support UEFI BIOS now, or if there is a new way to have DisplayLink show the BIOS content? 6 years is a long time, so hopefully this is now possible! I have problems with Windows switching into checking for corrupt disks after a bad shutdown, which prevents the DisplayLink drivers being loaded.

01-16-2013, 02:33 PM	#1
Sean Westgate Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1	Use Displaylink Monitor on BIOS level Has anyone created an embedded device and used a DisplayLink monitor as primary monitor so that even BIOS notifications are displayed on it. We are investigating the use of a 7" touch screen monitor built into the PC and want to not only use it as primary monitor, but also re-route all BIOS and windows startup screens to the this monitor. Has anyone done that? We are planning on using Win7 embedded. Many thanks for any info. Sean

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01-18-2013, 11:07 AM	#2
Wim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,561	No - DisplayLink displays are not currently supported by PC BIOSes. Wim

03-17-2014, 07:59 AM	#3
jackiejane Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1	Does DisplayLink support UEFI BIOS now?

08-06-2015, 01:40 PM	#4
alana Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1	I'd also be interested to hear if DisplayLink support UEFI BIOS now, or if there is a new way to have DisplayLink show the BIOS content? 6 years is a long time, so hopefully this is now possible! I have problems with Windows switching into checking for corrupt disks after a bad shutdown, which prevents the DisplayLink drivers being loaded.