Details of Monitor function for MSI AIO?

[CrunchyDoodle]

I have a bare-bones AE2020 AIO (AA1511-001US). Like most AIO PC boxes, the AE2020 has some monitor inputs and monitor controls - but how exactly do these work? I did try the experiment with the AIO running where I connected a laptop VGA out to the VGA in and used the monitor control buttons to select VGA and the laptop screen showed up just fine on the AIO screen with the expected Plug-and-Play beeps along the way. I also tried connecting my Panasonic HD camcorder to the HDMI input with no reaction at all - nada. I have connected this same camcorder with the same HDMI cable to one of our HDTV sets with HDMI and that works great. Another thing that puzzles me is the full functionality of the monitor power button. With the AIO running, pressing the monitor power button will turn off the AIO screen, and pressing it again will turn it back on, but nothing else.

So what else should that monitor power button do? According to Eddy at MSI technical support, the AIO monitor is supposed to be able to act as a stand-alone monitor with the main system power off. I had him repeat that statement in more detail. He said that I should be able to plug the AIO power cable in and press the monitor power button, and the monitor only will come on and it will display whichever input, VGA or HDMI, I select. This does not work. With the main system power off, the monitor controls, including monitor power, do nothing.

So how does your MSI AIO work? Can you use the monitor as a stand-alone monitor with the main system power off? Can you display the 1080i output from an HD camcorder at all? Can you display anything through the HDMI input?

Bye.   

 

[nashab2015]

I have the same problem with my MSI Gaming 24GE 2QE, the Monitor Power/ Mode Button does not work when the main system power off (a little red led blink on the back of the screen).
I followed all steps provided in the user guide to run this 'MSI instant display technology' but same problem.
I've opened a ticket from 7 years with no answer which is frustrating.

 

[fauc]

For the Gaming 24GE 2QE is as monitor, please connect HDMI cable between on HDMI-IN port on Gaming 24GE 2QE and another system first and modify to HDMI monitor mode.

 

[8kaito152f02d4]

Hi! I had similar problem with with connecting MSI AE2400 through its HDMI-in as an external monitor for my laptop. Not sure if this is how it's supposed to work, but I think I came up with a solution or at least, a workaround.

Although I did a lot of random series of disconnecting-reconnecting-restarting, the steps that worked for me in general look like this:
1) Connect your laptop, through HDMI cable, to HDMI-in port of your All-In-One (AIO).
2) Open the display settings on your laptop and make sure that the external monitor is recognized and shown as a second display.
3) Turn on your AIO. Do not log into Windows.
4) As soon as the login screen for Windows appears, got to the lower right corner and select "Turn off".
5) The Windows on AIO will turn off, but the computer itself will stay on, load the screen from your laptop and from now on will work as an external monitor.
The issue I am facing now is that AIO in external-monitor-mode is going into sleep mode every ~10 min or so, and I have to hit the power button then to wake it up. This is not very troublesome, as this is just screen going to sleep (the display is not getting disconnected). Before the displays goes to sleep, there is a stop of the sound (that is also transferred through HDMI, by the way).

I have also tried turning off all boot options in BIOS in order for the AIO to bypass Windows logon and go straight into the monitor mode, but that DOES NOT WORK as the computer goes into a loop asking to select a boot device.
It is worth to add that all of this takes place 14 years after the AIO PC has been released, so it is basically useless as a computer. I just need the 24" screen.

Later I will try to play around with the hardware - open the PC and disconnect all the stuff that is not needed for the monitor-mode and just leave the display ports, display processor and power. I will post here with the results.

There is also an interesting video I have found, if you want to go full tinkerer: youtube.com/watch?v=mETcpdbly8I . I am not planning to do that (at least for now), but I am though worried about the weight of the "monitor", how much it heats up and its power consumption....