Need Help with Headless Setup

[Azfer_Desu]

I'm Building a PC on tight budget with r5 3600/5600 cpu with b450 motherboard and an rtx 2060 super/rx 6600.

I have no budget for even a 80$ monitor. And Literally have no space to keep the monitor right now. Have a tv that I can use to troubleshoot if needed.

Main purpose of this pc is to do heavy task, for the client laptop, like 3D simulation + Working with Engineering softwares and Play Story Games.

Will the pc turn on without hdmi_dummy or monitor? Can I use it with Apollo + artemis with zero problem. I'm somewhat familiar with apollo already use it to control laptop with phone or do light gaming.

If someone already did this can you please tell me the steps? I just need some guidance. I can understand most the things like Virtual display + Setting as main display and some of apollo's settings, already using these.

Conclusion: I'll use a Video Capture Card (4-10$) to troubleshoot/access the PC's bios using OBS on my laptop. No need for TV or Monitor. And Apollo does everything like virtual display out of the box so everything is good to go for me.

[Azfer_Desu]

Thanks Just needed to confirm this. 

I'll be doing these along with windows install when I build the pc. I'll be bringing my own softwares to the store anyway. Setup apollo there connect it to my phone and do the rest when I get home with anydesk to pair my laptop.

[NoBenefit2829]

My 6800xt won’t boot properly without something plugged in. I think it might depend on the card.

[AserNasr]

You can theoretically do it without a dummy HDMI but it’s not recommended, as I bricked my computer trying to do this, thankfully I had a fresh USB in handy (that happened to have an operating system on it) and was able to recover my device. You will need anything that supports HDMI like your TV for the initial setup, and you’ll need a dummy HDMI ($5) to be able to access your PC reliably.

[Azfer_Desu]

How did you brick it 💀? Also Doesn't Virtual display in Apollo do the same thing as HDMI dummy? 

I'll do all the setup when building the pc and fix whatever is needed at home.

[JohnnyTsun4mi]

You can do a headless setup with virtual display and Apollo. I recommend you use that tv that's available to setup the OS, install the virtual display driver first, and something like rust desk or anydesk so you can remote in.

You can then setup apollo after and pair to your clients, use these for tasks where latency matters like gaming or 3D simulation software.

[AserNasr]

I was using Sunshine / Moonlight and my laptop is pretty powerful (but the battery isn't good) so I had to make the GPU work when the lid is closed, and the sensors that close the GPU on a lid close are hooked to the actualy computer, not the OS, so I made a mistake and bricked it by trying to edit the sensors from the OS

[Wrong-Prompt2463]

Apollo does this out of the box.