# Can the motherboard run without display? Battery?

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/can-the-motherboard-run-without-display-battery/1443>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-the-motherboard-run-without-display-battery/1443 "2021-05-13T21:08:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn\_Lewis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/shawn_lewis/32/48158_2.png) [@Shawn\_Lewis](https://community.frame.work/u/Shawn_Lewis)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/can-the-motherboard-run-without-display-battery/1443/21 "2021-10-29T02:08:30Z")

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@CJ_Elevated, So was I. I am also planning to use the mainboard to run a drone at some point (cuz it has an AV1 encoder).

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