An information handling system includes a display panel, a panel connector, and a source device. The display panel displays images at different resolutions. The enables display data signals to be sent to the display panel. The source device determines whether an auxiliary channel is present between the source device and the panel connector, operates in a first embedded display operation mode if the auxiliary channel is present, otherwise determines if an enable signal has been received, and operates in a second embedded display operation mode when the enable signal has been received. The source device also communicates the display data signals to the display panel through the panel connector via a same set of pins of the source device during both the first embedded display operation mode and the second embedded display operation mode.