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It's Now Possible To Disable & Strip Down Intel's ME Blob
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Intel ME. one more reason to look forward to ryzen. (keep reminding myself that). I think I got it, a cool ryzen/vega based System76 laptop could last me a few years.Last edited by sarfarazahmad; 13 January 2017, 02:47 AM.
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sarfarazahmad lol, you do know that ryzen will have PSP right? It's basically ME: https://libreboot.org/faq/#amdpsp
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Originally posted by Las_ View Postsarfarazahmad lol, you do know that ryzen will have PSP right? It's basically ME: https://libreboot.org/faq/#amdpsp
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Originally posted by darkbasic View PostPartially?
Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostI know you're joking but I do slightly agree - I couldn't care less about ME existing. As long as it isn't interfering with my user experience, I'll just leave it alone.
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Originally posted by Tomin View PostIt seems that sometimes the network card doesn't wake up on cold boot if ME it's initialization code is removed. I don't know if this applies only to Linux and anyway it will work after reboot.
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Originally posted by zboson View PostIntel does not implement UEFI or BIOS on most motherboards (though I think it does with the NUC). What's stopping a board manufacture such as ASUS from adding this as an advanced option in their BIOS/UEFI?
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Originally posted by Master5000 View PostIntel ME actually has a very good purpose for IT guys and it's not for spying your dumbasses. Leave it alone don't fuck with it, the moron who created that stuff will probably get his ass sued by Intel and get badly fucked. If they want to spy on you you are already fucked. Disabling Intel ME isn't gonna change shit. Be smart! Don't be a conspiracy nutjob. Dumb kids have too much time on their hands to invent shit like this...
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Originally posted by Tomin View PostEdit again: Well, it actually contradicts some of the things I said and I realized that I'd need the flasher anyway to actually flash the firmware. Flashrom doesn't support my board (and many other laptops).
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