Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms
Date	2016-12-02 19:08 -0500
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Message-ID	<alpine.LNX.2.02.1612021907070.3958@darkstar.example.org> (permalink)
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2016, Aharon Robbins wrote:

> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1612012327100.2109@darkstar.example.org>,
> Michael Black  <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>> The ME is on the chipset, not the processor itself. You can easily
>>> buy computers with the latest processors but without ME enabled
>>> chipsets. Intel uses the brand "vPro" for systems with the ME.
>>> Just don't buy one if you don't want it.
>>
>> Yikes.
>>
>> That refurbished computer I bought last month has "vPro" listed on the
>> "Intel Inside" sticker.  I'd wondered what that was.
>
> You should be able to disable the ME from the BIOS.

I'm not worried, just that I'd noticed the sticker, then forgot to look up 
what vPro meant, so this thread of the dangers then tells me that I have 
it.

   Michael

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Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-11-29 11:27 +0000
  Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-11-30 13:27 +1100
    Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2016-12-01 03:41 +0000
      Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-12-01 23:28 -0500
        Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2016-12-02 11:25 +0000
          Re: Neutralize ME firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge platforms Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-12-02 19:08 -0500

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