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The ME (AMT) is never actually disabled or deleted as long as the FW is there and running. Plus you should take advantage of the fact that the 450 is still sup
by close04 8y ago
The ME (AMT) is never actually disabled or deleted as long as the FW is there and running.
Plus you should take advantage of the fact that the 450 is still supported and gets a ME FW update.
Yesterday I updated all my machines with Gen 4 CPU with new BIOS, new ME FW, and (surprisingly) new TPM FW. The Gen 3 CPU machines barely got a BIOS update for Metldown/Spectre and that's it.
- brian_herman 8y agoSo I would just update the bios and it will return back to normal?
- close04 8y agoUpdating the BIOS if you have this option goes without saying. TBH, the BIOS and various FW in your machine should always be kept up to date. Just give them 1 month from launch and let others test it to make sure it doesn't have any serious issues, then just update. And as long as you are not using it and don't need it you might as well disable and unconfigure it in BIOS. Of course in this state your machine is ready for reconfiguring it and it will accept the default "admin" ME password. Which means you have to make sure you have a good BIOS password. This will prevent someone who has 2 minutes alone with your machine from reenabling and configuring it without you even noticing.