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No. Systems which don't advertise vPro support probably don't include the necessary firmware even if the hardware is capable of supporting it.
by magila 8y ago
No. Systems which don't advertise vPro support probably don't include the necessary firmware even if the hardware is capable of supporting it.
- neop1x 8y agoit may be fully there, just disabled in software. I was able to query vpro firmware version from Linux on my laptop, which is "non-vPro" and I was able to use me_cleaner to remove most parts of ME firmware and physically flash the SPI flash chip. Now it shows "machine is not in committed state" in BIOS during booting but everything works (except ME of course).
- discreditable 8y agoThe Management Engine firmware blob for a non-vPro device is just under 2MB. For a vPro device it's 7MB. To me this hints that the functionality is not there rather than neutered. Of course, no one outside of Intel really knows.