Re: Putting together a computer from old components

On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 15:27:37 +0000
Richard Kettlewell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Spiros Bousbouras <[email protected]> writes:
> > The Intel management engine and the analogous from AMD creep me out so I
> > want to put a computer together using old processors from before these
> > facilities came into the picture.
> 
> Is there a reason why you don’t want to buy a current platform and
> disable the feature in the firmware? You might need to do a bit of
> research to ensure you get something where disabling it is possible but
> it seems a lot easier than building a computer from old parts.

Is it possible to disable them ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Secure_Technology  does not say anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine :

    Disabling the ME[edit]

    It is normally not possible for the user to disable the ME. Some
    undocumented methods to do so were discovered, but these methods
    are not supported by Intel.^[43]

If you can point me to a guide which shows how you can reliably disable the
functionality on either Intel or AMD processors , I would appreciate it.
While I'm at it , there are companies which build a computer for you
according to specifications. If you happen to know any which also offer to
disable for you the management engines of the computer they build , that
would be even better. I *would* prefer modern hardware , I'm just not
prepared to pay the price of having the management engines.

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