Intel ME on Non-Q Chipset Boards? Can you Bios Level Remote Access also Non-Q Chipset Boards?

Special Topics Intel Management Engine
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Hi,

i read several posts here, where people have issues with ME on their B-Chipset boards.

I thought you have Intel ME capabilities only on Q-Chipsets?! So I only bought Q-Boards so that I can have Intel AMT functionality, avoiding for example Z-Chips, or cheaper B-Chips which I would have maybe purchased if they would support Intel AMT.

Can you have BIOS level remote access also on B-Chipsets? Or why do non-Q chipsets have intel ME firmware instealled, if (accoridng to my knowledge) they don’t support the vPro features?

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I can’t answer your direct questions, but I can tell you often BIOS or ME FW settings directly can dictate what features are enabled on any given motherboard, and those can be changed via BIOS edit or MW FW edit to enable or disable features

plutomaniac will have to answer you directly, as he has much more knowledge about ME and chipset info

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These were valid 10 years ago. These questions should be asked at the Intel forums.

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All Intel based PCs have Intel ME firmware- it’s involved in hardware initialization and may have extra functions. You can even have a corporate ME- version without having AMT- support.

BIOS Version: V2.11
MEBx Version: 10.0.0.0004
Gbe Version: Unknown
VendorID: 8086
PCH Version: 0
FW Version: 9.1.45.3000 H
LMS Version: 11.7.0.1060
MEI Driver Version: 11.7.0.1057

FW Capabilities: 0x1930194C

Intel(R) Active Management Technology - NOT PRESENT
Intel(R) Standard Manageability - NOT PRESENT
Intel(R) Small Business Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology - NOT PRESENT
Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
Service Advertisement & Discovery - NOT PRESENT
Intel(R) NFC Capabilities - NOT PRESENT
Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - NOT PRESENT
The capabilities are part of the ME firmware (only the corporate version did have AMT) and may be enabled or not. In addition your chipset and your processor need to have AMT- capabilities. i7-4990(S/T) for example is AMT (Vpro) capable, i7-4990K is not; i5-440 is not, i5-450 is. For the chipsets it was the Q(M)** type which did have AMT abilities.
These were the rules up to Haswell, later generations I don’t have knowledge.

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Yeah that’s also my info. Only the combination of Q-Chipset and a vPro enabled CPU allow AMT. No other chipset allows that.