The libreboot docs claim that "...the ME is present on all Intel desktop, mobile (laptop), and server systems since mid 2006."
This board, ASUS P5K-E WiFi, is from 2007 so it should probably have it. The CPU is Intel Core 2 DUO E8400.
The file read from the SIP8 chip appears to be an encrypted/compressed file, so I had to use mmtool v3.26 to extract the uncompressed BIOS (named as "sip8_original.bin" below).
Here's its ifdtool output:
./ifdtool -d sip8_original.bin
ICH Revision: 100 series Sunrise Point
FLMAP0: 0x661775f9
NR: 6
FRBA: 0x170
NC: 2
FCBA: 0xf90
FLMAP1: 0x67c0b70f
ISL: 0x67
FPSBA: 0xc00
NM: 3
FMBA: 0xf0
FLMAP2: 0x87892666
PSL: 0x8926
FMSBA: 0x660
FLUMAP1: 0x00000000
Intel ME VSCC Table Length (VTL): 0
Intel ME VSCC Table Base Address (VTBA): 0x000000
ME VSCC table:
OEM Section:
00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Found Region Section
FLREG0: 0x00000000
Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff
FLREG1: 0x00040100
Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00100000 - 00004fff (unused)
FLREG2: 0x54534f50
Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00f50000 - 00453fff (unused)
FLREG3: 0x53435f32
Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00f32000 - 00343fff (unused)
FLREG4: 0x01004745
Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00745000 - 00100fff (unused)
Found Component Section
FLCOMP 0x00000000
Dual Output Fast Read Support: not supported
Read ID/Read Status Clock Frequency: 20MHz
Write/Erase Clock Frequency: 20MHz
Fast Read Clock Frequency: 20MHz
Fast Read Support: not supported
Read Clock Frequency: 20MHz
Component 2 Density: 512KB
Component 1 Density: 512KB
FLILL 0x00000000
Invalid Instruction 3: 0x00
Invalid Instruction 2: 0x00
Invalid Instruction 1: 0x00
Invalid Instruction 0: 0x00
FLPB 0x00000000
Flash Partition Boundary Address: 0x000000
Found PCH Strap Section
PCHSTRP0: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP1: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP2: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP3: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP4: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP5: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP6: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP7: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP8: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP9: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP10: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP11: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP12: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP13: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP14: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP15: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP16: 0x00000000
PCHSTRP17: 0x00000000
AltMeDisable bit is not set
Found Master Section
FLMSTR1: 0x0000eff0 (Host CPU/BIOS)
Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
GbE Region Write Access: disabled
Intel ME Region Write Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
Flash Descriptor Write Access: disabled
Platform Data Region Read Access: disabled
GbE Region Read Access: disabled
Intel ME Region Read Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access: disabled
Flash Descriptor Read Access: disabled
Requester ID: 0xeff0
FLMSTR2: 0x000a8900 (Intel ME)
Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
GbE Region Write Access: disabled
Intel ME Region Write Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
Flash Descriptor Write Access: disabled
Platform Data Region Read Access: disabled
GbE Region Read Access: enabled
Intel ME Region Read Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access: enabled
Flash Descriptor Read Access: disabled
Requester ID: 0x8900
FLMSTR3: 0x800002c0 (GbE)
Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
GbE Region Write Access: disabled
Intel ME Region Write Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
Flash Descriptor Write Access: disabled
Platform Data Region Read Access: disabled
GbE Region Read Access: disabled
Intel ME Region Read Access: disabled
Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access: disabled
Flash Descriptor Read Access: disabled
Requester ID: 0x02c0
Found Processor Strap Section
????: 0x06720000
????: 0x66f800b4
????: 0xb4f9c35e
????: 0xe8f8eb87
????: 0x00000392
????: 0x5666f1eb
????: 0xff01be66
????: 0x75fe8566
In order to make sure, I also downloaded the official "BIOS" file, and extracted its own uncompressed file. diff shows that this file from official website (after extraction) is the same as the one read from SIP8 (after extraction); The ifdtool outputs of the 2 files are also the same.
$ sudo intelmetool
Not sure if ME hardware is present because you have a `82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller`, but it is possible to disable it if you do, continuing...
RCBA at 0xfed1c000
MEI not hidden on PCI, checking if visible
MEI device not found, huh?
exiting
During flashing I found this interesting part on the motherboard:
Judged from the photo where there are 2 bright dots at the 1 and 2 positions, does it mean, if we trust ASUS (we probably shouldn't but let's pretend we do for now), the board is currently at the "1-2 Diable Me" configuration?
All in all, does this motherboard have ME enabled?
If so, how to remove it using me_cleaner or other tools?
Hi everyone,
The libreboot docs claim that "...the ME is present on all Intel desktop, mobile (laptop), and server systems since mid 2006."
This board, ASUS P5K-E WiFi, is from 2007 so it should probably have it. The CPU is Intel Core 2 DUO E8400.
The file read from the SIP8 chip appears to be an encrypted/compressed file, so I had to use mmtool v3.26 to extract the uncompressed BIOS (named as "sip8_original.bin" below).
Here's its ifdtool output:
In order to make sure, I also downloaded the official "BIOS" file, and extracted its own uncompressed file.
diff
shows that this file from official website (after extraction) is the same as the one read from SIP8 (after extraction); The ifdtool outputs of the 2 files are also the same.But, me_cleaner can't recognize it, here's me_cleaner output:
Also trying the one from ASUS website:
Fired up the motherboard and used intelmetool:
During flashing I found this interesting part on the motherboard:![ASUS P5K-E WiFi Intel Management](https://i.imgur.com/wRRO9QY.jpg)
Judged from the photo where there are 2 bright dots at the 1 and 2 positions, does it mean, if we trust ASUS (we probably shouldn't but let's pretend we do for now), the board is currently at the "1-2 Diable Me" configuration?
All in all, does this motherboard have ME enabled?
If so, how to remove it using me_cleaner or other tools?
Thank you very much!