Hello laptop repair experts,
can someone plese, help me understand the significance of cleaning ME region in a BIOS dump file?
I know that Manegement Engine (ME) data is part of BIOS/UEFI firmware. I know that it contains some HW specific data for the particular laptop.
What I don't know, why do I need to clean ME region if I try BIOS dump file from another laptop (of course same type and model). I'm not sure if this is only because of the serial number (not sure if that is stored in ME region at all).
Recently, I had a two cases where laptops (one is Lenovo Idepad S400, other is Asus X555) came to life after reflashing BIOS with dump files found on the internet forums.
In both cases clean ME region is not done. What I notice is that in both cases, it takes significant more time for laptop to start after power on, but after that everything works normal. I haven't noticed any other problem.
Maybe this is exception, but is cleaning ME region really that important?
Thank you.
can someone plese, help me understand the significance of cleaning ME region in a BIOS dump file?
I know that Manegement Engine (ME) data is part of BIOS/UEFI firmware. I know that it contains some HW specific data for the particular laptop.
What I don't know, why do I need to clean ME region if I try BIOS dump file from another laptop (of course same type and model). I'm not sure if this is only because of the serial number (not sure if that is stored in ME region at all).
Recently, I had a two cases where laptops (one is Lenovo Idepad S400, other is Asus X555) came to life after reflashing BIOS with dump files found on the internet forums.
In both cases clean ME region is not done. What I notice is that in both cases, it takes significant more time for laptop to start after power on, but after that everything works normal. I haven't noticed any other problem.
Maybe this is exception, but is cleaning ME region really that important?
Thank you.
