Hi,
Firstly sorry if this is the wrong forum for posting this question - please recategorize or move to another part of the forum if necessary.
I've been doing alot of research recently into the world of BIOS editing and building of images, out of curiosity mainly.
Lots of Youtube videos as well as threads in this forum (as well as others) mention the term 'unlocked' bios which generally means the removal of BIOS passwords from a dumped image to allow full access to the BIOS/UEFI menu. However, a handful mention that a prompt for the Service Tag will appear upon boot - this function is brought on by the enabling of 'Manufacturing Mode'.
It would be interesting to know what Manufacturing Mode actually is - is it something specific to Dell or is it a universal property provided by the likes of Intel to allow all laptop manufacturing brands to test their equipment?
Is there a way to invoke or enable Manufacturing Mode within a dumped BIN image, which can then be written back to the chip to be booted from?
Any advise or guidance would be great.
Thanks
Firstly sorry if this is the wrong forum for posting this question - please recategorize or move to another part of the forum if necessary.
I've been doing alot of research recently into the world of BIOS editing and building of images, out of curiosity mainly.
Lots of Youtube videos as well as threads in this forum (as well as others) mention the term 'unlocked' bios which generally means the removal of BIOS passwords from a dumped image to allow full access to the BIOS/UEFI menu. However, a handful mention that a prompt for the Service Tag will appear upon boot - this function is brought on by the enabling of 'Manufacturing Mode'.
It would be interesting to know what Manufacturing Mode actually is - is it something specific to Dell or is it a universal property provided by the likes of Intel to allow all laptop manufacturing brands to test their equipment?
Is there a way to invoke or enable Manufacturing Mode within a dumped BIN image, which can then be written back to the chip to be booted from?
Any advise or guidance would be great.
Thanks
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