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6 means that it has been disabled from the factory. It's done for security reasons.I opened up the box and it says ME Lockout 6 on the sticker and CTRL-P does not work. So it appears IMEI isn’t available and also not showing in Clover boot logs.
Is there any way you can return this to the seller and get one with a 1 on the sticker ?
You can also simply buy a USFF replacement mobo and install it yourself.
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It should look like this if Intel ME/AMT is enabled:
AMT_DASH_VPRO: DEFAULT
1
It is generally agreed that Intel ME cannot be disabled. At least Intel says that. I think that the Dell you got was probably from some govt. agency that needed the highest level of security so Dell sold it with that disabled. Intel obviously has a way to disable it since they created it. It's kept secret from the general public.
Here's what HTG site says:
You can’t disable the Intel ME. Even if you disable Intel AMT features in your system’s BIOS, the Intel ME coprocessor and software is still active and running. At this point, it’s included on all systems with Intel CPUs and Intel provides no way to disable it.
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