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December 13th, 2011 01:00
Dell Precision T1500 and AMT support
Hi,
I have a Dell Precision T1500 with an i7 870 processor.
I'm trying to get enable the Intel Management, as I want to be able to use the AMT features. But I can't seem to find anything in the BIOS to enable it..
So firstly does this hardware actually support AMT, I think yes as I can see
- Intel(R) Management Engine BIOS Extension v6.0.3.0019
- Intel(R) ME Firmware version 6.0.30.1203
when it powers up.. Could somebody confirm this?
So just need to know who to get into the MEBX configuration screen so that I can provision it.
Many thanks
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w_h_gibbo
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December 14th, 2011 03:00
Any ideas ?
Marcos Manzano
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December 14th, 2011 05:00
Precision T1500 don't support. NIC is a broadcom card and iAMT need Intel NIC.
Do you have the tag number of the Precision T1500?
In Dell systems supporting iAMT press F12 on the boot and then you can see the boot options, if iAMT is enabled on the system the option to go to the MEBx should appear here.
Regards
Marcos
Marcos Manzano
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December 14th, 2011 05:00
I don't know why system is displaying this messages regarding Intel ME, but I'm 100% sure Precison T1500 don't support iAMT, Precision T1600 does (if you purchase the T1600 system with iAMT/vPro support).
Broadcom ethernet card don't support iAMT anf T1500 has a broadcom NIC.
Rgds
Marcos
w_h_gibbo
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December 14th, 2011 05:00
Service Tag is
BIOS is 2.4.0
Pressing F12, displays the boot menu with the following options:
- HDD:
- CD/DVD
- Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA+)
- Boot to Utility Partition
-
There is nothing in the Setup to enable AMT or any mention of AMT.
Pressing Ctrl+P does nothing at all either..
But it does display the following during boot up.
* Intel(R) Management Engine BIOS Extension v6.0.3.0019
* Intel(R) ME Firmware version 6.0.30.1203
w_h_gibbo
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December 14th, 2011 06:00
Ok thanks.. :(
w_h_gibbo
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December 14th, 2011 06:00
Oh well, that's a real shame.. Wish I had known this when I purchased the machine 12 months ago..
So I'm guessing the only way to fix this is to swap the motherboard out, right ?
Marcos Manzano
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December 14th, 2011 06:00
I think you shouldn’t swap the motherboard, All Precision T1500 motherboards doesn't support iAMT, and if you use other motherboard model or non-Dell motherboard you'll lose your still two years of warranty.
My recommendation is if you need to test iAMT/vPro on Precision you have to buy a Precision T1600 with the iAMT/vPro enabled. If you buy a T1600 with no iAMT/vPro support/enabled you'll never get iAMT/vPro on that system.
Rgds
Marcos Manzano