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		als0 on Jan 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Security Issue in Intel’s Active Management Tech... Does a modern laptop still depend on CMOS battery for anything other than an RTC? I thought all BIOS variables today are stored on SPI flash.

omgtehlion on Jan 12, 2018 [–]

If you have access to the battery then you have access to the flash chip as well. Using a right clamp (sop8 usually) you can reflash the thing in a matter of seconds (I did).

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