Does Microsoft's take on Secure Boot contemplate anti-modchip provisions? Some enthusiast boards have A/B switches for the BIOS which presumably go away. But current practice for non-socketed Flash BIOS is often to put a SPI header/pogopin target nearby (easier than JTAG).
There are a couple motivations for non-vendor BIOS reflashing; fixing the damn ACPI tables is surprisingly popular, as is removing miniPCIe blacklists. There seems to be a lot demand for inclusion of "I have a windows license" OEM blobs though. Putting a tiny hardware stumbling block in front of a prize (like free Windows or BD access) will industrialize the circumvention hardware. The PS3 hack made it very difficult to acquire Atmel USB microcontroller boards briefly.
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Date: 2012-02-16 12:55 am (UTC)There are a couple motivations for non-vendor BIOS reflashing; fixing the damn ACPI tables is surprisingly popular, as is removing miniPCIe blacklists. There seems to be a lot demand for inclusion of "I have a windows license" OEM blobs though. Putting a tiny hardware stumbling block in front of a prize (like free Windows or BD access) will industrialize the circumvention hardware. The PS3 hack made it very difficult to acquire Atmel USB microcontroller boards briefly.