There's no need to be concerned. You're conflating a few different issues. <div><br></div><div>The security chip is a TPM, and they have been fairly common for several years. It just allows secure key storage for software that might need it. A TPM won't get in your way. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The other issue is UEFI Secure Boot. There's lots of opinions on the matter, plus it's quite complicated, so I'll leave that to you to research. That being said, I received a T440S this week, which is running the same UEFI. Fedora 20 takes care of all the secure boot and UEFI setup without any issue. I am using f20 with secure boot and didn't need to configure a thing. <span></span></div>
<div><br>On Friday, February 21, 2014, CS DBA <<a href="mailto:cs_dba@consistentstate.com">cs_dba@consistentstate.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi All;<br>
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I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540,<br>
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the specs list this:<br>
Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled<br>
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I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about? Can it be disabled in the bios?<br>
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Thanks in advance...<br>
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