If you install Everest you can look under Motherboard->ACPI and see if SLIC is listed. If you're using 32-bit os you can also use acpiscope to check.
ZORT, g' day, see you are on line. If I have a BIOS ALREADY with SLA 2.0 BUT it is DISABLED; then if I enable it and then install VISTA (this is ASUS P5QL PRO with AMI 0.92 and Quad Core Intel 8200) then I DO NOT need to slic in or modify anything ? Just the proper key and the digitial certificate OR has ASUS provided the facility in the Bios but the 374 bytes info is missing? I technically have some understanding but get confused with not complete and clear explanations. Thanks
You'll need a modded BIOS for there to be a valid SLIC. You can verify that it is present using Everest before you install Vista. As far as the BIOS setting you can try it both ways and see if it makes a difference.
Tried to reply before and something went wrong. THANKS ! Ok there are 3 ASUS machines here. One is P5B Deluxe and two are P5QL PRO. Everest tells me ALL have SLIC with _ASUS_, size 374 bytes,etc,etc. So it is there. BUT the SLA 2.0 is disabled in BIOS and I suspect that is a problem. Last night I did use the proper key during installation and then manually via command line as admin I put the certificate and got a prompt of success at the end but would not activate. Then I put the Vista Developer thing and that was it. This morning I found this forum and smelling the rat, for what I could get, looked and found BIOS disabled on SLA 2.0 extension. Can I conclude that that was the problem? I may need to re do a machine to prove the point?