| CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. A compute system comprising:
a security processor;
a component;
a component memory storing machine readable instructions executable by the component;
a first communication link communicatively coupling the component memory to the security processor; and
a second communication link communicatively coupling the component memory to the component,
wherein the security processor is to;
send a signal to a reset pin of the component to disable the component; and
cryptographically authenticate, while the component is disabled, the machine readable instructions stored in the component memory in a boot process.
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