Hello, I'd like to know if this guide can (potentially) help me with a problem, before spending time on it:
Guide-Clean-Dumped-Intel-Engine-CS-ME-CS-TXE-Regions-with-Data-Initialization (I cannot put links on my posts, because I'm a new user)

The problem:
I successfully flashed a Precision 3630 BIOS on my Dell Poweredge t40, and I can now use the nvme (which is blocked by software on the t40).

It's OK, except for three things:
* It takes like 3 minutes to boot into the BIOS, after that it goes smooth
* The MEI module is no longer loaded on linux
* MEInfo shows no information.


I have backup dumps from the T40 and the current BIOS (Precision 3630).

Should I follow the guide above to restore the ME functionality? Should I try to extract something from the t40 image and try to flash that? Should I go directly to the guide?
I have a CH341A flasher, so I can flash directly on hardware without going through the FPT tool on FreeDOS (I only have linux and it refuses to read anything there, I have to boot with FreeDOS to get it to work)

This is the first time I fight the ME, so I'd like to know if I'm on the right track.

Here is the MEAnalizer output from the current (Precision 3630) BIOS:

Zitat

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╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ME Analyzer v1.270.0 r270 ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ BIOSDUMP.BIN (1/1) ║
╟─────────────────────────────┬───────────────╢
║ Family │ CSE ME ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version │ 12.0.24.1314 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Release │ Production ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Type │ Extracted ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ SKU │ Corporate H ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset │ CNP/CMP-H B,A ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ TCB Security Version Number │ 1 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ ARB Security Version Number │ 4 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version Control Number │ 14 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Production Ready │ Yes ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ OEM Configuration │ No ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ FWUpdate Support │ Impossible ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Date │ 2019-02-13 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ File System State │ Initialized ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Size │ 0x77C000 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Flash Image Tool │ 12.0.6.1120 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Latest │ No ║
╚═════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Power Management Controller ║
╟─────────────────────────────┬───────────────╢
║ Family │ PMC ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version │ 300.2.11.1020 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Release │ Production ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Type │ Independent ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset SKU │ H ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset Stepping │ B ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ TCB Security Version Number │ 3 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ ARB Security Version Number │ 3 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version Control Number │ 0 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Production Ready │ No ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Date │ 2018-11-29 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Size │ 0x14000 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset Support │ CNP ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Latest │ No ║
╚═════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╝

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Thank you very much.