I received an Asus P9D-M and it's only running 1 core and Intel status says ME is in recovery.

I have tried updating BIOS with ME jumper on recovery, but when I move it back it still says it's in recovery. I power off and clear CMOS and leave it unplugged but it never clears out. Sometimes the status says Hard-M Disabled after flashing on the very first boot. Then next reboot it says Recovery.

There is an AMT enabled/disabled jumper as well, AMT is disabled and doesn't seem to matter if I put it to enabled.

I have 2 bios chips and a USB ch314a flash tool that I'm getting comfortable with, I was able to unbrick the one bios chip. But no matter what I flash Intel ME stays in recovery and only 1 core gets used by the processor. I tried cleaning the motherboard too with a brush and IPA but no change. I don't think the jumper is shorting but can't confirm.

I tried starting at oldest bios and stepping up but this didn't work either.

Is there anything I can do to try and reflash ME or upgrade it etc? Thank you