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#76 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:31 pm

The "fixed" file I attached last time only unlocked the descriptor and replaced the ME with a healthy one. Both these are not related to such issues. Why it didn't work I don't know, it has no reason to. Unless of course the problem is elsewhere (which it is) like hardware, BIOS corruption and so on. To me that screen looks like a malfunctioning graphics card and if it's done at the BIOS level then it's hardware related.

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#77 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:28 pm

Thx for your answer.
For your info, the error message is : Warning !! Machine is not in committed state.
This is because the AMT is not defined. There are tools to define that, but than you also lock the descriptor and that one should stay unlocked..

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#78 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:59 pm (Last edited: Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:58 pm)

You can provision ME from MEBx (CTRL+P) during bootup. Detailed user guide can be found at the equivalent System Tools package of the ME thread.

If HP again requires some other hoops to provision, then you should watch THIS terrible video and download the relevant files from HERE.

I won't keep the dumps I found some time ago anymore so I have attached everything below for anyone interested. Remove the .zip extension from all 3 files to extract them.

plutomaniac has attached files to this post

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#79 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:01 pm (Last edited: Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:31 pm)

Hi,
I have a similar problem, like bicalvo, but with an HP EliteBook 8470p (3rd GEN Intel CPU).
I flashed a new BIOS update to my system and now my ME disappeared (seems like the ME part is corrupted).
Could anybody please look into my dump file, unlock the descriptor and replace the ME with a newer one? I will flash it then and hope that it will work again.

EDIT: I fixed the problem by flashing the ME Image :-).
Thanks in advance.

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#80 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:38 pm

Hello @freeweber ,

Based on your dump I have done the following:

1) Unlocked the Flash Descriptor
2) Updated, Cleaned-up and Configured the ME firmware

plutomaniac has attached files to this post

8470p_fix_me.rar

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#81 | RE: HP Elitebook 8560p BIOS chip replacement problem: ME is in recovery state datum

Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:09 am (Last edited: Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:28 pm)

Thank you plutomaniac,
When I tried to flash only ME with this Bios (fpt -me -f dumpme.bin) , I get the error: "PDR Region does not exist". Is this a problem from ME or from the BIOS?
I uploaded the complete SPI dump from my machine. Could you maybe do the same with this SPI Dump (remove FD, update ME, clean it and configure). That would be great!
Thanks for your help.
EDIT:
will try to flash you uploaded image first :-)
EDIT2:
I flashed the image. After the first boot I got the message "Not in Committed State". With the NbDmiFit-2.0F it was then possible to commit it.
Now everything is working *yeah* (ME active and vPro deactivated).

Thanks plutomaniac!!!

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