Hello,
I'm new to this here so i want to apologize if i'm posting in wrong section of the forum.

Almost year ago i've done a whitelist to my bios on laptop Lenovo G710, at the begining i've notice some problem while booting, the machine starts and the logo of Lenovo shows but after 4-5 seconds. Now i've realise that Intel ME is broken. In BIOS is showing Intel ME Version / SKU : UnKnown. Since i've done this Whitelist i can't inject intel graphics in OSX, so decide to switch back to Windows.
But now when i know where from the problem comes i really want to fix it. Is there have any way to check if IME is hard bricked or can be fixed by re-flashing BIOS firmware? I have SPI Programmer and Clips if is needed, also a back up from my original BIOS before the whitelist.

P.S.: 3 months ago i've bricked my bios while changing some viode settings in and i switch back to the original one, but the problem with booting the machine was still there. I didn't check if IME is working because didn't know about this problem back then, after that whitelist it again.

MEAnalyzer info:
-------[ ME Util by Igor Skochinsky ]-------
Licensed under zlib

Error, could not access the Intel Engine driver!

Make sure you are running ME Analyzer as Administrator!

Make sure you are using an Intel Engine compatible system!

Make sure you have an Intel Engine driver installed first!

Intel Management Engine is completely missing from device manager.

Intel (R) Flash Programming Tool. Version: 9.5.14.1724
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2013, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

Platform: Intel(R) HM86 Express Chipset
Reading HSFSTS register... Flash Descriptor: Valid

--- Flash Devices Found ---
W25Q16BV ID:0xEF4015 Size: 2048KB (16384Kb)
W25Q32BV ID:0xEF4016 Size: 4096KB (32768Kb)



Error 26: The host CPU does not have read access to the target flash area. To enable read access for this operation you must modify the descriptor settings to give host access to this region.

Error 26, btw i get this error since i've done the whitelist.
Alote of advanced settings appear in BIOS but to be honest i'm afraid to change them when i don't know what are they doing.

If there is another way, maybe linux or UEFI-Grub modding the bios i'm used with it is not a problem. But the only problem would be to brick the laptop again, maybe for 6th time i think... Thats why i've buy SPI Programmer, because of stupid decisions and changing settings i'm don't know what are they for.

P.S.: At this moment i gave my second machine to my brother. So if there is a way to flash the bios without SPI Programmer would be great!
P.S.2: The guy who helped me with the Whitelist before told me that: W25Q16BV = Descriptor + ME W25Q32BV = Bios, so i guess the Descriptor tables are in 16BV chip and the ME is 32BV. (I'm not familiar with the details)

I've already try fptw -greset, while reading some other threads in this forum. It doesn't work.
I will try the guide you linked me and will post the result here.

Still the same error.


If i can find a computer and restore the original BIOS what next. I mean if this doesn't fix the problem what i have to do next ?

Unfortunately my clips are really bad... should buy new one, but anyway i manage ot make a dump of the chip. Here is the file. When i buy new clips i will reflash it, because i think this clips could damage my chips (housing is slightly damaged and worried to not damage it completely).

Ok, thank you verry much. Will post here when i flash the fixed bin. Maybe 15-20 days, because of the delivery time!
Regards!

Thank you... i found new clips and reflash it. It is all working now. You are a genius!!!!!
Btw is it possible this Intel ME to drop down the temperature of the proccessor? Because usually stays on 60-65 C, now is like 55-60 ?

hi plutomaniac
im in the exact same boat as this user, except my laptop is lenovo y510p, i bricked the motherboard after messing with some settings in my custom bios, and now i cant get gfx to work in osx either, i fixed the laptop with rpi-spi flasher with flashrom but me says unknown, exactly same. can you help me fix the file too please?
thanks

Ok, just read the 2mb winbond 25q16dv and 4mb 25q32, with spi, how do i know which file stores ME,
Thanks