Hello, I have the following problem:

I'm trying to restore a valid bios with a working ME (not in recovery state :) ) on a dell 990 system. The problem is (I think ) that the system uses two mem ic's (one 64k and one 16k) instead of a single flash memory ic. As far as I can tell, from observing an "original" flashing process, the descriptor region as well as the version logs ( or something like that - the manifest) are stored on the 64k ic and the ME is probably flashed on the 16k one. I suppose that this is the case because:

1. MEAnalyzer detects the ME version on the 64k chip, but isn't detecting one on the 16k one.
2. The OEM flashing image (the A* BIOS versions from dell) flashes the BIOS region when the 64k chip is present and doesn't when it is not.
3. The same image writes the ME region when the 16k chip is present and doesn't when it is not.
4. The Flash System tools break with error 22 when I'm trying to load a working 64k image and says that it cannot write the BIOS region (as I suppose it is not present at all???)

Could the scenario above be possible? I am a complete dilettante in this area so I could be completely wrong...
I noticed that the Flash Tools for the ME version embedded in the memory (v7) are present only for a 7.1.13.1088 build(which is supplied with the A05 and A06 bios updates from Dell) and the 7.1.60.1191 build. Do the builds of the Flash Tools correspond to the builds of the ME in the BIOS images provided from Dell? Should I try and match them? I.e. should I try and find a 7.1.13.1088 ME version to match it to the Flash Tools one?

Would anyone help me please :) ?

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed :). Initially, when I saw that the 8MB ic had vast regions of empty space, I suspected that Dell have split the system firmware in two for security reasons and were remapping on the go the 2MB ic into the first. All is clear now as you said that the full firmware is over 8MB.

It is an extremely useful tool! :D I suspect you're the author so you have my respect (and a little donation to the site as thanks alone don't put food on the table!)!