Yop. Soft pencil 8B and two strips of tape will do the work.

@Dnatwork If have understood correctly a graphite trace has relatively high resistance. How many ohms did you measured between the shorted pads?

@mcf If the reading on my $5 multi-tester is even useable, it would be 200 or 300?

The dial says 0-1000 ohms. The needle went more than halfway to 0. I tried the cpu again, and the board was able to recognize it at that point.

But really, I bought this thing twenty years ago off a table some guy set up on the sidewalk in New York. It wasn’t even Chinatown, so even the Made in China label could be counterfeit. If you need real resistance values, I’d have to get a real meter.

Zitat von MOB im Beitrag #116

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I had updated my ASRock H100M-STX to the latest version (and ME) before finding out about this method, but I found I could temporarily lift the Intel ME security lock via EFI shell utilizing setup_var thanks to a post by some Chinese fellow on github. I've transcribed his instructions below. This is my source: https://github.com/damnnfo/DeskMini-110-...%99%8D%E7%BA%A7


Format a flash drive MBR/FAT and put the attached in a folder named "EFI", or some boards require it to be just at the root of the flash drive. (so just USB/BOOT)

Boot from it via UEFI. At the prompt type: setup_var 0x28 0x01

Ignore the error at the end, and you can run it again if you like to confirm that 0x28 is indeed 0x01 (ME unlocked) instead of 0x00 (ME locked). This will last through one restart, then be locked again.

Restart and immediately enter the BIOS and look at your ME version. It should now read 0.0.0.0. Update your BIOS to an older version that contains the ME version you want.



If you board has the variable at a different location then you can find it with UEFI Tool & IRFExtractor

1. Use UEFITool to open the BIOS ROM, search for "re-flash", and right-click to Extract the body. Save as Section_PE32_image_Setup_Setup_body.efi

2. Open Section_PE32_image_Setup_Setup_body.efi with IRFExtractor and extract the text Section_PE32_image_Setup_Setup_body IFR.txt

3. Open Section_PE32_image_Setup_Setup_body IFR.txt with any text editor and search for "re-flash" again. It returns "One Of: Me FW Image Re-Flash, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0x28, VarStore: 0x1, QuestionId: 0x11D, Size: 1, Min: 0x0, Max 0x1, Step: 0x0 {05 91 E3 03 E4 03 1D 01 01 00 28 00 10 10 00 01 00}"

Here, 0x28 is the address of the variable we want to modify. The default value 0x00 is disabled and 0x01 is enabled.

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Hi, I have successfully modded about 10 motherboards, but now I have a problem
On MSI H110i PRO motherboard ( bios version 7995v39, intel ME 11.6 ) it has 3 of microcodes inside the bios and the UBU tool cannot update / modify the microcodes. )
it stuck on this:

Checksum correct.
Checksum correct.
Generate FFS Microcode
Preparing for replacement
Dump _FIT_ created!

and the MMtool cmd windows said "Error in Replacing File"

any idea ?

@sickyturtle

Which CPU microcodes do you need to insert to ?

Zitat von Sylar76 im Beitrag #381

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@sickyturtle

Which CPU microcodes do you need to insert to ?

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Use EUFITool, extract the microcode file body, edit via hex, reinsert body. Then correct FIT via similar method extract (As-is, not body), hex edit to correct, then reinsert as-is, not body
I would have done the mod for you as I replied here, but still don't know what microcode you want added. Please specify exact microcode you want inserted, not CPU general model name, if you are unsure give CPUID for exact CPU model

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #383

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Use EUFITool, extract the microcode file body, edit via hex, reinsert body. Then correct FIT via similar method extract (As-is, not body), hex edit to correct, then reinsert as-is, not body
I would have done the mod for you as I replied here, but still don't know what microcode you want added. Please specify exact microcode you want inserted, not CPU general model name, if you are unsure give CPUID for exact CPU model

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hi.
I cant get line of "update cpu microcode skylake".
mb msi h110m pro-vd and i3 8100.

@sickyturtle - Which microcode do you not need anymore, one must be removed due to space constraints. 506E3, 906E9, or 506E8

@470m1c - this thread is about getting rid of skylake Be specific, which CPU Microcodes do you want in BIOS, list them all, and I can do for you.
Also, same as above, please note which one you are OK with removing in case one needs to be removed.

Zitat von s.napi im Beitrag #343

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@Yazon2006
probably ME issue. I had the same symptoms before I get donored bios from @mtothaj - it has ME version 11.6.10.1196 region with only FTPR partition (other partitions are removed from ME region). After this change I was able to boot.

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Zitat von mtothaj im Beitrag #164

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Zitat von s.napi im Beitrag #160

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I tried running i7-8700K (required 2 pins connected with copper tape, some other pins isolated) on modified MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT BIOS 3504 (microcodes, vbios, GOP, SKU Z370, PCIe patch, flashing done via ASUS Flashback) but the board did not start (with 8700K) after pressing power button (wattmeter showed that it drawed a power for a brief period of time). With Skylake CPU, the board with modified BIOS runs normally. I guess I must be missing something - may I ask you for your BIOS file?

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M8I modded bios:
https://ufile.io/3284v

Comments:
1) Flash with SPI programmer not bios flashback
2) Before flashing use F44Editor to fill in unique board details -this step is not compulsory
3) 8700k will probably require HT to be turned off to boot
4) make sure to do good job on isolating 2 pins + bridging 2 pins - Kapton tape + electrically conductive tape is recommended

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Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #386

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@sickyturtle - Which microcode do you not need anymore, one must be removed due to space constraints. 506E3, 906E9, or 506E8

@470m1c - this thread is about getting rid of skylake Be specific, which CPU Microcodes do you want in BIOS, list them all, and I can do for you.
Also, same as above, please note which one you are OK with removing in case one needs to be removed.

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Thanks for the reply back, here you go @sickyturtle - BIOS only contains >> 506E3 - C6 / 506E8 - 34 / 906EB - 72

https://www.sendspace.com/file/agyi0k