My notebook started to suddenly power off (not shutdown but hard power off like when the battery is removed) . Investigating the issue led me to following:
1. Notebook worked fine for 30 mins to the sec and then powered off [same thing happens in Bios & UEFI modes].
2. Noticed the corrupt ME issue as MEI device was not there in the device manager.
3. Tried to install the drivers for MEI, dishes out a message that hardware is not supported on running the setup.
4. Ran the FTK meinfo, "Communication error between application and Intel(R) Mgmt. interface".
5. Ran the FTK mestate, msg - "Status: Disabled and waiting to timeout (guessing this is the 30 mins prompting power off), IC not programmed, etc etc..".
6. Unable to re-flash Me region, as there seems to be a lock on it. msg - "CPU does not have access to flash area".

I only have two questions, how can the ME region get corrupted in the first place and/or how can I go back to previous version of bios. Please provide some insight/assistance on how to deal with this situation/issue.

Please find the attached images, that might provide some more insight into the issue.

Zitat von Meedou im Beitrag #1

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how can the ME region get corrupted in the first place and/or how can I go back to previous version of bios

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Thank you @Mov AX, 0xDEAD.

@plutomaniac Thank you for your response. No I did not make any hardware changes, only thing I did was upgrade to widows 10 & it failed & all of this started. I will try to follow the steps you have mentioned & will report back. My only concern is finding the right tool at Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools.