Zitat von autsi im Beitrag #15

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Cant find anything Me related in bios.

I run the MEInfo 9.5 and it gives me this "Communication error between application and Intel(R) ME module (FW Update client)"
MEInfo 9.1 gives this "Error 9460: Unknown or unsupported hardware platform"

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The description for BIOS V401 [which is "X550LBAS.401" file after you unzip the BIOS update file from ASUS] which I got from ASUS website for your motherboard says :

"BIOS 401
1．Support new 4G onboard memory
2．Update ME FW"

So if you have updated your BIOS to at least version 401 then the ME firmware has been updated and installing the correct ME driver should show the "Intel Management Engine" in "System devices" in "Device manager". The latest BIOS update is 403 for your motherboard, which should also include the same ME FW update that is included in BIOS v401, just in case you missed updating with 401.

Regarding 'MEInfo 9.1 gives this "Error 9460: Unknown or unsupported hardware platform', I was getting this error with error 83 with my ASUS Maximus X motherboard a few weeks ago, [which I mentioned in the ME thread] and only one particular version, the latest version of MEInfo was giving me that error, while using other versions did not give any such error. However, and in my case, I believe it might have been due to a particular version of a BIOS update for my motherboard v1503 which I used the same day. However, after I updated it to the latest BIOS version 1602, MEInfo that previously gave the error 83 could read my motherboard correctly without the error. I put it down to the possibility that BIOS v1503 was corrupted because ASUS has taken that particular BIOS version down, it is no longer available. But that is just an educated guess because of the events that unfolded at the time.

I'm not saying that this is what is happening in your case, just that sometimes the cause of a problem is not so easy to find, while it may be obvious and quite simple other times.

As an end note, I tried to check the BIOS files "X550LBAS.401", "X550LBAS.402" and "X550LBAS.403" with "ME Analyzer v1.56.2.r131" by dropping those BIOS files onto "MEA.exe" from that tool, which is supposed to locate the FW information in a BIOS file. However, the output for all the BIOS files was "File does not contain Intel Engine firmware"? Maybe Plutomaniac, who I believe developed ME Analyzer, could help with this, because I am still learning how to use these types of tools, and I do not want to give out the wrong information due to lack of experience.

@plutomaniac

If you read this and would be so kind as to check the BIOS files' FW info out with ME Analyzer, the BIOS files for "Asus X550LB" mobo beginning with version 401 that includes the ME FW update including the latest version 403 can be found here:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/X550LB/X550LBAS401.zip
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/X550LB/X550LBAS403.zip

If you could be so kind as to explain any command arguments or what to do to get ME Analyzer tool to read the ME FW from this above file[s], that would be very helpful ... I and surely other readers would be grateful.