Intel ME 11.0 Corporate PCH-H Firmware v11.0.0.1202



Intel ME 11.0 Corporate PCH-LP Firmware v11.0.0.1198



Intel ME 11.0 Consumer PCH-H Firmware v11.0.0.1202 (ReUpload/ReName, Rev --> D0)

Intel ME System Tools v11.0 r15:

FWUpdate(Win64): 11.0.0.1202
MEInfo(Windows): 11.0.0.1202

Intel MEI Driver v11.0.0.1177 MEI-Only Installer

Intel ME 8 Corporate 5MB Firmware v8.1.70.1590



* Added SHA2 root certificate hashes to support Remote Configuration.
* For the same root certificates, replaced all existing default SHA1 hashes from SHA1 hash with SHA256 hashes.
* Fixed an issue where Alarm Clock event might have wrong description when machine wakes from alarm.
* Fixed an issue where SOL/KVM/IDER 802.1x session might close prematurely after restart.

@ oldirdey:

You can update to 9.1 firmware and the platform won't brick but if Gigabyte has not updated the BIOS dependencies of ME to be 9.1 compatible, you may face some issues with BCLK adjustments and fan control issues. Meaning, updating to 9.1 will never brick the board but if the BIOS is not ready as well, you may experience unwanted behavior. That's why I recommend to upgrade to 9.1 only if the OEM has already done so. Some OEMs tend to update their BIOS to be 9.1 compatible but then never update the actual ME firmware. In those cases, updating to 9.1 will work as expected. However, I cannot determine which BIOS are 9.1-ready by their components (don't know what to look for exactly) so I can't tell you if your Gigabyte board is one of such cases.

Regarding Broadwell on 8-series, according to Intel there are hardware/design limitations which do not allow such a case. I don't have anything newer to say, there haven't been any reports of success to my knowledge. If you want, you can dump your current SPI chip and keep a backup. Then, upgrade to 9.1 manually, do a fptw -greset, switch cpu and check if will work. It shouldn't (won't) work. Then, you can flash your backup dump back to the board. Usually Gigabyte leaves the Flash Descriptor unlocked so using FPT is a valid/faster option than a programmer, dissoldering and so on.

@oldirdey:
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!
Since you have posted your questions into the correct thread and got already a reply from our Intel ME Guru plutomaniac, I have deleted your and my related and meanwhile dispensable posts from the UBU discussion thread.
Enjoy the Forum!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@ oldirdey:

Both 8 and 9 series use the same socket, 1150. The older 8-series work with Haswell and Haswell Refresh whereas 9-series work with Haswell Refresh and Broadwell. ME 9.1 was released for 9-series boards so it's meant for HSWR and BDW. Since 9.0 stopped being updated, any fixes for 8-series were transferred into 9.1 but that doesn't mean that it can get past the hardware limitation of the older platform. As I said, this info comes from observations and what Intel was saying during BDW launch.

If you had any chance of getting this to work at some extend, ME 9.1 would be needed alongside everything else BDW related. So, in the current state of your machine (9.0) I wouldn't even try. I cannot assure you of anything because I don't have a system, no direct experience, no proven solutions etc. If you feel comfortable with reflashing, soldering and so on then you can test if you can make it work and at what extend of course.

To sum up, ME9.1 is not by itself enough to perform such a task. Z87 can be updated to 9.1 firmware and it should be under normal circumstances but most OEM are bored to do so unfortunately. But that doesn't make it BDW compatible, hardware does for the most part.

@ realmax:

This is what's inside the SPI image from Acer, so it has a ME6 1.5MB firmware.



At Device Manager > System Devices, you need to find Intel Management Engine Interface. If no driver is installed it could be seen at Unknown devices or similar, there should be a yellow mark on it in such a case. First you need to have a proper MEI driver and then use MEInfo, MEManuf and FWUpdate. When you find the Intel Management Engine Interface, the Device ID should be VEN_8086&DEV_3B64. The only/latest driver compatible with such an Ibex Peak system is 6.2.50.1050.

Intel ME System Tools v11.0 r15 (ReUpload):

Flash Programming Tool(DOS): 11.0.0.1202
MEInfo(Windows64): 11.0.0.1202

Zitat von MonarchX im Beitrag #1924

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