sorry for delay in reply @lordkag i recived vostro 3500 from previous technician,he has put a brand new chipset on the board.on my inspection the symptom is fan throttles full speed and will not shut down.i was thinking i should read good ME from good vostro 3500 and reflash it via the tool you provided any advice ??

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #200

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Zitat von kevindd992002 im Beitrag #199

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Is it better than than 9.0.0.1287 for Z68 boards?

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This question cannot be answered by me, because I haven't yet installed them onto my Z68 system. The Intel MEI drivers v10.0.0.1204 are much newer than the v9.0.0.1287 ones and running fine with my Z77 mainboard.

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Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #196

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@ gpvecchi:
A change of the GbE region seams to be very risky and I doubt, that the benefit will be worth this risk.
Nodens from ASUS ROG Forum has given >this< comment.

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Flashed the new firmware: v9.1.1.1000

Is not good for z87 (Maximus VI Extreme) , BCLK Bug

For time being, I would recommend "ME9 1.5MB FWUpdate v9.0.31.1487"


On the other hand, I'm having trouble downgrading? :



Anyone knowing what's going on?

/Cheers

Hello! I have tried on my Q87 MEI 5MB - all 9.0.* versions, and successfully downgraded to stock, but after I have flashed 9.1.0.1120 and tryed to downgrade to 9.0.* - I got same message as in previos reply: "Error 8704: Firmware update operation not initiated due to a SKU mismatch". As I understood - 9.1.* fw is for 9x chipsets, or it is officially suitable for Q87 too? Is there any possibility to revert my mobo to 9.0.*?

I have one off-topic question. Is it recommended to apply the latest INF chipset package 10.x.xxxx from station-drivers even for old chipsets like PM45?

@gpvecchi

Have you tried the latest method I posted to remove MEI drivers or have you reinstalled the OS?

I know that GbE can be updated by hex, Intel FITC or Intel FPT. If you have any other method, please share, even though this only concerns users with an (older) Intel Lan card. There is some differences between 1.3 and 1.5, which could be anything from bugfix, feature enable/disable or ID check. The first red byte is the version.



@PROMAN28

I already answered your question.

@tObber166

The new 9.1.x ME firmware has a new chipset / SKU version. The updater detects this new version and prevents any downgrade. Why it worked in the first place, it is a different question. Try to flash an original BIOS or use FPT.

@kevindd992002

I have tried the new 10.x package on my PM45 and the SMBus driver is not working, preventing sensors to read the temperature on my RAMs. Luckily I have the Synaptics touchpad drivers, which installs its own real driver. So it is best to stay with 9.x on older hardware.

Zitat von lordkag im Beitrag #213

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@gpvecchi

Have you tried the latest method I posted to remove MEI drivers or have you reinstalled the OS?

I know that GbE can be updated by hex, Intel FITC or Intel FPT. If you have any other method, please share, even though this only concerns users with an (older) Intel Lan card. There is some differences between 1.3 and 1.5, which could be anything from bugfix, feature enable/disable or ID check. The first red byte is the version.

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