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#2296 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:04 am (Last edited: Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:56 pm)

Greetings,

just a feedback:

I have a Dell xps 13, 9350 Skylake. I flashed latest emei v11.0.12.1008 "NOPDM".
Before flash I had the last three numbers of "FW Status Register3" field: A value of "200".
After flash, last three numbers changed to "020".
Laptop seems to work normally.

Laptop:
Dell XPS 13 9350
Desktop:
CASE: NCASE M1 (custom watercooled), CPU: intel 6700k, M/B: Evga Stinger Z270, RAM: 2x8Gb G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4-3000, VGA: Evga 1080, SSD: 512gb samsung 960pro, SOUND: Realtek ALC1150, PSU: SilverStone SX800-LTI, MONITOR: dell u2713hm, KEYBOARD: Deck Hassium Pro mechanical, MOUSE: corsair vengeance m60, SPEAKERS: logitech z 5500

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#2297 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:43 pm

Zitat von greg.chalk im Beitrag #2302
Greetings,

just a feedback:

I have a Dell xps 13, 9350 Skylake. I flashed latest emei v11.0.12.1008 "NOPDM".
Before flash I had the last three numbers of "FW Status Register3" field: A value of "200".
After flash, last three numbers changed to "020".
Laptop seems to work normally.

I have yoga 500-15ISK , also Skylake , my register was 030 , flashed PDM version, seems fine.
Flashed also NOPDM and also fine.
Finally flashed the latest firmware from Lenovo website ...

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#2298 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:00 pm (Last edited: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:02 pm)

In researching latest ME firmware for the GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1151 - GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
the first post of this thread mentions the need to distinguish between PDM & NOPDM versions of Intel ME firmware.
The GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 board was diagnosed (by me, using Intel's command line utility "MEInfoWin64.exe -verbose", version 11.0.11.1002) to be: NOPDM, and thus the latest ME firmware would seem to be:
11.0.11.1005_CON_H_D0_NOPDM_PRD_RGN.bin (one of several firmware versions found within the uncompressed file "Intel ME 11.0 Consumer PCH-H Firmware v11.0.15.1003.rar".
That same page also states: "Skylake-S has LGA1151 & Skylake-H has BGA1440", yet the firmware file shows the letter H instead of S.
Running MEInfoWin64.exe shows the letter H after the existing installed firmware version.
So: I'm thinking that "Skylake-S has LGA1151, Skylake-H has BGA1440" may be inaccurate
So: I'm fairly confident that "11.0.11.1005_CON_H_D0_NOPDM_PRD_RGN.bin" is the correct & latest ME firmware for the GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 board.
UBU 155.3 says the ME firmware included in the latest beta bios F5e (direct from Gigabyte) is v. 11.0.0.1168 and is NOT the latest available ME firmware version.
Comments?

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#2299 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:55 am

Ths is the latest i have found Intel_ ME_11.5.0.1015. Can i use with my Asus Z170 Gaming Pro or which ist the best one for my Board?

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#2300 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:14 pm

Zitat von Scoty im Beitrag #2305
Ths is the latest i have found Intel_ ME_11.5.0.1015. Can i use with my Asus Z170 Gaming Pro or which ist the best one for my Board?

You can install this package (has to be for 1.5M systems), but the latest drivers are not always the best (especially when they come from an early development stage).
I recommend to use the latest Intel MEI drivers (resp. the related MEI Drivers & Software Set), which are offered within the start post of this thread.

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#2301 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:45 pm

@ greg.chalk:

Thank you for the report greg.chalk. You said you flashed NOPDM firmware. So afterwards, it should have been 200 and not 020. Maybe you mixed up the numbers. To verify for sure, attach the result of command FWUpdLclWin -save me.bin here.

@ kostar20071:

Thank you for the report kostar20071. Before flashing, what ME firmware did you have? The latest BIOS from Lenovo for your model has Consumer 11.0.0.1160 firmware (NOPDM) so it should have been 200 (Consumer NOPDM) and not 300 (Corporate NOPDM) or 030 (Corporate PDM) before flash. It's always better to upload actual MEInfo -verbose reports, otherwise there can be confusion with what got flashed and when.

@ rvail623:

You are confusing ME SKU and chipset/cpu SKU.

There are 2 chipsets: PCH-H (Performance) and PCH-LP (Low Power)

There are 4 cpu families: SKL-S, SKL-H, SKL-U and SKL-Y

PCH-H works with SKL-S and SKL-H
PCH-LP works with SKL-U and SKL-Y

Regarding Intel ME 11.x firmware:

PCH-H needs ME 11.x H firmware
PCH-LP needs ME 11.x LP firmware

There are 2 ME firmware SKUs: Consumer (less features) and Corporate (all features)

In total there are 4 ME 11.x firmware SKUs:

Consumer PCH-H
Consumer PCH-LP
Corporate PCH-H
Corporate PCH-LP

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#2302 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:31 am (Last edited: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:33 am)

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #2307

@ rvail623:

You are confusing ME SKU and chipset/cpu SKU.

There are 2 chipsets: PCH-H (Performance) and PCH-LP (Low Power)

There are 4 cpu families: SKL-S, SKL-H, SKL-U and SKL-Y

PCH-H works with SKL-S and SKL-H
PCH-LP works with SKL-U and SKL-Y

Regarding Intel ME 11.x firmware:

PCH-H needs ME 11.x H firmware
PCH-LP needs ME 11.x LP firmware

There are 2 ME firmware SKUs: Consumer (less features) and Corporate (all features)

In total there are 4 ME 11.x firmware SKUs:

Consumer PCH-H
Consumer PCH-LP
Corporate PCH-H
Corporate PCH-LP

OK so, to clarify:
Specifically for the GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 board, which is a Skylake-S Consumer PCH-H chipset Socket LGA1151 board and uses the Consumer PCH-H 1.5 Mb NOPDM version 11.x ME firmware.
And: that "11.0.11.1005_CON_H_D0_NOPDM_PRD_RGN.bin" is the correct & latest ME firmware for the GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 board.
Yes?

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#2303 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:22 am

That board requires Consumer PCH-H firmware. We don't know what PDM is but it shouldn't be important for end-users, otherwise we would have seen it being mentioned somewhere. Most tests show that flashing between PDM and NOPDM is not a problem but since there have been some problematic reports, the warning is found at the 1st post. So for your system, the latest CON PCH-H is all you need, PDM and NOPDM are still an unknown variable.

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#2304 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:57 pm (Last edited: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:44 pm)

@plutomaniac do we need to install the intel management engine components s/w? thanks.

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#2305 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:21 pm

Zitat von khanmein im Beitrag #2310
@Fernando do we need to install the intel management engine components s/w?

Why do you address this question to me?
Our expert for the topic "Intel Management Engine" is plutomaniac.

@plutomaniac:
Please be so kind and help khanmein.

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#2306 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:44 pm

@Fernando sorry yeah cos i often saw u online. no offense for everyone.

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#2307 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:48 pm

@ khanmein:

If you have a Consumer/1.5MB system then you only need the MEI driver. For Corporate/5MB systems you should install MEI Drivers & Software. For the latter, you can install only the MEI driver if you don't use any Corporate/5MB firmware capabilities such as KVM, AMT etc.

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#2308 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:59 pm

@plutomaniac my mobo is ASRock H97 Pro4. previously, i'm not able to update firmware using the Consumer/1.5MB but i manage to update using the Corporate/5MB.

i'm kinda confused cos by right this mobo should be under Consumer.

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#2309 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:02 pm

No, your board uses Corporate/5MB firmware. Just input the ASRock BIOS at MEA and you'll see for yourself. So in your case, you can either install the MEI-Only driver if you don't use any 5MB features or the Driver & Software pack otherwise.

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#2310 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:02 pm

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #2309
That board requires Consumer PCH-H firmware. We don't know what PDM is but it shouldn't be important for end-users, otherwise we would have seen it being mentioned somewhere. Most tests show that flashing between PDM and NOPDM is not a problem but since there have been some problematic reports, the warning is found at the 1st post. So for your system, the latest CON PCH-H is all you need, PDM and NOPDM are still an unknown variable.

Now you're starting to sound like Donald Rumsfeld: "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns."

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