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Ever since I've got my Asus Z170 ROG Impact, I have always received the following POST error:

"(A7) Me FW Downgrade - Request MeSpiLock Failed".

After this it boots to Windows and everything works just fine.
But this error still bothers me..

And in the BIOS, under the versions information it lists Intel ME FW Version as 0.0.0.0

I already tried clearing CMOS, flashing newest BIOS (1902), installig Intel Management stuff and reseating everything, to no avail..

A thread I created over at Asus ROG forum directed me towards this thread, in order to flash the BIOS chip to a new ME firmware.

But I don't quite understand how to work with the ME Info tools and how to fllash ME stuff..

Any ideas/suggestions on how to fix this error?

Thank you for your help!

I tried running the Flash Programming Tool with command FPTW -greset, but got the error that it failed to load PCI acces, because of no administrator priviledge..
But I did open CMD as admin.

http://imgur.com/qPW6hma

Erm, I can't find out how to open/use the .efi file or the .exe file in the DOS folder...

ME version is still 0.0.0.0. after using FPTW -greset in DOS.
And using FPTW -d spi.bin gives the following error:

http://imgur.com/a/FXK6B

So I guess I need to RMA the motherboard... :(
Or could I just proceed using the board? Is the '(A7) Me Fw Downgrade Request MeSpiLock Failed' error important for any important functions?

I 've read somewhere that Asus locked the SPI sector or something and I don't have any flashing gear.. I'll RMA the board; if that does not work, I'll buy some cheap flashing gear from Aliexpress or something..

Thanks for your help plutomaniac!

Is it safe to update it on a MSI laptop?

I will do a summary of what happened to me. I have a MSI GE62 2QD Apache Pro. I had the .116 BIOS and decided to upddate to the .119 version.
I dunno if it was coincidence or not, but my laptop started to power off (it was not due to the temperatures or software, 100% sure). It could be working fine for several days or crash every 5 mins, until starting working fine again. I tried lots of solutions, updating drivers, cleaning old ones, etc.
It still continued, so one of the things I did was update the Intel Management Engine Firmware.
It went fine. Rebooted the PC many times, doing some tests and it was working fine (but also could have been concidence, since the problem also fixed by itself). Then I tried one thing that the last days I noticed it crashed almost inmediately: running MSI Battery Calibration. I ran it,and it was working well, and when it was in less than 1min to finish, the laptop power off, and it never booted past the MSI logo again. Then after trying to reset it and poweroff, it just showed a black screen (no backlight).It was dead. Thankfully RMA'd it and they changed the motherboard.

But now Im in doubt if the laptop finally died because it was failing, or the ME Firmware put the nail on it.
If it was working fine, could the new firmware, somehow, change something about the power or battery management?

Thanks

Im a bit scared, since in theory the laptop wasnt in warranty. Should I update the BIOS too?