Forum - RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools

#3076 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:28 pm

I have msi gt70 dragon edition laptop. I tried fptw64.exe -d spi.bin and it gave me this.

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#3077 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:41 am

@ forceadmin:

Before the problem appeared, what BIOS version did you have? With that previous BIOS, did you have any issues? Had you checked, before the problem appeared, whether the ME was working properly before (MEInfo, MEManuf)? From some google searching I can see that those random reboots may have to do with the battery connection being lose or something, not ME related. As far as the ME is concerned, you can do a manual -greset by removing all power from the laptop (cord + battery) for 1 minute. After that, try to rerun MEInfo and MEManuf in DOS, is there any change? Meaning, is the ME out of "Recovery" mode?

@ The Engineer:

Never try again what you were about to do as it could have lead to a lot of problems. To understand your mistake, read "Firmware Regions (RGN/EXTR)" found at Section B of the first post. In your case, you wouldn't have been able to continue regardless, because you have no read/write access to the ME region (error 26). If the BIOS shows N/A at the ME version, it means that the latter is probably corrupted and a reflash is needed (which requires read/write access to its region, things will become harder if that's the case). If it's not corrupted (fingers crossed), it may be stuck (uncommon unfortunately). First run "fptw -greset" command via Flash Programming Tool and test if the problem persists after the reboot. If the command fails, try a manual "-greset" by shutting down the system and removing all power (cord + battery) for 1 minute.

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#3078 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:38 am

file time stamp was missing.

MEAnalyzer v1.14.0
System Tools v11.6 r14
System Tools v11.0 r8

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#3079 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:33 pm

Zitat von fylgja im Beitrag #3084
file time stamp was missing.

Yes, by design. The current OS date/time will be applied upon extraction.

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#3080 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:19 pm

@ plutomaniac
-greset option do this

Global Reset. FPT performs a global reset. On mobile platforms this includes
driving GPIO30 low. Mobile platforms require a SUS Well power-down
acknowledge-driven low before the global reset occurs or the platform may
not boot up from the reset.
The "NO" afterwards disables the driving of GPIO30 for mobile SKUs.

but I don't know what is this,I don't want to do anything dangerous.

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#3081 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:30 pm

It's not dangerous but you can always do the "manual" method outlined above.

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#3082 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:31 pm

the manual method didn't succeed

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#3083 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:36 pm

Then the ME firmware is corrupt. To repair it you would need read/write access to its region at the BIOS/SPI chip. That can only happen, if warranty is not valid anymore, by physically opening the laptop and doing some actions.

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#3084 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:38 pm

so what are these actions?

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#3085 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:40 pm (Last edited: Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:41 pm)

You can either temporarily (until next reboot) enable read/write access by sorting two pins of the audio chip while the system starts or you can use a hardware programmer to manually desolder, program and resolder the BIOS/SPI chip of the board. I avoid saying more to not waste my time as most less-knowledgeable/handy people refuse to continue with such solutions.

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#3086 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:29 am

@The Engineer
What specific revision of GT70 are you using? This one?

My current System(s):
Laptop: CLEVO P655SA, CPU: Intel Core i7-4720HQ, Disk Drives: Crucial MX200 250GB SSD + HGST 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston DDR3L 1600MHz 8GB*2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX965M 2GB, OS: Win10 Education x64 + Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS x64 + macOS High Sierra 10.13
Desktop: MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H, CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K, Disk Drives: Plextor M5S 128GB SSD + Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 4GB*2 at 1866MHz, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB, OS: Win10 Pro x64

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#3087 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:29 pm

@plutomaniac
There is a hidden "Me FW Image Re-flash" option in that BIOS settings.

My current System(s):
Laptop: CLEVO P655SA, CPU: Intel Core i7-4720HQ, Disk Drives: Crucial MX200 250GB SSD + HGST 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston DDR3L 1600MHz 8GB*2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX965M 2GB, OS: Win10 Education x64 + Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS x64 + macOS High Sierra 10.13
Desktop: MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H, CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K, Disk Drives: Plextor M5S 128GB SSD + Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 4GB*2 at 1866MHz, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB, OS: Win10 Pro x64

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#3088 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:36 pm

That's what we need. Give him some instructions on how to use an EFI shell to change whatever setup_var controls that option. Is it permanent though? I'm asking because that option needs a restart to work after being set.

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#3089 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:31 pm

Press RCtrl+RShift+LAlt+F2 in BIOS menu to unhide them.

My current System(s):
Laptop: CLEVO P655SA, CPU: Intel Core i7-4720HQ, Disk Drives: Crucial MX200 250GB SSD + HGST 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston DDR3L 1600MHz 8GB*2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX965M 2GB, OS: Win10 Education x64 + Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS x64 + macOS High Sierra 10.13
Desktop: MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H, CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K, Disk Drives: Plextor M5S 128GB SSD + Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM, RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 4GB*2 at 1866MHz, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB, OS: Win10 Pro x64

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#3090 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:36 pm (Last edited: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:50 pm)

ilario

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Registered since:	05.18.2017

Hello everybody. I'm new to this forum and this thread.
I wanted to update the Intel ME firmware on my laptop but I don't know which firmware should I use, and what's the proper procedure.
Anybody can help me, please?

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Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 11.6.29.3287
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
 

 
Intel(R) ME code versions:
 
BIOS Version                                 F.23
MEBx Version                                 0.0.0.0000
GbE Version                                  Unknown
Vendor ID                                    8086
PCH Version                                  21
FW Version                                   11.0.0.1198 LP
LMS Version                                  11.7.0.1013
MEI Driver Version                           11.7.0.1014
Wireless Hardware Version                    2.1.77
Wireless Driver Version                      19.51.0.4
 
FW Capabilities                              0x31111A40
 
        Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
 
Intel(R) AMT State                           Disabled
TLS                                          Disabled
Last ME reset reason                         Firmware reset
Local FWUpdate                               Enabled
BIOS Config Lock                             Enabled
GbE Config Lock                              Enabled
Host Read Access to ME                       Disabled
Host Write Access to ME                      Disabled
Host Read Access to EC                       Enabled
Host Write Access to EC                      Enabled
SPI Flash ID 1                               C84017
SPI Flash ID 2                               Unknown
BIOS boot State                              Post Boot
OEM ID                                       00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Capability Licensing Service                 Enabled
OEM Tag                                      0x00000000
Slot 1 Board Manufacturer                    0x00000000
Slot 2 System Assembler                      0x00000000
Slot 3 Reserved                              0x00000000
M3 Autotest                                  Disabled
C-link Status                                Disabled
Independent Firmware Recovery                Disabled
EPID Group ID                                0xFC4
LSPCON Ports                                 None
5K Ports                                     None
OEM Public Key Hash FPF                      0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
OEM Public Key Hash ME                       0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
ACM SVN FPF                                  0x0
KM SVN FPF                                   0x0
BSMM SVN FPF                                 0x0
GuC Encryption Key FPF                       0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GuC Encryption Key ME                        0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 
                                             FPF                      ME
                                             ---                      --
Force Boot Guard ACM                         Disabled                 Disabled
Protect BIOS Environment                     Disabled                 Disabled
CPU Debugging                                Enabled                  Enabled
BSP Initialization                           Enabled                  Enabled
Measured Boot                                Disabled                 Disabled
Verified Boot                                Disabled                 Disabled
Key Manifest ID                              0x0                      0x0
Enforcement Policy                           0x0                      0x0
PTT                                          Enabled                  Enabled
PTT Lockout Override Counter                 0x0
EK Revoke State                              Not Revoked
PTT RTC Clear Detection FPF                  0x0
 
 

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