@ Ver Greeneyes:

I suggest you ask ASUS for a new BIOS and ME firmware update. Otherwise, the "Warning for all CSME 11 systems" found at the first post always apply.

@ Neill:

Intel Small Business Advantage (SBA) has been in End-of-Life (EOL) state since November 2016 as can be seen here. Newer versions of CSME firmware do not include or work with it. Maybe you could have it partially work (not sure how dependent it was from Intel's side of things) by downgrading the CSME firmware (for example F20 had 11.0 whereas F21 11.6) but that is highly non-advisable because newer CSME firmware add support for newer CPUs (which you might be using) and fix various important security and/or stability issues.

Intel MEI v11.7.0.1054 for Consumer systems Drivers & Software (Waiting for SD link...)

Intel CSME System Tools v11 r5

Zitat von elisw im Beitrag #3507

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All manufacturers should provide one in the close future.

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Zitat von Bersekz im Beitrag #3510

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Isn't better download the 11.8 ME from this site? I thought 11.7 was no longer secure.

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@ Winter17:

Your case falls under the "Warning for all CSME v11", as seen at the first post. In ASUS's case, I am starting to believe that, on some motherboards, the CSME firmware is ok after the update but the BIOS may have hardcoded expected CSME firmware versions and thus not allow upgrades (stupid moves by OEMs, every year they become more creative). Unless you have read/write access to the ME region (unlocked Flash Descriptor) or a hardware programmer to reflash the chip, I suggest you try "fptw -greset" command via Flash Programming Tool. If that does not help, wait for the new BIOS (it will come) which might start working with your existing updated CSME firmware. If nothing helps, you'll need to get a cheap hardware programmer and fix everything quickly that way.

Alright, no problem. You should switch to the 2nd chip until the problem on the first is resolved. For the record, if the SPI chips are socketed/removable, you can use a cheap 5$ programmer to bright back up and running.