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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:22 am (Last edited: Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:23 am)

I would like to ask a question about IME. I recently did an install of Windows 7 64bit to my nephew's system and I went to see if I could
update the IME on his board and the IME is NOT listed in the device manager anywhere that I can see. I was under the impression that
99% of Intel chipsets had this as a part of them.
The MB is a GB GA33M DS2R and it has the latest BIOS, version 9a dated 2009. 1. Is this some kind of silent install? or 2. Is it that this
ICH9R chipset doesn't use IME? Any ideas would be very helpful. :)

My System

Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3, Intel i7-4790K, Gigabyte GV-N66TOC-2GD, Samsung EVO 850 500GB, G Skill Ripjaws Z 32GB F3-12800CL10Q-32GBZL

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:25 am (Last edited: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:08 pm)

@Pendaws :
i think ich9r (g33 chipset?) Should have heci driver3.0 and me firmware 3.0, But I think the system has enough built-in version, even if it is a newer version, but because it is too long and hard to find.

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:16 pm (Last edited: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:20 pm)

Zitat von Pendaws im Beitrag #952
The MB is a GB GA33M DS2R and it has the latest BIOS, version 9a dated 2009. 1. Is this some kind of silent install? or 2. Is it that this
ICH9R chipset doesn't use IME? Any ideas would be very helpful. :)

It's funny that you asked this now, I added support for all ME3 SKUs the day before yesterday at my tool. As I said at my previous post, soon I will add all update images for ME2,3,4,5,6 that are currently not listed or have a wrong name.

ME3 (ICH9, Desktop) has 3 SKUs: AMT, ASF or QST. Apart from HECI (called MEI the last years) driver communication, updates could be done via direct PCI up until ME6 days. So it's not necessary to have a HECI driver on your system, especially for an entry-level (and optional according to ICH9 datasheet) SKU such as QST.

Your Gigabyte board's latest BIOS (F9a) has QST firmware v3.0.1.1104:

The latest ME3 QST UPD image I have is v3.2.3.1037:

When I release the new ME3 SKUs and since it's hard to find ME3 users nowadays, can you try it with FWUpdate and let me know how it goes?

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:32 pm

Thanks for the quick reply. I had looked at the BIOS file but, not with the tool you used. I just checked out the BIOS file with CBROM.

I will wait until I see you have the new file and try the update, thanks again. :)

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OLD BIOS.jpg

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:45 pm

Zitat von Pendaws im Beitrag #955
Thanks for the quick reply. I had looked at the BIOS file but, not with the tool you used. I just checked out the BIOS file with CBROM. I will wait until I see you have the new file and try the update, thanks again. :)

Makes sense, these tools (MMTool, CBROM etc) deal with (scan) only the BIOS region of the SPI flash. The SPI flash (chip) consists of 5 regions: Flash Descriptor, ME, Gbe, BIOS & PDR. We call it BIOS image to make our life easier but BIOS it's actually one region of the SPI flash image, ME is another. I'll let you know when the new firmware is up by tagging you (@username).

Also, ME System Tools v7.1 was reuploaded just now due to a text mistake at Tool_Version.txt file. It's MEInfo that now has a Windows x64 version (MEInfoWin64), not FWUpdate.

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:58 pm (Last edited: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:18 pm)

Well I followed plutomaniac advice and updated my FW Version to: 8.1.52.1496 (which is the latest for my X79 MSI Big Bang motherboard). It was easy to do and MEManuf passed the test.

Now I am wondering; what drivers should I download now?

FW Version: 8.1.52.149
MEI Driver Version: 9.0.0.1287 (current one installed)

If I look at the MSI website in the download section of my motherboard and Windows 8, the latest driver set is: 9.5.15.1730
On here I found an even newer set: 9.5.24.1790

//update

Well decided to install the latest driver version: 9.5.24.1790
Rebooted and ran MEInfo, which now reports:

FW Version: 8.1.52.1496
MEI Driver Version: 9.5.24.1790

Also ran MEManuf and it passed the test. Guess I am good.

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

Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:08 pm

Hello :)

Intel ME firmware 9.5.45.1922 1.5MB & 5MB

http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php....x/Serie-9.5.x/

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:52 am (Last edited: Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:04 am)

@HHawk : Install the latest driver v10.0.30.1054

@Pacman: Thank you for the new ME9.5 firmware (and thank you Lenovo as well I guess)

@Pendaws: Check the ME3 QST firmware update and let me know how it goes

Updates:

NEW! Intel ME6 Consumer Ignition Firmware v6.0.50.1252
NEW! Intel ME5 Consumer AMT Basic Firmware v5.2.0.1002
NEW! Intel ME4 Consumer TPM Firmware v4.2.30.1040
NEW! Intel ME3 Consumer QST Firmware v3.2.3.1037
NEW! Intel ME2 Consumer QST Firmware v2.0.6.1125
NEW! Intel ME5 Business AMT Pro Firmware v5.2.50.1039
NEW! Intel ME4 Business AMT + TPM Firmware v4.2.60.1060
NEW! Intel ME4 Business AMT Firmware v4.2.60.1060
NEW! Intel ME3 Business AMT Firmware v3.2.60.1060
NEW! Intel ME2 Business AMT Mobile Firmware v2.6.50.1056
NEW! Intel ME2 Business AMT Desktop Firmware v2.2.30.1046

Please read the sort description below every ME firmware in order to see if your system is compatible. After research this is it:

ME2 Desktop ICH8 SKUs: AMT, QST (2.0 & 2.1 & 2.2)
ME2 Mobile ICH8M SKUs: AMT (2.5 & 2.6)
ME3 Desktop ICH9x SKUs: QST (optional)
ME3 Desktop ICH9DO SKUs: ASF, AMT
ME4 Mobile ICH9M SKUs: TPM
ME4 Mobile ICH9M-E SKUs: AMT, AMT + TPM
ME5 Desktop ICH10D SKUs: AMT Basic
ME5 Desktop ICH10DO SKUs: AMT Professional
ME6 Desktop SKUs: Ignition, 1.5MB, 5MB Desktop
ME6 Mobile SKUs: Ignition, 1.5MB, 5MB Mobile
ME7-ME10 SKUs: 1.5MB, 5MB

Note: The direct tool links (MEInfo, FWUpdate) that were recently uploaded with the full packages, are not updated yet.

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:59 am

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #959
@HHawk : Install the latest driver v10.0.30.1054

It is? I didn't know I could go beyond. v9.5. Anyways thank you will install it now remotely. :)

Oops... completely missed:

Zitat
The latest v10 drivers are usable with all Intel chipsets from 6-Series & up.

I also see Intel MEI Drivers & Software v10.0.38.1036 for 1.5MB systems complete installer package
It seems that version is higher than Intel MEI Drivers v10.0.30.1054 for manual Have Disk installation?

Or does the installer include that version? I will check it myself in the meantime. TY

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:08 am

Zitat von HHawk im Beitrag #960
I also see Intel MEI Drivers & Software v10.0.38.1036 for 1.5MB systems complete installer package
It seems that version is higher than Intel MEI Drivers v10.0.30.1054 for manual Have Disk installation?

The complete Intel MEI Drivers & Software package v10.0.38.1036 contains the Intel MEI drivers v10.0.30.1054 and no newer ones.
We do not really recommend to install the Intel ME Software.

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:23 am

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #961

The complete Intel MEI Drivers & Software package v10.0.38.1036 contains the Intel MEI drivers v10.0.30.1054 and no newer ones.
We do not really recommend to install the Intel ME Software.

So, if I understand correctly; it's better to install the drivers by hand (from A1-post) instead of using the complete installer (from A2-post), right?
Never installed it by hand before though.

I checked my home pc's Device Manager; so I should only update "Intel (R) Management Engine Interface" with have disk?
Just that single device and nothing else?

In regards not using the installer; is that because the installer is meant for NUC systems?

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:54 am (Last edited: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:54 am)

Zitat von HHawk im Beitrag #962
So, if I understand correctly; it's better to install the drivers by hand (from A1-post) instead of using the complete installer (from A2-post), right?

Yes!

Zitat
I checked my home pc's Device Manager; so I should only update "Intel (R) Management Engine Interface" with have disk?
Just that single device and nothing else?

Yes!

Zitat
In regards not using the installer; is that because the installer is meant for NUC systems?

You can run the installer, if you want, but this way you will get a lot of things installed, which are not very useful for the "normal" users, but may drop your system performance.

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:07 am

Thanks for the explanation Fernando :)

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

Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:23 pm (Last edited: Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:24 am)

Updates:

NEW! ME9.5 Firmware 1.5MB from v9.5.41.1904 --> v9.5.45.1922
NEW! ME9.5 Firmware 5MB from v9.5.41.1904 --> v9.5.45.1922

Note: VCN was raised from 8 to 9, you cannot downgrade to anything below v9.5.45.1922 firmware once updated.

* The individual tool links (MEInfo, FWUpdate) are now updated according to the latest news.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #961
We do not really recommend to install the Intel ME Software.

A small addition: ME software is not really useful for 1.5MB SKUs, so in such systems install the driver only via the Have Disk Method. Users of 5MB SKUs must install the software package for full AMT, LMS, SOL, KVM etc functionality. In this case, indeed it's not necessary for his 1.5MB system.

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

Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:06 pm (Last edited: Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:19 pm)

Updates:

* Added at ME System Tools v7.1: Flash Image Tool v7.1.20.1119 ***
* Added at ME System Tools v7.1: Flash Image Tool v7.1.11.1069 ***
* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: UpdParam (DOS) v9.5.0.1225
* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: Configuration Tools v9.5.0.1225
* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: 5MB FW Bring Up Guide v9.5.0.1225 (11/2012)
* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: 5MB FW MEBX User Guide v0.5.2 (11/2012)
* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: AMT 9.5 OEM WebUI Guide v0.5 (10/2012)

*** Before you use FITC v7, read the WARNING document first, attached below as well.

Problem: For some years now it was known that some versions of FITC v7 produced corrupted ME images. That is not exactly true. It seems that after some point (v7.1.20.x and above probably) Intel changed the way some FITC settings are written in the firmware binary image. So if you try to load an image with the "new method" at a FITC version that does not support it, errors will occur and corruption if you flash such a built image.

Reproduction: The issue occurs only when loading FITC-dirty (modified, extracted-from-BIOS) images. It does not occur with stock Region images from Intel because these have FF padding at these settings initially. The first time a stock RGN image is imported in FITC this FF will be replaced with the appropriate settings and their binary/hex code in the image. This binary/hex code in the image changed after some point though making certain extracted/modified firmware incompatible with older FITC releases.

Solution: For those EXTR images, I have included two FITC versions at the latest v7.1 package. Read the WARNING document and be careful to avoid errors and thus corruption.

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WARNING.pdf

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