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#1216 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:23 am (Last edited: Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:11 am)

Zitat von Ludolf im Beitrag #1221
Ok, can you explain how to do this task or a link for a tutorial?

There is no tutorial really, I explained what to do in general HERE.

Use PhoenixTool v2.59 to extract the proprietary/annoying .BIO images from Intel. First, open the .BIO image with PhoenixTool, let it extract and just repack the .BIO again. Check that the resulting file is exactly the same as the original. This way you can verify that PhoenixTool can properly unpack and repack your .BIO image. Just a safety measure. If everything goes according to plan, open the .BIO again and let is extract all modules at the DUMP folder. You then need to find the UPD ME image module, use ME Analyzer for that (sort by size at the DUMP folder, only the bigger files are the one that interest you). Then, adjust the 2.2.30 UPD image to be the same size as the module from the .BIO file by adding or removing padding at the end, rename it as exactly the same as the UPD module and replace it. Then, pack the .BIO image again using PhoenixTool. If the flasher that Intel uses checks only the ME UPD image and not the RGN that is also included this should allow you to proceed without getting stuck at "Updating ME" as you said earlier.

EDIT: I just remembered that Intel .BIO images have a digital signature that will be broken if the image is modified and the flasher won't allow you to continue. However, I also remembered that some time ago another user with such a motherboard was trying to update his RAID oROM. Guess what, he had the exact same motherboard as you. He got a programmer and dumped his firmware which he also attached to his forum post. The thread can be found HERE. In theory you could take that dump, update the ME and then flash it back with FPT. However,

a) It's not advised to flash someone else's dump, you could lose some keys, MAC address etc that are specific to your motherboard.
b) I'm not sure if FPT will allow you to flash the modded dumped image based on the error you mentioned earlier and I don't know what other flasher could be compatible with such boards. FPT is certainly the safest bet.

Generally, if you have a socketed SPI chip, getting a programmer is the easiest way to modify your BIOS and update oROMs, ME, LAN, Microdode etc (which Intel ITK never allows you to do in the first place). Also, if something goes wrong, you can easily recover to your saved/backed-up SPI dump image.

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#1217 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:45 am

I have the solution for the guy two years ago....intel-slic-tool is well known.

Ok, with PhoenixTool i get error while rebuilding the image. I found the extracted ME-file, it is exactly the same as the files in your repository. But as expected, the signature will fail flashing (i guess).

None of FTP are working because of the lock. So SPI-programmer will be only way.............thanks for spending time with my problem!

Hamwa da, kost' fümpfzehn Euro.

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#1218 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:38 am (Last edited: Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:41 am)

Yes, the programmer is the easiest solution. Even if it wasn't for the digital signature, PhoenixTool kept complaining about "wrong size" or similar even though I was doing everything correctly. After an hour of trying I gave up and I remembered that other thread. Anyway, can I ask for a favor?

If you get a programmer and dump your SPI image, can you attach it so that I can take the 2.2.30.1046 RGN ME firmware? Or if you don't want to attach it you can use Ftoolc (how FITC was called back at ME2,3 days) and attach the extracted ME Region.bin image. I'm asking so that I can add it to the Firmware Repository.

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#1219 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:36 pm

Alright so to update to 11.0.0.1133, I also need to update firmware to 9.1.26.1006, correct? Current versions: Driver Version: 10.0.30.1054 ; Firmware Version: 9.1.1.1000. I have a Z97, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

CPU: Intel i7-4790k @ 4.4 GHz ¬ Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR ¬ Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 770 2GB (Reference Card) ¬ Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB DDR3 S DRAM DDR3 1866MHz (PC3 14900) ¬ Hard Drive: Samsung EVO 840 250GB SSD

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#1220 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:03 pm

Zitat von sfektsz im Beitrag #1225
Alright so to update to 11.0.0.1133, I also need to update firmware to 9.1.26.1006, correct?

You don't have to update the firmware to update the driver. For your Z97 system, indeed you can update the firmware to the latest 1.5MB one which is 9.1.26.1006. Then you can update your driver to the latest 11.0.0.1133 if you want but it's not as important. Staying at 10.0.30.1054 is just fine as well. The ME11 drivers are mostly for newer Skylake systems that are not even released yet, not that they are not compatible with all post 6-series systems.

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#1221 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:56 pm

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1224
If you get a programmer and dump your SPI image, can you attach it so that I can take the 2.2.30.1046 RGN ME firmware? Or if you don't want to attach it you can use Ftoolc (how FITC was called back at ME2,3 days) and attach the extracted ME Region.bin image. I'm asking so that I can add it to the Firmware Repository.

Sure, no problem. I have a bus pirate, but yet no success of programming/reading, because it never recognized the EEPROMs.

I'll try the Ftoolc later.

Hamwa da, kost' fümpfzehn Euro.

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#1222 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:11 am

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1226
Zitat von sfektsz im Beitrag #1225
Alright so to update to 11.0.0.1133, I also need to update firmware to 9.1.26.1006, correct?

You don't have to update the firmware to update the driver. For your Z97 system, indeed you can update the firmware to the latest 1.5MB one which is 9.1.26.1006. Then you can update your driver to the latest 11.0.0.1133 if you want but it's not as important. Staying at 10.0.30.1054 is just fine as well. The ME11 drivers are mostly for newer Skylake systems that are not even released yet, not that they are not compatible with all post 6-series systems.

Thank you for the info. This can be a bit confusing at first.

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#1223 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:39 pm

hi plutomaniac when i try to update my me firmware version im facing with this error the me firmware that ı want to flash is mentioned in screen

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#1224 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:44 pm

@temroa

You need to be a lot more specific. What firmware, what system, what tools, what error etc. I can't help otherwise.

Btw, I moved your post to the correct thread for such questions.

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#1225 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:46 pm (Last edited: Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:46 pm)

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1230
@temroa

You need to be a lot more specific. What firmware, what system, what tools, what error etc. I can't help otherwise.

Btw, I moved your post to the correct thread for such questions.

sorry for that i couldn't post here the screen because of width limit okay problem is this when i try to flash this firmware 8.1.60.1561_5MB_PRD_RGN
i got this error Error 8193: Intel (R) ME Interface : Cannot locate ME device driver
im already installed me driver

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#1226 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:57 pm (Last edited: Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:57 pm)

What system do you have (chipset)? What tools have you downloaded? What driver do you have installed? Have you checked that the latter is working properly at Device Manager? What does MEInfo and MEManuf report upon running them?

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#1227 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:25 pm

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1232
What system do you have (chipset)? What tools have you downloaded? What driver do you have installed? Have you checked that the latter is working properly at Device Manager? What does MEInfo and MEManuf report upon running them?

im sorry i was trying to update to 5mb firmware no problem now thanks.

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#1228 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:00 am (Last edited: Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:35 pm)

Updates 05/06/2015:

NEW! Intel ME 9.1 Business 5MB Firmware from v9.1.25.1005 --> v9.1.26.1006
NEW! Intel ME 11.0 Consumer Firmware from v11.0.0.1120 --> v11.0.0.1131
Updated: Intel MEI Driver INF from v11.0.0.1115 --> v11.0.0.1133
Updated: Intel MEI Drivers & Software Consumer from v11.0.0.1115 --> v11.0.0.1133

ME System Tools v9.5 r1 --> r2 :

* Added at ME System Tools v9.5: USBFile v4.0 (bundled with UpdParam)
* Updated at ME System Tools v9.5: UpdParam(DOS) from v9.5.0.1225 (11/2012) --> v9.5.14.1724 (08/2013)
* Updated at ME System Tools v9.5: Configuration Tools from v9.5.0.1225 (11/2012) --> v9.5.14.1724 (08/2013)
* Updated at ME System Tools v9.5: 5MB FW Bring Up Guide from v9.5.0.1225 (11/2012) --> v9.5 PV (07/2013)
* Updated at ME System Tools v9.5: 5MB FW Intel(R) MEBX User Guide from v0.5.2 (11/2012) --> v1.0 (05/2013)
* Updated at ME System Tools v9.5: Intel AMT 9.5 OEM WebUI Guide from v0.5 (10/2012) --> v1.0 (06/2013)
* Removed from ME System Tools v9.5: 1.5MB and 5MB Intel ME SW Only Release Notes v9.5.15.1730

ME System Tools v8.1 r3 --> r4 :

* Added at ME System Tools v8.1: Intel ME Debug Tool Release Notes (09/2011)

ME System Tools v7.1 r1 --> r2 :

* Added at ME System Tools v7.1: MEBx Release Notes v7.0.0.0054
* Added at ME System Tools v7.1: 5MB FW Release Notes v7.1.13.1088
* Updated at ME System Tools v7.1: Flash Image Tool from v7.1.11.1069 --> v7.1.13.1088 (Old)

Fun fact:

I found a very old Alpha ME7 package, version v7.0.0.1041. It's so old that the Kit structure is that of ME6 and the SKUs were still 4MB and 8MB, not 1.5MB and 5MB. However, the kit did have a 5MB Rom-Bypass image which we didn't have before and ME Analyzer had to be updated to detect it properly. Also, the OEM had forgotten inside the Flash Image Tool folder another SPI image which had a different (also ancient) ME7 5MB PRE firmware, v7.0.0.1117. So I guess it was worth it.

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#1229 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:53 pm

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1198
... if I remember properly you have a ME7 system (HM65):

a) Have you tried to run MEInfoWin64 v7.1.50 that I have put at the ME7 package? On my system it complains it requires administrator rights when I'm clearly elevated. The newer, but x86, MEInfoWin v7.1.52 seems to be working just fine.

b) Do you also receive this white-colored PMXUtil Error?

I finally had a chance to test this and here are the results on a HM65, FW 7.1.60.1193, Drv 10.0.30.1054, Win7 x64:
- NO red error on any of the tools. And I tried all of them, with x86 / x64 whenever possible. Did you had Win8.x or was it a glitch on your side, like UAC?
- I too get the same white error on MEInfo x86/x64. No other errors on the rest of the tools. By comparing MEInfo result with MEManuf, I think this error is benign and no information is missing.
- the results from MEInfo x86 and MEInfo x64 are similar, with the only difference being the presence of an EPID code on the higher version.

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#1230 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:17 pm (Last edited: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:22 pm)

Zitat von lordkag im Beitrag #1235
I finally had a chance to test this and here are the results on a HM65, FW 7.1.60.1193, Drv 10.0.30.1054, Win7 x64:
- NO red error on any of the tools. And I tried all of them, with x86 / x64 whenever possible. Did you had Win8.x or was it a glitch on your side, like UAC?
- I too get the same white error on MEInfo x86/x64. No other errors on the rest of the tools. By comparing MEInfo result with MEManuf, I think this error is benign and no information is missing.
- the results from MEInfo x86 and MEInfo x64 are similar, with the only difference being the presence of an EPID code on the higher version.

Ok, I have the same hardware but I'm running Driver 11.0.0.1133 and Windows 8.1 x64.

The only x64 tool that doesn't work for me is MEInfoWin64 with the usual "Admin privileges required" error. The only other x64 tool (Flash Programming Tool) works without any issues. I'm thinking that it's some kind of issue with Windows 8.x.

For the record I tried the 11.0.0.1133, 10.0.30.1054 and even 7.0.0.xxxx (the one Windows pre-installs) and the result was always the same. So it's not a driver issue.

That dll error is definitely a problem of the tool itself. After looking into it back then, all the reports I saw online showed this error. Maybe it got fixed later down the release line or maybe Intel never bothered in the first place.

I was mostly wondering whether it's just me. I guess it's just my system, Windows 8.x probably.

@iceman

Hello, can you test on your ME7 system if MEInfoWin64 shows any error? What operating system do you have?

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