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

#1411 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:49 am

@ Richter_Belmont:
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Zitat von Richter_Belmont im Beitrag #1416
Issue is, that it seems to be not installed correctly or to be to wrong driver, as most of the time (not everytime though), it does not start up correctly (shows a yellow exclamation mark in device manager). The event log says that it couldn't contact the firmware properly.
When i manually deactivate and reactivate the device in device manager, it appears to work ok. But i'm not sure about that.

Maybe something went wrong, when you installed the complete Intel MEI Drivers & Software Set.
My tip: Uninstall the Intel MEI Software by using the Add/remove Software option. Then reboot and - if needed - reinstall just the Intel ME driver manually.

Zitat
It would also be great if someone could link me to the standalone driver, as it probably doesn't make much sense to install the whole IMEI package on a home workstation.

You are absolutely right regarding this point.
You can find the latest "naked" Intel MEI drivers for a manual installation within the chapter A1 of the start post (look for the Annex "INF for manual installation").

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#1412 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:02 pm

Zitat von plutomaniac im Beitrag #1413
@ RiP:

Maybe the archive did not download properly and the file is corrupted. Maybe you need administrator privileges when running FWUpdate. Maybe try placing FWUpdate under C:\ root directory.

Tried all but no luck.

Just took a backup and noticed that the created file is 3.88MB. Then maybe I have the 5M version, right?
How to check if it's 1.5M or 5M?

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#1413 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:12 pm (Last edited: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:13 pm)

Hello Fernando, thank you for all the great info on this forum!

Is there a chance that files from A1 are corrupted? I downloaded first 2-3 files and when i try to open them with 7zip it says that they are not an archive. I want to add that other files from this forum like meanalyzer works like charm, or even the full me driver files are ok but the "inf only" seems corrupted.

"Intel MEI Driver v11.0.0.1157 MEI-Only Installer
Intel MEI Driver v11.0.0.1157 INF for manual installation"

Can you take a look? Thank you!

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#1414 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:19 pm (Last edited: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:20 pm)

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1417
Maybe something went wrong, when you installed the complete Intel MEI Drivers & Software Set.
My tip: Uninstall the Intel MEI Software by using the Add/remove Software option. Then reboot and - if needed - reinstall just the Intel ME driver manually.

Hi Fernando,

i should have mentioned that i already did this numerous times. There must be an issue with the driver or the firmware (or the OS).

Also, it worked fine with Win 7 Pro. So i don't think its an hardware issue.

Zitat
You are absolutely right regarding this point.
You can find the latest "naked" Intel MEI drivers for a manual installation within the chapter A1 of the start post (look for the Annex "INF for manual installation").

Will do. Thank you!

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#1415 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:31 pm

@ Richter_Belmont:
If you should still have a problem with the Intel ME driver, I recommend to install v10.0.30.1054 instead of the v11.0.0.1157.
In my case (Z97 chipset) Win10 had automaticly installed the driver v10.0.30.1054.
Furthermore I recommend to check the Intel ME firmware by running the related tools. You can find them all within the start post of this thread.

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#1416 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:38 pm

@ robE:
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Zitat von robE im Beitrag #1419
Is there a chance that files from A1 are corrupted? I downloaded first 2-3 files and when i try to open them with 7zip it says that they are not an archive. I want to add that other files from this forum like meanalyzer works like charm, or even the full me driver files are ok but the "inf only" seems corrupted.
"Intel MEI Driver v11.0.0.1157 MEI-Only Installer
Intel MEI Driver v11.0.0.1157 INF for manual installation"
Can you take a look?

I just have downloaded both packages and unzipped them without any problem.
Since all these archives are compressed by using WinRAR v5.xx, you should better take WinRAR of the v5 series than 7-Zip.

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#1417 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:43 pm

Indeed, works fine with winrar...sorry for the hassle but it's the first time i run into compatibility problems with 7zip.

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#1418 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:48 pm

Zitat von robE im Beitrag #1423
it's the first time i run into compatibility problems with 7zip.

No problem. The latest WinRAR versions from v5 up have a new compression method and you probably used a very old 7-Zip version.

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#1419 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:13 pm

Actually i use the latest beta 15.05 from 2015-06-14 but i guess there are still some differences and 7zip has to catch up.

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#1420 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:38 pm

@ RiP:

Indeed, your system has a 5MB SKU (and also an older firmware which I didn't have at my repository). Download the 9.1.30.1008 5MB firmware and flash that.

@ robE:

Yes, 7-zip still doesn't support Rar 5.0 compression even though it has been available for years. So WinRar is needed for larger archives that benefit from the bigger compression dictionary. Also, the fact that WinRar 5 is required is clearly mentioned (and underlined) at the first post.

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#1421 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:17 pm

Zitat von eroder im Beitrag #1414
Hi There,

I have Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Mobo. I've updated ME FW to v9.1.30.1008 (1.5MB). Can I update to higher version?

Thanx

Thanx for the answer but I actually wanted to know if I can flash MEFW Ver 10 or 11 on my MOBO or am I stuck with ver9.
Thanx

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#1422 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:30 pm

Update 03/08/2015:

* Updated Intel ME 11.0 PCH-H Consumer Firmware from v11.0.0.1160 --> v11.0.0.1163

@ eroder:

As stated at the first post, each generation has a specific ME major/minor version number. You can update only to latter v9.1 firmware.

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#1423 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:24 pm

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #1421
@ Richter_Belmont:
If you should still have a problem with the Intel ME driver, I recommend to install v10.0.30.1054 instead of the v11.0.0.1157.
In my case (Z97 chipset) Win10 had automaticly installed the driver v10.0.30.1054.

This worked like a charm. No errors anymore. Thanks again!

I have another question. It's quite short, so i will post it here if you don't mind:

If i prevent the Intel RST-Tool from autostarting: Will my HDDs still run in ACHI mode properly?

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#1424 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:01 pm

Zitat von Richter_Belmont im Beitrag #1429
If i prevent the Intel RST-Tool from autostarting: Will my HDDs still run in ACHI mode properly?

Yes, the AHCI mode and its features will not be affected at all. The only thing, which will be changed after the next start or reboot is, that the RST monitoring will not work anymore permanently in the background (which is good for the system performance).

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#1425 | RE: Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools datum

Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:07 am

Hi friends, I have recently upgraded an Acer Travelmate p253-E from his original pentium B960 up to an i5 2430m and I have experimented the 30 minutes countdown shutdown due to the fact that the motherboard (Q5WV1 LA-7912-P) has the HM70 chipset that "is not compatible" with I procesors. I would like to know if it would be possible to flash the firmware in order to freeze this countdown. I have tried all imaginable things and this is the last shot before give up.

Thanks for reading.

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