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| [Problem] NVMe Booting with ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 |
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21 | 55 | November 11, 2025 |
| [Request] CPU microcode for HP Willow2 16540-1 Rev.A |
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3 | 27 | November 10, 2025 |
| Idea: MUCH faster DRAM by disabling the weakest, slowest RAM addresses: |
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1 | 29 | November 8, 2025 |
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Intel (CS) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools for ME 16+
Intel Converged Security Management Engine Drivers, Firmware and Tools CSME 16+ Last Updated: 2022-09-10 Intel Management Engine Introduction: Built into many Intel-based platforms is a small, low power compute… |
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396 | 197644 | November 8, 2025 |
| Selecting the correct FIT/MFIT Version |
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4 | 45 | November 7, 2025 |
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Intel (CS)ME, (CS)TXE, (CS)SPS, GSC, PMC, PCHC, PHY & OROM Firmware Repositories
Intel Firmware Repositories: (CS)ME, (CS)TXE, (CS)SPS, GSC, PMC, PCHC, PHY & OROM Last Updated: 2022-06-05 This is a collection of every Intel Engine (CSME, CSTXE, CSSPS, ME, TXE, SPS), Graphics (GSC), PMC, PCHC, PHY & … |
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241 | 207683 | November 7, 2025 |
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Intel, AMD, VIA & Freescale CPU Microcode Repositories Discussion
Intel, AMD, VIA & Freescale CPU Microcode Repositories Discussion Topic This thread is meant as a place to discuss the CPU Microcode Repositories. You can find all details and download links at the project's Github pag… |
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1224 | 77355 | November 6, 2025 |
| MSI Z790-P Wifi DDR5: End of Manufacturing, FPFs |
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0 | 41 | November 1, 2025 |
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[HowTo] Get full NVMe Support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS
@ all: Please read this before posting into this thread: This thread has been designed by me for users, who want to do the required BIOS modification themselves by following this guide. Users, who want to get an alre… |
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8084 | 510353 | October 30, 2025 |
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Intel (CS) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools (2-15)
Intel (Converged Security) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools for (CS)ME 2-15 Last Updated: 2022-09-08 Intel Management Engine Introduction: Built into many Intel-based platforms is a small, low power com… |
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6427 | 641799 | October 29, 2025 |
| ECS Z77H2-A2X Golden NVME Booting Bios Mod |
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1 | 18 | October 28, 2025 |
| Unable to dump MX77U51250FZ4I42 SPI flash |
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2 | 25 | October 26, 2025 |
| Any way to disable AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP)? |
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3 | 2304 | October 24, 2025 |
| Help me please - Intel ME firmware not initializing |
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1 | 29 | October 23, 2025 |
| IME / Thunderbolt Firmware issue - Asus MAXIMUS Z690 HERO |
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3 | 1353 | October 23, 2025 |
| HP Pavilion 15-e051sx Notebook, turns off after 30m |
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7 | 194 | October 21, 2025 |
| Looking for Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th gen working Thunderbolt bin file |
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5 | 1422 | October 20, 2025 |
| Help Finding Lunar Lake MX CSME System Tools V20 |
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0 | 27 | October 20, 2025 |
| HP HDX9000 mods |
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36 | 3552 | October 15, 2025 |
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[Guide] Clean Dumped Intel Engine (CS)ME/(CS)TXE Regions with Data Initialization
Guide-How To: Clean Dumped Intel Engine (CS)ME/(CS)TXE Regions with Data Initialization Last Updated: 2020-07-22 This guide is relevant to those who need to clean the DATA section of an Engine (CSME, ME, CSTXE, TXE) Reg… |
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644 | 182696 | October 12, 2025 |
| Intel ME Disabled on Lenovo M920s After ME_DIS Jumper |
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19 | 127 | October 12, 2025 |
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[Offer] Intel, AMD, VIA CPU Microcode Archives (1995-Present)
All currently known Intel, AMD and VIA CPU microcodes have been made available by plutomaniac (AKA platomav on Github) for the Win-RAID community! MICROCODES Note that this thread will be updated from Plutomaniac’s Git… |
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89 | 10556 | October 9, 2025 |
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Intel (Conv.Sec.) Trusted Execution Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools
Intel (Converged Security) Trusted Execution Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools Last Updated: 2022-05-24 Intel Trusted Execution Engine Introduction: Built into many Intel Chipset-based platforms is a small, low powe… |
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273 | 51732 | October 9, 2025 |
| [Request] MSI Big Bang-XPower II with full NVMe Support |
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1 | 18 | October 8, 2025 |
| How to make/find ME FW Update for MSI GT73EVR 7RE Titan? |
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2 | 37 | October 8, 2025 |
| I just want to enable tpm on a maximus viii hero |
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1 | 24 | October 6, 2025 |
| Bricked h110m-hdv r3.0 |
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5 | 17 | October 4, 2025 |
| Dell Precision T3600 Bios A14 |
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26 | 2487 | September 27, 2025 |
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[Guide] Unlock Intel Flash Descriptor Read/Write Access Permissions for SPI Servicing
Guide-How To: Unlock Intel Flash Descriptor Read/Write Access Permissions for SPI Servicing Last Updated: 2018-03-20 This guide is relevant to those who need to understand what the Intel Flash Descriptor is, how its SPI… |
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131 | 81870 | September 21, 2025 |
| NVMe Support for GA-870A-UD3? |
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3 | 2320 | September 21, 2025 |