I have a 2013 Razer Blade Pro laptop (latest manufacturer BIOS and no BIOS mods whatsoever) that’s currently on ME FW version 9.0.2.1345, and I’d like to update it to version 9.0.31.1487. If I run MEManuf I get:
Intel(R) MEManuf Version: 9.1.10.1000
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error 9271: Flash ID 0xC22017 Intel(R) ME VSCC value mismatch
Programmed value of 0x0 doesn’t match the recommended value of 0x2045
See PCH SPI programming Guide for more details
Error 9296: MEManuf Test Failed
I’m wondering if it’s safe to proceed with flashing through FWUpdLcl, or is there something I have to do first?
MEManuf -eol:
Intel(R) MEManuf Version: 9.1.10.1000
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error 9311: CF9GR is not locked
Error 9283: Region access permissions don’t match Intel recommended values
Error 9310: Intel(R) ME is still in Manufacturing Mode
Error 9271: Flash Id 0xC22017 Intel(R) ME VSCC value mismatch
Programmed value of 0x0 doesn’t match the recommended value of 0x2045
See PCH SPI programming Guide for more details
Error 9322: MEManuf End-Of-Line Test Failed
MEManuf -verbose:
Intel(R) MEManuf Version: 9.1.10.1000
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
FW Status Register1: 0x1E000255
FW Status Register2: 0x66002306
CurrentState: Normal
ManufacturingMode: Enabled
FlashPartition: Valid
OperationalState: M0 with UMA
InitComplete: Complete
BUPLoadState: Success
ErrorCode: No Error
ModeOfOperation: Normal
Phase: HOSTCOMM Module
ICC: Valid OEM data, ICC programmed
ME File System Corrupted: No
Get ME FWU info command…done
Get ME FWU version command…done
Get ME FWU feature state command…done
Get ME FWU platform type command…done
Get ME FWU feature capability command…done
Get ME FWU OEM Id command…done
Feature enablement is 0x41101960
Request Intel(R) ME test result command…done
System is running on consumer/1.5M image, start Intel(R) ME Runtime Test
ME initialization state valid
ME operation mode valid
Current operation state valid
ME error state valid
Verifying FW Status Register1…done
OEM ICC data valid and programmed correctly
MFS is not corrupted
PCH SKU Emulation is correct
Request Intel(R) ME test result command…done
vsccommn.bin was created on 17:22:47 08/18/2014 GMT
Error 9271: Flash ID 0xC22017 Intel(R) ME VSCC value mismatch
Programmed value of 0x0 doesn’t match the recommended value of 0x2045
See PCH SPI programming Guide for more details
SPI Flash ID #1 BIOS VSCC value is 0x2045
SPI Flash ID #1 (ID: 0xC22017) BIOS VSCC value checked
No Intel vPro Wireless device was found
Request Intel(R) ME Runtime BIST test command…done
Get Intel(R) ME test data command…done
Total of 10 Intel(R) ME test result retrieved
MicroKernel - Internal Hardware Tests: Internal Hardware Tests - Passed
MicroKernel - Blob Manager: Set - Passed
MicroKernel - Blob Manager: Get - Passed
MicroKernel - Blob Manager: Remove - Passed
Policy Kernel - ME Configuration: Wlan Power Well - Passed
Policy Kernel - ME Configuration: PROC_MISSING - Passed
Policy Kernel - ME Configuration: M3 Power Rails Available - Passed
Policy Kernel - Embedded Controller: Power source type - Passed
Policy Kernel - SMBus: Read byte - Passed
Common Services - LAN: Connectivity to NIC in M0 - Skipped
Clear Intel(R) ME test data command…done
Error 9296: MEManuf Test Failed
MEInfo:
Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 9.1.43.3004
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Intel(R) ME code versions:
BIOS Version: F04
MEBx Version: 0.0.0.0000
Gbe Version: 1.2
VendorID: 8086
PCH Version: 4
FW Version: 9.0.2.1345 H
LMS Version: 11.7.0.1060
MEI Driver Version: 11.7.0.1057
Wireless Hardware Version: Not Available
Wireless Driver Version: Not Available
FW Capabilities: 0x41101960
Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
Service Advertisement & Discovery - PRESENT/ENABLED
TLS: Disabled
Last ME reset reason: Power up
Local FWUpdate: Enabled
BIOS Config Lock: Enabled
Host Read Access to ME: Enabled
Host Write Access to ME: Enabled
SPI Flash ID #1: C22017
SPI Flash ID VSCC #1: 0
SPI Flash BIOS VSCC: 20452045
BIOS boot State: Post Boot
OEM Id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Capability Licensing Service: Enabled
OEM Tag: 0x00000000
Localized Language: Unknown
Independent Firmware Recovery: Enabled
From the logs it looks like a) Razer has left read/write access to the Engine region unlocked (good if you want to repair or upgrade something, bad for security) and b) they have messed up a setting (VSCC) which causes the other “mismatch” warning. Since you can restore to 9.0 firmware, in case of issues, due to Manufacturing Mode being enabled, you can try updating to the latest 9.1 firmware instead. How old is the official Razer BIOS, do you have a download link for the latest one? Run Flash Programming Tool with command “fptw -d spi.bin”, compress and attach the resulting “spi.bin” image.
The SPI image is attached, it went through with no errors.
As for the BIOS image, there’s nothing on Razer’s site or in their Synapse updater app about separate BIOS updates for this vintage laptop. The current BIOS (F04) is dated 5/20/2013 according to Speccy. Regardless, the best I could do for now is a backup with AFUWIN, which is also attached.
Edit: I contacted Razer support and F04 appears to be the latest BIOS for the model, so I don’t think there’s any separate update file.
spi.zip (3.02 MB)
afuwin.zip (1.96 MB)
Ok, your BIOS is definitely too old for 9.1 firmware so use FWUpdate tool with 9.0.31.1487 1.5MB.
Flashing 9.0.31.1487 appears to have succeeded, thank you.
Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 9.1.43.3004
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Intel(R) ME code versions:
BIOS Version: F04
MEBx Version: 0.0.0.0000
Gbe Version: 1.2
VendorID: 8086
PCH Version: 4
FW Version: 9.0.31.1487 H
LMS Version: 11.7.0.1060
MEI Driver Version: 11.7.0.1057
Wireless Hardware Version: Not Available
Wireless Driver Version: Not Available
FW Capabilities: 0x41101960
Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
Service Advertisement & Discovery - PRESENT/ENABLED
TLS: Disabled
Last ME reset reason: Power up
Local FWUpdate: Enabled
BIOS Config Lock: Enabled
Host Read Access to ME: Enabled
Host Write Access to ME: Enabled
SPI Flash ID #1: C22017
SPI Flash ID VSCC #1: 0
SPI Flash BIOS VSCC: 20452045
BIOS boot State: Post Boot
OEM Id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Capability Licensing Service: Enabled
OEM Tag: 0x00000000
Localized Language: Unknown
Independent Firmware Recovery: Enabled