[Guide] Clean Dumped Intel ME/TXE Regions with Data Initialization

brandao7 · August 22, 2025, 1:08pm

I tried some ME and CSME and none of them worked, in some research I saw that maybe with one of the 15.0.40.xxx family it would help, but I didn’t find any, only .41 or .35, and they didn’t work

hwdiags · September 29, 2025, 3:39am

I want to clear me this file with above information, but I couldn’t find the right tool and file. Please help me. My desktop board is H110

MeatWar · September 29, 2025, 12:02pm

You’ve been around for some time to know that the guide doesnt specify the need of using the same versions of the system firmware, neither the gathered resources contain ALL possible versions found around the world or released on ALL kind of systems…
So cut out the “cry” “help me” cause you already know this for sure…and you also know from the guide that the rule is to use upper versions.
The desired fw version is on package CSME 11.6 Repository r33
Closest FIT version to use is Flash Image Tool 11.7.0.1292 and not Flash Image Tool 11.6.20.1221, both also around, so start “digging”.

hwdiags · October 1, 2025, 1:49am

Thanks @MeatWar for supporting me

Denoye · October 12, 2025, 9:50pm

I have a trouble getting Intel CSME System Tools v12.0 r45

And the bios I’m trying to fix has a corrupted me region with the message below

Summary

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗

║ ME Analyzer v1.98.0 r180 ║

╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════╗

║ PLAZA ZBOOK.bin (1/1) ║

╟─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────╢

║ Family │ CSE ME ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Version │ 12.0.97.2608 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Release │ Production ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Type │ Region, Extracted ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ SKU │ Corporate LP ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Chipset │ Unknown ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ TCB Security Version Number │ 1 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ ARB Security Version Number │ 15 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Version Control Number │ 70 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Production Ready │ Yes ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ OEM RSA Signature │ Yes ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ OEM Unlock Token │ Yes ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ FWUpdate Support │ Impossible ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Date │ 2025-02-19 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ File System State │ Unconfigured ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Size │ 0x148000 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Flash Image Tool │ 12.0.45.1509 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Chipset Support │ CNP ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢

║ Latest │ Yes ║

╚═════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════╝

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗

║ Power Management Controller ║

╟─────────────────────────────┬───────────────╢

║ Family │ PMC ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Version │ 300.1.20.1030 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Release │ Production ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Type │ Independent ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Chipset SKU │ LP ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Chipset Stepping │ C ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ TCB Security Version Number │ 2 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ ARB Security Version Number │ 2 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Version Control Number │ 0 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Production Ready │ No ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Date │ 2020-03-18 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Size │ 0x11000 ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Chipset Support │ CNP ║

╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢

║ Latest │ Yes ║

╚═════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╝

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 128526432 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 38797435 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1079967744 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1614754096 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 2469518176 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 595598947 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3648244636 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3072 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 404226820 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 2217336111 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 15269888 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1866693690 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1920226152 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1819692153 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 50336739 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1953653550 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1866717402 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1965977454 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1819692153 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4048420864 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1953653550 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3783734066 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1620246528 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4157410497 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1676154828 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 597694180 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 52435738 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4182589296 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 2677669888 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1747857524 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3242459136 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1919983223 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1534861636 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 2441033521 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 103 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1714320499 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 597694481 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 595597500 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1920002555 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 65543 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 7040617 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 52435738 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 16712704 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 2150237776 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3513057280 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3175593733 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4157410497 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 655367 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 779513449 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 44871 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 15597569 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1701754209 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1953653550 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1965977454 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1819692153 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 597694180 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 65543 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1866717402 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1714320499 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 443977415 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4294967295 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 597692666 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 52436138 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 3242459136 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1908 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 15597569 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 24160105 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 1086906772 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 0 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch Page 4294967295 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS Scratch P

age 4294967295 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS final System Area Buffer is empty!

Error: Detected CSE Extension 0x16 with wrong Partition Hash at FTPR > FTPR.man!

Warning: The detected SKU Platform may be unreliable!

Warning: Data in Engine region padding, possible data corruption!

Note: This PMC CNP firmware was not found at the database, please report it!

Note: This CSE ME firmware was not found at the database, please report it!

Press enter to exitage 4294967295 Header CRC-8 is INVALID!

Error: MFS final System Area Buffer is empty!

Error: Detected CSE Extension 0x16 with wrong Partition Hash at FTPR > FTPR.man!

Warning: The detected SKU Platform may be unreliable!

Warning: Data in Engine region padding, possible data corruption!

Note: This PMC CNP firmware was not found at the database, please report it!

Note: This CSE ME firmware was not found at the database, please report it!

Press enter to exit

I’ve downloaded fit tool 12 r38 but it won’t open the bin file

Koekieezz · December 1, 2025, 2:24pm

Im sorry if i reply this, but thank you so much!!! I’ve been trying to figure out a way to FIT some gigabyte 7 series board and it always came with this output, until i’ve read your solution, i also noticed if i open the bios as-is in fit 8.1.40, the me and bios region was swapped in intel FIT.

Once again, thank you

xftv5608 · January 5, 2026, 4:19pm

Could any tech whiz help me clean up a file? Many thanks!9.25 MB file on MEGA

Novik · February 13, 2026, 8:13am

Hello. New in ME clean in Bios and ask for advice.

What CSME version choose to clean Corporate H 12.0.49.1556 ?

Almost all close numbers version have EXTR-Y , but in guide is strongly recomended to use only REG version for clean. With EXTR-Y is same numbers version but not clean.

In tab is only COR_H _RGN and closest version is 12.0.55.1521 so not even close to dumped one, and have different ARB Security Version Number and Version Control Number. From this post Intel (CS) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools (2-15) - #4728 by plutomaniac 12.0.55.1521 version is older then 12.0.49.1556 I’m totally confused with this.

Novik · February 14, 2026, 9:35pm

Problem solved, thanks for guide. 12.0.64.1551 REG works good for me. Guide need some update , lost two days because is milion version of FIT and MEA , and in my case FIT make a job, but MEA indicate many errors in checksumm , and never think that updated version will just indicate no problem, then write Bios and lapop again boot from first attempt, still Caps Shift on but for few second Dell logo appears an windows start like normal.

ChrisM · February 25, 2026, 7:54pm

@plutomaniac , modern Dell System BIOS updates (for CSME 12-15 firmware machines) (broken down with your awesome BIOSUtilities python program) contain ME firmware updates. At the start of this topic, the focus was on using the cleanest RGN firmware, but as this topic developed, MEA output advanced/changed. The output should be “Extracted” and File System State “Configured”.

I’m trying to make this a simple but informative question/post for Dell owners. When I extract the ME firmware from the latest Dell Precision 5540 System BIOS update, and run it through MEAnalyzer, the output is as follows:

╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ME Analyzer v1.309.0 r376 ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ 1 Precision_5540_1.42.0 – 7 Intel Management (1/1) ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────╢
║ Family │ CSE ME ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Version │ 12.1.1.1022 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Release │ Production ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Type │ Extracted ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ SKU │ Corporate H ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Chipset │ CNP/CMP-H B,A ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ TCB Security Version Number │ 1 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ ARB Security Version Number │ 16 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Version Control Number │ 71 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Production Ready │ Yes ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ OEM Configuration │ No ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ FWUpdate Support │ Yes ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Date │ 2025-07-16 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ File System State │ Configured ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Size │ 0xB78000 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────╢
║ Flash Image Tool │ 12.1.1.1024 ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════════╝
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Power Management Controller ║
╟─────────────────────────────┬───────────────╢
║ Family │ PMC ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version │ 300.2.11.1025 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Release │ Production ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Type │ Independent ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset SKU │ H ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset Stepping │ B ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ TCB Security Version Number │ 3 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ ARB Security Version Number │ 3 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Version Control Number │ 0 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Production Ready │ No ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Date │ 2020-02-06 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Size │ 0xE000 ║
╟─────────────────────────────┼───────────────╢
║ Chipset Support │ CNP ║
╚═════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╝

Press enter to exit

That’s an Extracted and Configured output. I’m assuming that these (CS)ME 12-15 firmwares, contained within Dell System BIOS updates, are indeed clean, and that there’s no need to reach back and use old RGN firmwares (12.0.70.1652_COR_H_BA_PRD_RGN.bin in the case of CSME 12 Dell machines).

This may not be my best writing work, so I’m going to simplify it. Is the attached ME firmware, extracted from a recent Dell Precision 5540 System BIOS update, clean to build a FIT outimage.bin for flashing?

I’m assuming so. I did do a build using the old 12.0.70.1652_COR_H_BA_PRD_RGN.bin also, but MEA output for both builds produces Extracted and Configured outputs.

Perhaps a better and easier way to pose the question is to simply ask, are the CSME 12-15 firmwares within/extracted from Dell System BIOS updates, clean to FIT build with?

Thanks to any who care to comment.

Precision 5540 ME Firmware.zip (5.6 MB)

MC_Informatica · March 24, 2026, 2:35pm

Hi Plutomaniaco,
I’m here at my workbench with a motherboard from a Samsung Ativ laptop, model NP370E4J-BWBR, with a Pentium (Bay Trail) processor. I’m working on repairing the BIOS of this laptop model. The original dump was created with FIT v1.1.4.1145, but I’m having trouble opening version 1.1.5 in Windows 11.

I’ve already tested several BIOS versions, and the laptop problem remains the same; sometimes the laptop displays an image, and sometimes it doesn’t. Could you help me?

Fernando · March 24, 2026, 3:48pm

@MC_Informatica
Welcome to the Win-Raid Forum!
If you want, that a certain Forum member will be notified about your post, you should set an “@” in front of her/his nickname.

pcfr33k · April 8, 2026, 5:32pm

@plutomaniac

This is a fantastic guide thanks for sharing it. Quick question about the FPT partition table under the ME region. I have a screenshot attached. Can I ignore the invalid portions in the screenshot or does this pose some potential issues, and if not how does one fix that? I know I have reported and others in the past one of my Bios volumes gets replaced with padding and then laptop boots to a black screen and only fix is to use a programmer to re-flash a good copy of an extracted SPI/Bios copy. Could this be the primary cause of this? Its been reported to happen from sleep/wake and/or multiple re-boots and/or changing settings in the Bios such as enabling/disabling secure boot.

Asus G750JX Laptop

Senchi93 · August 4, 2026, 9:53pm

@L36 need some help please with MSI GL65 9SEK Full dump file, can you help please ??

L36 · August 6, 2026, 2:11am

Don’t have that one. Only have GE75 9SF

toniu-massa · August 27, 2026, 3:24pm

Hello!
I need to clean the ME on a Samsung laptop with ME 6.1, IBX, and 1.5MB SKU. However, I can’t find an RGN file in the firmware repository that matches this version. The ME version is 6.1.10.1052. The latest 1.5MB RGN available in the repository is 6.0.40.1215. How can I clean this ME? Could someone help me?
Thanks in advance!

Tris · August 28, 2026, 1:23am

You can use whichever version you like I believe, as long as it’s a RGN image.

toniu-massa · August 28, 2026, 6:13pm

I understand.
I already tried with the latest RGN, but the laptop issue persists. The laptop turns on and off normally, but there is no video output. So, I suspected it might be due to the difference in ME versions. I’m going to try with another BIOS image dump.

Thanks, @Tris !

MeatWar · August 28, 2026, 6:15pm

If this was the issue before, then it’s not ME FW region corruption.

ceniph · October 3, 2026, 11:03pm

Hi everyone.

I have recently purchased an old Dell 15 5000 laptop as I’m attempting to start a side hustle to make a little extra cash. The motherboard number is Cedar_Intel 13269-1 (FX3MC).

At first, the laptop was completely dead, and after a little poking around, and a lot of help from Google’s AI, the best course of action was to flash the BIOS chip with a new BIOS. (FYI - the RAM voltage measured on its inductor was 0V as a result of the PWM chip not enabling the mosfet to supply the needed voltage). AI determined it was as a result of a corrupted BIOS due to all other voltages being present.

Now, after learning that I had to do a 3.3V mod on my CH341A programmer, and actually managing it, I successfully programmed a new BIOS onto the chip, and it verified correctly (NeoProgrammer was used if that matters).

The fan now spins up, and the laptop is drawing 250mA-ish, followed by 7 rather annoyingly loud beeps. My AI friend suggested that it’s most likely the ME region of my original dump that needs to be cleaned in order to fix this.

I have attempted to attach the original dump, as well as the file I used to re-program the BIOS chip, but I see new users cannot upload files.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!

Apologies if my electronic logic seems a bit off as I studied electronics about 20 years ago, and am learning to ride the proverbial bike again.

Thanks!