HP Z200 Workstation VA206AV switches off after exactly 30 minutes

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OK, seems you flashed an update file as region. For the difference and correct procedure see: Intel (Converged Security) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools

@plutomaniac

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FWUpdate Update Images (UPD):

FWUpdate images (UPD) are partial RGN/EXTR firmware regions which contain only ME CODE without any DATA. They are created and used only by Intel’s FWUpdate tool. Thus, they can neither be opened nor configured by Intel Flash Image Tool (FIT). Never flash UPD images via anything other than Intel FWUpdate tool. UPD images are not needed for 7-series (ME 8) or newer systems. However, all 6-series (ME 7) or older systems must use UPD images in order to initiate a ME firmware update. Thus, at section B1 below, only RGN/EXTR images are provided for 7-series (ME 8) or newer systems and only UPD images are provided for 6-series (ME 7) or older systems.
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How to update Engine firmware:

There are two ways to upgrade or downgrade the Engine firmware: either via Intel FWUpdate tool or manually.

[ul][li]The Intel FWUpdate tool is an official command line utility provided by Intel which uses the Engine co-processor itself to upgrade/downgrade the (CS)ME firmware quickly and easily. FWUpdate tool requires that the Engine co-processor is operational and that its current Engine firmware region is healthy at the system’s SPI/BIOS chip. To check if the Engine itself as well as its current firmware are healthy, you can use Intel MEInfo and MEManuf tools, as instructed below. FWUpdate tool also requires that the SVN, VCN and PV are not violated. FWUpdate tool does not require the user to have read/write access to the Engine firmware region of the system’s SPI/BIOS chip, as dictated by the Flash Descriptor region permissions. Moreover, FWUpdate tool deals only with Engine CODE and does not require any prior Configuration (DATA). It can thus work with either RGN or EXTR Engine Regions.

The basic usage is FWUpdLcl -allowsv -f update_file_name.bin for (CS)ME >= 7 or FWUpdLcl update_file_name.bin -generic for ME <= 6. …

Take the attached file and flash it using the program you used before:
fpt -me -f 7H3_0122_ME.bin

That is the stock firmware extracted from latest bios, picture to the right.

Please post result as screendump of flash window/ picture. Don't continue if you get error messages as in your last try, take screenshot/ picture, post again!

Check the ME after this flash with MEInfo -verbose and MEInfo -fwsts (If I remember right the results of the 2 commands are different for ME 6). Please post the 2 results.


Regarding udate to latest version- these are the different files SP 81826 update preproduction, SP 80262 same version but 'rev A', update production, file from repo in Win-Raid update, ME region og latest bios, ME- region!

If MEInfo result was OK you might update the ME FW to the latest version using the FWUpdLcl command and an update firmware from the repository (ME 6 Desktop 5MB v6.2.61.3535)
FWUpdLcl 6.2.61.3535_5MB_DT_PRD_UPD.bin -generic

Check the ME again: MEInfo -verbose and MEInfo -fwsts

(I’d avoid the pre- production FW from HP since these firmwares normally only work with pre- production hardware)

7H3_0122_ME.zip (1.88 MB)