Intel (Converged Security) Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware and Tools (2-15)

allee · November 1, 2015, 4:12pm

I successfully update to v9.0.31.1487…

thank you all , especially plutomaniac !

raksus · November 1, 2015, 9:26pm

Do you think Intel ME 8 firmware v8.1.65.1586 is the last one or can we expect more updates in the future?

plutomaniac · November 1, 2015, 9:42pm

If anything newer is found, it will be posted here.

plutomaniac · November 4, 2015, 5:13pm

Intel ME 11.0 Consumer PCH-LP Firmware v11.0.0.1180
Intel ME 11.0 Corporate PCH-LP Firmware v11.0.0.1180 (Re-Upload, wrong file)

plutomaniac · November 5, 2015, 6:59pm

Intel MEI Driver MEI-Only Installer v11.0.0.1173
Intel MEI Driver INF for manual installation v11.0.0.1172

Note: 11.0.0.1183 firmware should appear soon.

mwilky · November 10, 2015, 9:24pm

Hello there,

Rather new to all this, I recently reformatted my pc, updated bios etc and now for some reason i cannot get the intel management engine components to install.

My motherboard is MSI H81M-P33 and my chipset is Intel 8 Series/C220

I am on latest bios for my motherboard and my ME version in the bios is showing 9.0.30.1482

Whenever i go to install the management engine drivers from my motherboards website, i get the error saying the platform is not supported.

I also get an error in MEInfo saying "Error 9256: Communication error between application and Intel(R) ME module (FW Update client)"

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thank you

plutomaniac · November 11, 2015, 12:49am

@ mwilky:

You either have no MEI drivers installed or the ME firmware is corrupt. This is what the latest official MSI BIOS has:

1. Download ME Analyzer. Open a command prompt as administrator and run MEA -info command. Can you see your driver & firmware versions?
2. Download the ME9.0 system tools from the first post. Go to folder Flash Programming Tool, open a command prompt and run fptw -d spi.bin command. Does it dump a full 8MB file called spi.bin or does it report Error 26?
3. Go to folder MEManuf, open a command prompt and run MEManufWin64 -verbose. What’s the output?

mwilky · November 11, 2015, 10:59am

Thanks for the reply.

1. Brings up output:

"Error, could not access the Intel Engine driver!

→ Make sure you are running ME Analyzer as Administrator!

→ Make sure you are using an Intel Engine compatible system!

→ Make sure you have an Intel Engine driver installed first!"

2. Dumps the .bin file correctly

3. i get the output:

"Error 9278: Unknown or unsupported hardware platform

Error 9321: MEManuf Operation Failed"

Once again thanks for your help

plutomaniac · November 11, 2015, 3:42pm

Intel ME 11.0 Consumer PCH-LP Firmware v11.0.0.1180 (EXTR → RGN)

@ mwilky:

Thank you for following the steps. You have an unlocked flash descriptor so even if your ME region is corrupted we can quickly repair it. But first let’s see if it’s a driver issue. At Device Manager > System Devices, can you see Intel(R) Management Engine Interface? If you do, what drivers does it mention as being installed?

Can you also upload me your 8MB dump to check the ME Region?

mwilky · November 11, 2015, 3:53pm

Your welcome thank you for helping.

In device manager > System Devices there is nothing there at all for Intel Management Engine

Here is the dump you requested

Thanks in advance

spi.zip (5.99 MB)

plutomaniac · November 11, 2015, 4:55pm

@ mwilky:

You need to repair the ME region. Download the attached file. It’s the ME Region from your motherboard’s latest BIOS (E7817IMS.190).

From the v9.0 System Tools, run command fptw64 -rewrite -me -f ME.bin to replace your current ME Region with the one from MSI’s latest BIOS.

After the ME Region is successfully replaced, run command fptw64 -greset to force a system reset. The system should reboot.

Warning: Be very careful with FPT, don’t flash a different file and don’t forget any parameter by accident.

Once done, make sure you have the latest INF drivers installed from the first post (11.0.0.1172).

Then test MEInfo and MEManuf. Is everything in order?

If everything works, you can also update to the newer 1.5MB 9.0.31 firmware using FWUpdate tool.

E7817IMS.190_ME.rar (1010 KB)

mwilky · November 11, 2015, 5:25pm

Awesome, all working and updated now!

Thanks a lot for your help!

plutomaniac · November 12, 2015, 2:58pm

Intel MEI Drivers & Software v11.0.0.1173 for Corporate systems

shroeder · November 12, 2015, 4:48pm

Extracted drivers from “Intel MEI Drivers & Software v11.0.0.1173 for Corporate systems” by @plutomaniac :
MEI v11.0.0.1172
SOL v11.0.0.1136

https://mega.nz/#!ZIJVwJ4a!yq7RnBZSXGvKH…ARA2Jklkx8JHDmU

plutomaniac · November 12, 2015, 7:05pm

@ shroeder:

Yes, these were first uploaded a week ago from the MEI-Only Installer.

plutomaniac · November 13, 2015, 6:47pm

Intel SOL Driver v11.0.0.1136 INF
Intel ME 11.0 Consumer PCH-H Firmware v11.0.0.1191 *

Note: Intel SOL driver for 5MB/Corporate systems was added today with the equivalent instructions.

* It’s EXTR and not RGN so not usage with the current buggy FWUpdate releases. Workaround image for FWUpdate to work is attached below. Use this image only with FWUpdate and not FIT or FPT. Flash at your own risk. The same was tested successfully with 1180 firmware some days ago. Still, if you go ahead and test the workaround, please provide feedback.

11.0.0.1191_CON_H_PRD_EXTR_FWUPDATE_WORKAROUND_ONLY.rar (1.16 MB)

Pacman · November 13, 2015, 7:17pm

flashed the 1191 workaround file without problems, MEInfo looks correct, passes MEManuf.

Thanks

gpvecchi · November 13, 2015, 10:29pm

i6700k should be Skylake-S, right?
@Pacman : I see your GBe region is newer than mine, are you on Z170? Any way/worth to update? Thanks!

Pacman · November 14, 2015, 7:09pm

i7-6700k is SKL-S

Yes, i have an Asrock Z170 Extreme6, GBE Region can be updated with UEFITool, but i don’t Think you are going to see any benefits from it.

RimZ · November 14, 2015, 9:08pm