What does Windows logo mean? Is this really Windows starting? This would be OS start after finished bios / firmware routines?
Can you access bios settings?
There are two things one could do with this firmware image:
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Empty NVRam, there might be some settings that brick it
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Clean ME region according to
[Guide] Clean Dumped Intel Engine (CS)ME/(CS)TXE Regions with Data Initialization
Empty NVRam will make probably make you loose machine specific data, at least a Windows key is stored there.
Clean ME region won’t hurt, but it’s very unlikely that this is the reason.