hit an error while working on acer travelmate 5742g management engine firmware update Intel(R) Core™ i5 CPU M 430 - Intel 5 series/3400 - HM55 mobile chipset
ME 6 1.5MB v6.2.50.1062 looks like the latest For systems running ME 1.5MB v6 was the one i was going with but here is the punch line (Error 8719: Firmware update cannot be initiated because Local Firmware update is disabled)
latest bios installed (InsydeH2O v3.5) bios files includes FLASHIT.EXE,MEInfo.exe,SPI.EXE,SPROM.EXE,Update.BAT in dos folder and PEW71130.exe in windows folder. so maybe there is a way around the blocks (E3. OEM/ODM Servicing Features & E4. OEM/ODM Servicing Utilities)
Note: Intel (R) Anti-Theft Technology Permanently Disabled? Yes -by default in current, No -by default in update file.i guess it should not matter for updating seems like all leads to pin method.manufacturer somehow updating this pre-locked files with a setup.but i could not find it
cause it does not apply to bios modifications section,not exactly
i am aware.and that is a part of the problem.there is no RNG as an higher version.besides as the guide suggest “all 6-series (ME 7) or older systems must use UPD images in order to initiate a ME firmware update” which is what i am doing here and you left the part from quote saying “otherwise the closest you can find in case that one doesn’t exist or it’s not RGN, same SKU etc.” so i did try that aswell.cross checking sku,size,type side note,EXT files are extracted so considered dirty i am laying it out with examples.people tend to focus on their own machines first (by searches etc),may set an example in how it played out,i will edit it once i have figured it out.
[General Information] Processor Name: Intel Core i5-430M Original Processor Frequency: 2266.7 MHz Original Processor Frequency [MHz]: 2267 CPU ID: 00020652 CPU Brand Name: Intel(R) Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel CPU Stepping: C2 CPU Code Name: Arrandale Trans. SV CPU Technology: 32 nm CPU S-Spec: SLBPN CPU Thermal Design Power (TDP): 25.0 W CPU Thermal Design Current (TDC): 21.0 A CPU Max. Junction Temperature (Tj,max): 105 °C CPU Type: Production Unit CPU Platform: Socket G1 (rPGA988A) Microcode Update Revision: 11 Number of CPU Cores: 2 Number of Logical CPUs: 4 [Operating Points] CPU LFM (Minimum): 1200.0 MHz = 9 x 133.3 MHz CPU HFM (Base): 2266.7 MHz = 17 x 133.3 MHz CPU Turbo Max: 2533.3 MHz = 19 x 133.3 MHz [Locked] Turbo Ratio Limits: 19x (1-2c) CPU Current: 2528.0 MHz = 19 x 133.1 MHz Uncore Current: 1729.7 MHz = 13.00 x 133.1 MHz CPU Internal Bus Type: Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) v1.0 Number of QPI Links per CPU: 1 Maximum Supported QPI Link Clock: 2400 MHz (4.80 GT/s) Current QPI Link Clock: 2394 MHz (4.79 GT/s) CPU External Bus Type: Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) v1.0 Maximum DMI Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s Current DMI Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s [Cache and TLB] L1 Cache: Instruction: 2 x 32 KBytes, Data: 2 x 32 KBytes L2 Cache: Integrated: 2 x 256 KBytes L3 Cache: 3 MBytes Instruction TLB: 2MB/4MB Pages, Fully associative, 7 entries Data TLB: 4 KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries [Standard Feature Flags] FPU on Chip Present Enhanced Virtual-86 Mode Present I/O Breakpoints Present Page Size Extensions Present Time Stamp Counter Present Pentium-style Model Specific Registers Present Physical Address Extension Present Machine Check Exception Present CMPXCHG8B Instruction Present APIC On Chip / PGE (AMD) Present Fast System Call Present Memory Type Range Registers Present Page Global Feature Present Machine Check Architecture Present CMOV Instruction Present Page Attribute Table Present 36-bit Page Size Extensions Present Processor Number Not Present CLFLUSH Instruction Present Debug Trace and EMON Store Present Internal ACPI Support Present MMX Technology Present Fast FP Save/Restore (IA MMX-2) Present Streaming SIMD Extensions Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 Present Self-Snoop Present Multi-Threading Capable Present Automatic Clock Control Present IA-64 Processor Not Present Signal Break on FERR Present Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX) Present Safer Mode Extensions (Intel TXT) Not Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 Present Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 Present AVX Support Not Present Fused Multiply Add (FMA) Not Present Carryless Multiplication (PCLMULQDQ)/GFMUL Not Present CMPXCHG16B Support Present MOVBE Instruction Not Present POPCNT Instruction Present XSAVE/XRSTOR/XSETBV/XGETBV Instructions Not Present XGETBV/XSETBV OS Enabled Not Present Float16 Instructions Not Present AES Cryptography Support Not Present Random Number Read Instruction (RDRAND) Not Present Extended xAPIC Not Present MONITOR/MWAIT Support Present Thermal Monitor 2 Present Enhanced SpeedStep Technology Present L1 Context ID Not Present Send Task Priority Messages Disabling Present Processor Context ID Not Present Direct Cache Access Not Present TSC-deadline Timer Not Present Performance/Debug Capability MSR Present IA32 Debug Interface Support Not Present 64-Bit Debug Store Present CPL Qualified Debug Store Present [Extended Feature Flags] 64-bit Extensions Present RDTSCP and TSC_AUX Support Present 1 GB large page support Not Present No Execute Present SYSCALL/SYSRET Support Present Bit Manipulation Instructions Set 1 Not Present Bit Manipulation Instructions Set 2 Not Present Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) Not Present Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) Not Present AVX-512 Prefetch Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Exponential and Reciprocal Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Conflict Detection Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Doubleword and Quadword Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Byte and Word Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Vector Length Extensions Not Present AVX-512 52-bit Integer FMA Instructions Not Present Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) Extensions Not Present Software Guard Extensions (SGX) Support Not Present Supervisor Mode Execution Protection (SMEP) Not Present Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) Not Present Hardware Lock Elision (HLE) Not Present Restricted Transactional Memory (RTM) Not Present Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) Not Present Read/Write FS/GS Base Instructions Not Present Enhanced Performance String Instruction Not Present INVPCID Instruction Not Present RDSEED Instruction Not Present Multi-precision Add Carry Instructions (ADX) Not Present PCOMMIT Instructions Not Present CLFLUSHOPT Instructions Not Present CLWB Instructions Not Present TSC_THREAD_OFFSET Not Present Platform Quality of Service Monitoring (PQM) Not Present Platform Quality of Service Enforcement (PQE) Not Present FPU Data Pointer updated only on x87 Exceptions Not Present Deprecated FPU CS and FPU DS Not Present Intel Processor Trace Not Present PREFETCHWT1 Instruction Not Present AVX-512 Vector Bit Manipulation Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Vector Bit Manipulation Instructions 2 Not Present AVX-512 Galois Fields New Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Vector AES Not Present AVX-512 Vector Neural Network Instructions Not Present AVX-512 Bit Algorithms Not Present AVX-512 Carry-Less Multiplication Quadword (VPCLMULQDQ) Not Present AVX-512 Vector POPCNT (VPOPCNTD/VPOPCNTQ) Not Present User-Mode Instruction Prevention Not Present Protection Keys for User-mode Pages Not Present OS Enabled Protection Keys Not Present Wait and Pause Enhancements (WAITPKG) Not Present Total Memory Encryption Not Present Read Processor ID Not Present Cache Line Demote Not Present MOVDIRI: Direct Stores Not Present MOVDIR64B: Direct Stores Not Present ENQCMD: Enqueue Stores Not Present SGX Launch Configuration Not Present Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Shadow Stack Not Present AVX-512 4 x Vector Neural Network Instructions Word Variable Precision Not Present AVX-512 4 x Fused Multiply Accumulation Packed Single Precision Not Present Fast Short REP MOV Not Present AVX-512 VP2INTERSECT Support Not Present MD_CLEAR Support Not Present Hybrid Processor Not Present Platform Configuration (PCONFIG) Not Present Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (IBRS), Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier (IBPB) Present Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors (STIBP) Present L1D_FLUSH Support Present IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR Not Present IA32_CORE_CAPABILITIES MSR Not Present Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) Present Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Indirect Branch Tracking Not Present Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) Tile Architecture Not Present Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) bfloat16 Support Not Present Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) 8-bit Integer Operations Not Present AVX-512 BFLOAT16 Instructions Not Present [Enhanced Features] Thermal Monitor 1: Supported, Enabled Thermal Monitor 2: Supported, Enabled Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (GV3): Supported, Enabled Bi-directional PROCHOT#: Enabled Extended Auto-HALT State C1E: Enabled MLC Streamer Prefetcher Supported, Enabled MLC Spatial Prefetcher Supported, Enabled DCU Streamer Prefetcher Supported, Enabled DCU IP Prefetcher Supported, Enabled Intel Dynamic Acceleration (IDA) Technology: Not Supported Intel Dynamic FSB Switching: Not Supported Intel Turbo Boost Technology: Supported, Enabled Programmable Ratio Limits: Not Supported Programmable TDC/TDP Limits: Supported, Disabled Hardware Duty Cycling: Not Supported [CPU Ironlake GMCH Features] CPU Package Type: rPGA MCH Turbo: Enabled VT-d: Not Supported Secondary PEG Port: Not Supported 2 DIMMS per Channel: Not Supported ECC: Not Supported DRAM ECC Forced: Disabled Internal Graphics: Supported DDR3 Frequency Support: 533 MHz (DDR3-1067) [Memory Ranges] Maximum Physical Address Size: 36-bit (64 GBytes) Maximum Virtual Address Size: 48-bit (256 TBytes) [MTRRs] Range 0-80000000 (0MB-2048MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range FFE00000-100000000 (4094MB-4096MB) Type: Write Protected (WP) Range 80000000-A0000000 (2048MB-2560MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 9F800000-A0000000 (2552MB-2560MB) Type: Uncacheable (UC) Range 100000000-200000000 (4096MB-8192MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 200000000-280000000 (8192MB-10240MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 25C000000-260000000 (9664MB-9728MB) Type: Uncacheable (UC) Range 260000000-280000000 (9728MB-10240MB) Type: Uncacheable (UC)
BIOS Vendor: Acer BIOS Version: V1.30 BIOS Release Date: 08/13/2012 BIOS Start Segment: 0 BIOS Size: 1536 KBytes System BIOS Version: 30.240 ISA Support: Not Present MCA Support: Not Present EISA Support: Not Present PCI Support: Present PC Card (PCMCIA) Support: Not Present Plug-and-Play Support: Not Present APM Support: Not Present Flash BIOS: Present BIOS Shadow: Present VL-VESA Support: Not Present ESCD Support: Not Present Boot from CD: Present Selectable Boot: Present BIOS ROM Socketed: Not Present Boot from PC Card: Not Present EDD Support: Present NEC PC-98 Support: Not Present ACPI Support: Present USB Legacy Support: Present AGP Support: Not Present I2O Boot Support: Not Present LS-120 Boot Support: Not Present ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot Support: Not Present IEE1394 Boot Support: Not Present Smart Battery Support: Not Present BIOS Boot Specification Support: Present Function key-initiated Network Service Boot Support: Not Present Targeted Content Distribution Support: Present UEFI Specification Support: Not Present Virtual Machine: Not Present
System --------------------------------------------------------------------
Mainboard Manufacturer: Acer Mainboard Name: TravelMate 5742G Mainboard Version: V1.30 Mainboard Serial Number: Base Board Serial Number Asset Tag: Base Board Asset Tag Location in chassis: Base Board Chassis Location
System Enclosure ----------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer: Acer Case Type: Notebook Version: V1.30 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number Asset Tag Number:
On Board Device -----------------------------------------------------------
Device Description: Intel Video Graphics Controller Device Type: Video Adapter Device Status: Enabled
On Board Device -----------------------------------------------------------
System Boot Information ---------------------------------------------------
Boot Status: No error occured
System Power Supply -------------------------------------------------------
Location: OEM_Define0 Device Name: OEM_Define1 Manufacturer: OEM_Define2 Serial Number: OEM_Define3 Asset Tag Number: OEM_Define4 Model Part Number: OEM_Define5 Revision Level: OEM_Define6 Max Power Capacity: 75 mW Power Supply Status: Present Power Supply Type: Regulator Power Status: OK Hot replaceable: No Unplugged from wall: Yes
Additional Information ----------------------------------------------------
On Board Device -----------------------------------------------------------
Processor Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation Processor Version: Intel(R) Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz External Clock: 1066 MHz Maximum Clock Supported: 2266 MHz Current Clock: 2275 MHz CPU Socket: Populated CPU Status: Enabled Processor Type: Central Processor Processor Upgrade: ZIF Socket Designation: CPU
E6. OEM/ODM Hidden BIOS-UEFI Options bios is UEFI capable but not active (also shown as in hwinfo above).I have tried all the tools EzH2O v2.10.3 not showing information PhoenixTool v2.73 is a mess ubu tool not recognizing bios files (fd,rom), UEFIT tool’s FIT panel is not clickable
fptw -d spi.bin
Error 26: the host cpu does not have read access to the target flash area.To enable read access for this operation you must modify the descriptor settings to give host access to this region
so yes,all leads back to pin method.(E1. HDA_SDO/GPIO33 (a.k.a. "Pinmod")) manufacturer somehow updating this pre-locked files with a setup.but i could not find it (E3 & E4& E5& E6) which means bios modding,and thats also a challenge since being an insyde bios
