Bad news, you have a `7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller` so you have ME hardware on board and you can't control or disable it, continuing... MEI found: [8086:1e3a] 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 ME Status : 0x1e004198 ME Status 2 : 0x106b0116 ME: FW Partition Table : OK ME: Bringup Loader Failure : NO ME: Firmware Init Complete : NO ME: Manufacturing Mode : YES ME: Boot Options Present : NO ME: Update In Progress : NO ME: Current Working State : Invalid CPU Plugged In ME: Current Operation State : Bring up ME: Current Operation Mode : Normal ME: Error Code : Debug Failure ME: Progress Phase : BUP Phase ME: Power Management Event : Clean Moff->Mx wake ME: Progress Phase State : 0x6b ME: Extend SHA-256: 88cdce2cfa55c4884272f0b35648cbb01caa6e7b03bbd7f814da3bd6cc758d71 ME: has a broken implementation on your board withthis firmware ME: failed to become ready ME: failed to become ready ME: GET FW VERSION message failed Bad news, you have a `7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller` so you have ME hardware on board and you can't control or disable it, continuing... ME Capability: BootGuard Mode : Unknown