Intel MEI & ME Version 8.1.10.1300 & 8.1.10.1286 (driver and FW)

[nikolator]

Just found http://www.station-drivers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=4116
Made easy installation of driver ver 8.1.10.1275 and soft and no sucsess of FW...
Any ideas how to jump from version 7... of FW?

[nikolator]

another link with instructions for x79
ftp://europe.asrock.com/drivers/Intel/Others/ME_Win8-64_Win8_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_Vista_XP64_XP(v8.1...

but for me it's too complicated...
this link is dead now, the difference between the previous one was just manual

[jezjohnson]

Looks fairly complicated, hopefully someone has a bit of time on their hands to work this one out! 🙂

[tistou77]

For MEI Driver it's OK, but I have not tested for the firmware, it's complicated?

And I tried to install (.exe), and I got it 3 update, what they correspond?
If I want to manually install



Thanks

[Necrosan]

I was able to successfully update to ME version 8.1.10.1286 by using FITC to save the image for Patsburg X79 (Change number of flash components to 0 for ME only, as Intel instructs) then flash it using "fptw64 -ME -F ME8_X79_HED.bin"

(If you'd like you can make backup of ME region with fptw64 -ME -D backup.bin)

Worked 100% perfect. Make sure you shutdown after you flash (reboot is not enough)

Also, if it wasn't clear by the utility this flash was done inside of Windows, although I'm sure it would work the same if performed from a DOS boot.

Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 8.1.10.1286
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2012, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

Intel(R) ME code versions:

BIOS Version:                           3010
MEBx Version:                           Not available
Gbe Version:                            1.3
VendorID:                               8086
PCH Version:                            5
FW Version:                             8.1.10.1286
UNS Version:                            Not Available
LMS Version:                            Not Available
MEI Driver Version:                     8.1.10.1275
Wireless Hardware Version:              Not Available
Wireless Driver Version:                Not Available

FW Capabilities:                        0x00101460

    Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
    Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
    Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
    Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED

Cryptography Support:                   Disabled
Last ME reset reason:                   Power up
Local FWUpdate:                         Enabled
BIOS Config Lock:                       Disabled
GbE Config Lock:                        Disabled
Host Read Access to ME:                 Enabled
Host Write Access to ME:                Enabled
SPI Flash ID #1:                        EF4017
SPI Flash ID VSCC #1:                   20052005
SPI Flash BIOS VSCC:                    20052005
BIOS boot State:                        Post Boot
OEM Id:                                 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Capability Licensing Service:           Enabled
OEM Tag:                                0x00000000
Localized Language:                     Unknown
Independent Firmware Recovery:          Disabled

Simple flash instructions (Inside Windows x64 using Intel Flash Programming Tool (NOT FWUPDATE!)):
fptw64 -ME -F ME8_X79_HED.bin

Here are links to the two different versions:

Download High-End Desktop Build (Mimics ME settings from stock RIVE ME)

Download Workstation Build (Includes the FW capabilities listed above, not sure if they work on our ...

[tistou77]

Can you explain in detail for FITC, I do not understand how to update, please

In DOS mode, it does not work 😞

Thanks

[Necrosan]

tistou77 wrote:
Can you explain in detail, I do not understand how to update, please

In DOS mode, it does not work 😞

Thanks

You are likely trying to use the wrong tool.
Re-read my post and do exactly as I instructed. If you do this incorrectly you run the risk of ruining your board.

[tistou77]

That's what I do not understand (which is what is in FITC)

by using FITC to save the image for Patsburg x79 (Change flash region to 0 for ME only, as Intel instructs) then flash it using "fptw64 -ME -F ME_81101286_X79.bin" (outimage being the output file from FITC)

Thanks

[Necrosan]

tistou77 wrote:
That's what I do not understand (which is what is in FITC)



Thanks

Just follow "Simple Instructions" - the info you quoted is how I generated the valid image for our board and not applicable to those just wanting to update.

[tistou77]

Ok I just use fptw64 and your file .bin?