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Good morning to all
From the Z170 room, it come to my atencion that there is a UPDATE for the ME drivers. Also appears to my Z270
CHIPSET
Version 11.7.0.1040
2017/11/0186.56 MBytes
Management Engine Interface
Improve system stability
There is also. Inside BIOS on the main download page from our board another file. What these is? I have to run these also?
I will be online until morning...
From the Z170 room, it come to my atencion that there is a UPDATE for the ME drivers. Also appears to my Z270
CHIPSET
Version 11.7.0.1040
2017/11/0186.56 MBytes
Management Engine Interface
Improve system stability
There is also. Inside BIOS on the main download page from our board another file. What these is? I have to run these also?
I will be online until morning...
nmdelrio wrote:
Mine shows 3399 as well, but says it's vulnerable. I see my SVN is 0, while Itzycharles's is 3?
What bios you have. I am doing all current drivers and bios. i load the update first then the tool..... oddd/ You have to close all programs like logitech corsair anti virus. etc. note.... no AI suite.
nmdelrio wrote:
Mine shows 3399 as well, but says it's vulnerable. I see my SVN is 0, while Itzycharles's is 3?
(...)
I had the same issue (SVN 0 and "System vulnerable") after running the update tool.
With a little bit of digging I discovered there is a conflict with other process / software running on the system.
In my case it was HWiNFO64 (v5.60-3280).
Steps to reproduce:
- with HWiNFO running, open a CMD window (run as Admin)
- using "cd" go to the folder where you downloaded the Update tool: eg cd C:\Users\Gobbo\Desktop\MEUpdateTool_UI_20171103_TP
- the actual firmware and firmware update tool by Intel are inside the "FW" folder...
- ... so move into that folder with cd FW
- test your current FW version, typing .\FWUpdLcl64.exe -FWVER
- you will get something like this:
Intel (R) Firmware Update Utility Version: 11.8.50.3399
Copyright (C) 2007 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error 8193: Fail to load MEI device driver (PCI access for Windows)
Above error is often caused by one of below reasons:
Administrator privilege needed for running the tool
ME is in an error state causing MEI driver fail
MEI driver is not installed
Error 8757: Display FW Version failed. - now close HWiNFO, and check FW version again, you'll have no error.
The same "error" is happening under the hood using Intel Detection Tool.
With HWiNFO running, it says System Vulnerable (and SVN 0).
Wih HWiNFO closed, it says System not Vulnerable (and SVN 3).
So in my case it was HWiNFO, but I think other process can create some conflict as well.
I suppose it's better to terminate extra-process when updating & when checking then.
EDIT:
I also have this message about iCLS Client, not sure if I really have to update (I can't find anything on Asus Website).
EDIT 2:
See HWiNFO developer's answer -->here<--
Antonis000 wrote:
I want your help.
I downloaded the MEUpdateTool_UI_consumer_1023 from Asus site, under the support->BIOS section of ROG Strix Z270F Gaming.
I unzipped the file and run the MEUpdateTool.exe application but then I receive an error message that "Warning!!! This tool doesn't support [Strix Z270F Gaming] motherboard".
Weird.
Try to close all unnecessary programs (AI Suite, Steam, Logitech, Corsair, ecc) and run the tool again.
See also previous tips from other users about extracting the whole archive into a USB drive and running the setup with your antivirus turned off.
If the error "This tool doesn't support XYZ mobo" still comes out, you will have to contact ASUS support for help.
Antonis000 wrote:
Edit: I downloaded from asus the latest ME chipset Version 11.7.0.1040 and installed it successfully
So the driver installed under Win7 is the updated one (after utilizing twice the updated Asus driver) however the Intel risk assessment tool both if I use the Graphic UI or the guidelines from the friend above using Command Line they both report the older firmware as present 11.6.0.1126.
What the hell is going on?
You are confusing things:
- MeUpdateTool is supposed to update Management Engine itself
- ME Chipset Version xx.yy.zz is supposed to update Management Engine Interface drivers
These are two different things, so the versions reported to you by the OS and the Detection tool are correct.
MeUpdateTool failed, while the driver form MEI was correctly updated.
Asus actually suggest to do both updates, you've done the latter and still need to do the first:
Gobbo wrote:
You are confusing things:
- MeUpdateTool is supposed to update Management Engine itself
- ME Chipset Version xx.yy.zz is supposed to update Management Engine Interface drivers
These are two different things, so the versions reported to you by the OS and the Detection tool are correct.
MeUpdateTool failed, while the driver form MEI was correctly updated.
Asus actually suggest to do both updates, you've done the latter and still need to do the first:
Funny thing. If I go into the support page of Asus ROG Strix 270F Gaming the picture of available downloads is different than yours (see attached).
There is only ME update tool and then the BIOSes. Nothing else. No previous and latter version.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z270F-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/
If I go into this page
https://www.asus.com/ae-en/support/Download/1/50/8/6/ouGRuCxPqXbYglEa/30/
There are 2 version of drivers, 11.7.0.1040 which I already installed and 11.7.0.1014 which obviously is older and thus obsolete.
So version 11.7.0.1040 is already installed because if I try to install 11.7.0.1014 it asks me if I want to overwrite the newer installed version with the older one. I choose no of course.
However ME tool still refuses to launch, even with everything stopped and even from a usb flash drive. My last resort is to try do it in Safe mode hoping that nothing runs in the background.
Still the same message = Warning!!! this tool does not support STRIX Z270F Gaming motherboard.
Gobbo wrote:
I had the same issue (SVN 0 and "System vulnerable") after running the update tool.
With a little bit of digging I discovered there is a conflict with other process / software running on the system.
In my case it was HWiNFO64 (v5.60-3280).
Steps to reproduce:
- with HWiNFO running, open a CMD window (run as Admin)
- using "cd" go to the folder where you downloaded the Update tool: eg cd C:\Users\Gobbo\Desktop\MEUpdateTool_UI_20171103_TP
- the actual firmware and firmware update tool by Intel are inside the "FW" folder...
- ... so move into that folder with cd FW
- test your current FW version, typing .\FWUpdLcl64.exe -FWVER
- you will get something like this:
Intel (R) Firmware Update Utility Version: 11.8.50.3399
Copyright (C) 2007 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error 8193: Fail to load MEI device driver (PCI access for Windows)
Above error is often caused by one of below reasons:
Administrator privilege needed for running the tool
ME is in an error state causing MEI driver fail
MEI driver is not installed
Error 8757: Display FW Version failed.- now close HWiNFO, and check FW version again, you'll have no error.
The same "error" is happening under the hood using Intel Detection Tool.
With HWiNFO running, it says System Vulnerable (and SVN 0).
Wih HWiNFO closed, it says System not Vulnerable (and SVN 3).
So in my case it was HWiNFO, but I think other process can create some conflict as well.
I suppose it's better to terminate extra-process when updating & when checking then.
EDIT:
I also have this message about iCLS Client, not sure if I really have to update (I can't find anything on Asus Website).
EDIT 2:
See HWiNFO developer's answer -->here<--
NIce findings. One of the things that i did was close all. I mean everything that has a close that was running i close. also disable the AV . I will try to find out IF making these on safe mode could work. i have a friend that is having some issues with a z170 and try that with a clean install. Maybe if feel well on wed.
