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Not sure on this 15 second stall, Intel ME is messed up, check with device manager and see if it's got a yellow warning, and see if ME version shows in the BIOS or HWINFo64. Could also be some BIOS setting not same now as you had before

Key is in the BIOS, but maybe not all hardware ID needed components in the NVRAM, that's why I made those other BIOS just now for you, those are the last two things I left out this time around that I put before when it did activate properly.

Okay.

I am trying the bios New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-HDWCFG.

Patience please.


*EDIT:


This is the New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-AEDID-HDWCFG.rom file with small changes:

But no sound on boot, no static logo and still stalling 15 seconds.






Impossible to install the ME. I do not understand.

"This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software"

In the device manager, everything is OK.

ME drivers is all you install in windows, ME FW is BIOS stuff, and just because you see it in ME Analyzer does not mean it is functional.
Let's check ME functionality, this may be why it's stalling 15 second at startup (This is what I thought of as soon as you mentioned), and could also be the cause of the logo/audio issue (Or maybe this BIOS does not contain the related files (img + audio file)

Download this package, not sure if I linked you to complete tools package before or not?
https://mega.nz/#!uQV12IxD!KGAUutQZrdL7T...zGkt5K5EWU

Download this and inside find MEInfo folder, then run both of the following commands and post an image of the complete output from each
MEInfoWin -verbose
MEInfoWin -fwsts

Quote:Let's check ME functionality, this may be why it's stalling 15 second at startup (This is what I thought of as soon as you mentioned), and could also be the cause of the logo/audio issue)

I think so.

Quote:Or maybe this BIOS does not contain the related files (img + audio file)

The asus logo exists, sometimes appears for 1-2 seconds.

Quote:MEInfoWin -verbose

Quote:MEInfoWin -fwsts

EDIT:

I have looked at my friend's laptop and the IME is present in the device manager. The boot of the laptop is very fast.

I think that on my motherboard the IME is the cause of the problem.

Asus logo may go by too quickly, if you are using SSD that could be why, it's too fast loading If you want to slow it down and enjoy the logo you'll need old slow hard drive

Thanks for the MEInfo results! Please show CPU-z motherboard tab, and AIDA64 >> Motherboard >> Chipset >> Select South Bridge and show image of bottom area info (uppermost is what I'm needing to see, south bridge name and Intel Platform name). Hopefully you can see both of those with freeware version.... if not, there is cracked out there

Which BIOS are you using now? I will use that one to Fix ME in and send you new to reflash the ME

Quote:Asus logo may go by too quickly, if you are using SSD that could be why, it's too fast loading

SSD = solid state drive = super speed drive  

Quote:If you want to slow it down and enjoy the logo you'll need old slow hard drive

Yes, yes, yes, I'm interested, if you have an old hard drive I can buy it  

Quote:Thanks for the MEInfo results!

You are welcome!

Quote:Which BIOS are you using now?

New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-HDWCFG.bin

What is the difference between New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-HDWCFG.bin and New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-AEDID-HDWCFG.bin?

Quote:I will use that one to Fix ME in and send you new to reflash the ME

Friend...you are my angel.   I will pray for you in the church

Can you make a file without ME firmware and without the 15 second delay? (Deactivate the ME from the bios) (only for test)

Quote:CPU-z and AIDA64

I know him, I've been using for years.


North Bridge:




South Bridge:

New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-HDWCFG.bin and New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-AEDID-HDWCFG.bin and New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-AEDID.bin, the differences are the last module in the file name has those modules from NVRAM off your Test2_OK BIOS. One HDWCFG only, one AEDID only, one with both. Of course many other stuff done to each as noted in the change logs as we worked though all those BIOS tests, but those were last tests we did to figure out which one of those additionally was needed to make windows activate properly like the first BIOS I sent you that activated properly.

That BIOS New-DBX-PK-SMI-Only303-HDWCFG.bin, activates windows properly like before correct?

ME Is messed up, so disabled at the BIOS now Thus the delay, if I disabled it through other methods it may be worse issue, you need ME anyway, so goal even for testing can't be to try and make this worse, only better

Here is new test BIOS, please program to the chip if you still have the system open, if not then use FPT as follows
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...7774840996

FPTw.exe -rewrite -me -f outimage.bin
FPTw.exe -greset

If greset does not reboot the system, please shut down, unplug PSU block from the system, then remove CMOS battery if you can easily, if not it's OK. Then press and hold the power on button for 1 minute (Make sure it's 60 seconds or more). Then put it back together, CMOS battery back, plug back in, boot to BIOS and load optimal, then back into windows and see if windows boots properly and if those errors are gone in
MEInfoWin -fwsts
MEInfoWin -verbose

Also, can you run, or have your friend run this and see if he also gets this same error
MEInfoWin -fwsts
PhaseStatus: PCH ID MISMATCH

And ask him if he knows with 100% certainty if he has two memory slots or three
HM86 = 2 slots
HM87 three slots

Both you guys BIOS files open as HM87 in Intel FITc app for Intel ME programming, and I assume this is what's maybe causing that PCH ID Mismatch. The above BIOS I set to HM86, but if it still fails, we'll put back to HM87 and try these ME rewrite again and see if that fixes it.

I don't have enough time but everything is going better.

The start is very, very fast.

For the moment I installed only the win 7 so.
I formatted the SSD because I received various blue screens on the boot.

Regards.

The motherboard model is X550JD Rev. 2.0

So, second image if front/back of GPU, correct?
On the first image, is that a single memory installable slot, or double? And, is that memory soldered to the board there too, I assume not GPU related since it's not near that at all.

So, sounds like the BIOS above maybe fixed the ME issue eh?

(11-13-2018, 05:26 PM)Lost_N_BIOS Wrote: [ -> ]So, second image if front/back of GPU, correct? 

Yes.

Quote:On the first image, is that a single memory installable slot, or double?

Single.

 

Quote:And, is that memory soldered to the board there too, I assume not GPU related since it's not near that at all.

Correct. This is the system memory module.

Quote:So, sounds like the BIOS above maybe fixed the ME issue eh?

I tried only a little but I like how it goes. Everything has changed.