{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123/events","html_url":"https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123","id":280035801,"number":123,"title":"AsRock Z97 Extreme 4 fails with -s/-S no BIOS w/o flags","user":{"login":"eNTi","id":431562,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/431562?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi","html_url":"https://github.com/eNTi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eNTi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2017-12-07T08:00:57Z","updated_at":"2017-12-07T09:03:44Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"- Haswell\r\n- Intel Core i5-4670K CPU\r\n- AsRock Z97 Extreme 4\r\n- OEM BIOS\r\n- No -s/-S flag in me_cleaner\r\n```\r\nMEI not hidden on PCI, checking if visible\r\nMEI found: [8086:8cba] 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1\r\n\r\nME Status   : 0x1e003052\r\nME Status 2 : 0x16322152\r\n\r\nME: FW Partition Table      : OK\r\nME: Bringup Loader Failure  : NO\r\nME: Firmware Init Complete  : NO\r\nME: Manufacturing Mode      : YES\r\nME: Boot Options Present    : NO\r\nME: Update In Progress      : NO\r\nME: Current Working State   : Recovery\r\nME: Current Operation State : M0 with UMA\r\nME: Current Operation Mode  : Normal\r\nME: Error Code              : Image Failure\r\nME: Progress Phase          : BUP Phase\r\nME: Power Management Event  : Pseudo-global reset\r\nME: Progress Phase State    : M0 kernel load\r\n\r\nME: Extend SHA-256: d3d8c0553297e0037b559e55505156f3893755b01b49ba8c4e46e86157b35bbe\r\n\r\nME: has a broken implementation on your board with this BIOS\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: GET FW VERSION message failed\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: GET FWCAPS message failed\r\n```\r\nMy biggest issue is that I can no longer access my bios menu to for example set turbo, cpu frequencies and the like. My monitor is just completely blanked until grub shows up. Is that by design?\r\n\r\nSo I tried -s and -S. Both flags give me:\r\n\r\n```\r\nMEI was hidden on PCI, now unlocked\r\nMEI found: [8086:8cba] 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1\r\n\r\nME Status   : 0x1e020191\r\nME Status 2 : 0x164d2142\r\n\r\nME: FW Partition Table      : OK\r\nME: Bringup Loader Failure  : NO\r\nME: Firmware Init Complete  : NO\r\nME: Manufacturing Mode      : YES\r\nME: Boot Options Present    : NO\r\nME: Update In Progress      : NO\r\nME: Current Working State   : Initializing\r\nME: Current Operation State : Bring up\r\nME: Current Operation Mode  : Debug\r\nME: Error Code              : No Error\r\nME: Progress Phase          : BUP Phase\r\nME: Power Management Event  : Pseudo-global reset\r\nME: Progress Phase State    : 0x4d\r\n\r\nME: Extend SHA-256: d3d8c0553297e0037b559e55505156f3893755b01b49ba8c4e46e86157b35bbe\r\n\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: GET FW VERSION message failed\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: failed to become ready\r\nME: GET FWCAPS message failed\r\nRe-hiding MEI device...done\r\n```\r\nSo I guess I'm out of luck? Either forego any BIOS or IME? Should I try to install coreboot?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/comments/349905406","html_url":"https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123#issuecomment-349905406","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/corna/me_cleaner/issues/123","id":349905406,"user":{"login":"skochinsky","id":9051055,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/9051055?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky","html_url":"https://github.com/skochinsky","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/skochinsky/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-12-07T09:03:44Z","updated_at":"2017-12-07T09:03:44Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"overclocking features likely require the  ICC (_internal clock controller_) module from the ME, and if you remove it they won't work. Possibly other BIOS features depend on the fully functioning ME too."}}
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