~Toughbooktalk~

issue solved by discovering and exploiting a highly trivial race condition within ME local firmware update
see github https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/64
or updated Qubes3.2@cf19mk6 guide http://www.toughbooktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3176

added ME disablement info re https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/64
(local copy attached in case the github issue might be taken down after a while)

currently having "partial successes" with implanting the correct ME region via hexedit from a dump image into a upd image. "partial successes" in the sense that fwupdlcl thinks its valid and only the me chip aborts later on, at stage 4 of 19 ;-) but yeah, I'll most likely have to...

just watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aedeLJfvT9Y he makes it look so easy I have received 3years training in an electrical engineering ... and altough that was 15 years ago, I still have a pretty good idea about how much I suck at about any task that requires a sure hand and the correct...

hmm, starts to look like I actually indeed do need to open the case ... either for mb swap or for external programmer. C:\Intel ME System Tools v8 r1\Flash Programming Tool\Windows64>fptw64.exe -f 19mk6.bin Intel (R) Flash Programming Tool. Version: 8.1.60.1561 Copyright (c) 2007 - 2014, Intel Corpo...

awesome idea! that's - quite literally - thinking out-of-the-box.
i would, of course also need ram and psu ... would I also need additional daughterboards for vga&usb?

EDIT: I just realized that shawn probably intended to give me the same advice, but I just didn't "get it" back then ;-)

after about 130 to 150 attempts, I think I can safely assume that I'm barking up the wrong tree with FWUpdLcl64.exe. I think I need to look into flashrom, maybe using an external programmer. I'm pretty confident that I can unbrick most damage that I could do with an external programmer. I am not ver...

thanks for the pm links. i will report back tonight. (unless bricked *g*)

I used to run win8.1 64bit on a 19mk3 without any additional drivers. worked fine.

Anyone have a link for BIOS V06.00L10 ?
can only find BIOS V06.00L12 on pannys site...

want to downgrade again to see if some stuff works on the older version