[coreboot] Intel me problems

[John Lewis]

Where did the binary come from? In distro version? It's really
recommended to use a ChromeOS version of Flashrom to flash Chromebooks -
makes things easier.

Yes, it is well known that the ME can interfere with its being
overwritten amongst other things. :)

https://www.flashrom.org/ME


On 25/05/17 00:34, Alejandro Flores wrote:
> Problem is solved. I was using an old precompiled version of flashrom
> to write the bios. When I compiled a new binary from latest source it
> gave an error when I tried to write the rom.
>
> It said it would be unable to write to ME since the ME is currently
> active and in use. The old binary hadn't given any error and
> presumably tried to write to ME and failed silently leaving some mix
> of new and old that failed signature verification. 
>
> I confirmed this by using a hardware writer to verify first that the
> rom on chip is not the rom I intended to write and then writng the
> correct rom.
>
> ME now works as expected. I wonder though if this is expected behavior
> to be unable to flash the ME from a running system or if it is just my
> model of laptop?
>
>

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