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Intel ME firmware update? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is all a bit too cryptic for me.

Just went to grab the latest BIOS for my MSI Z690 Tomahawk and found an "ME update" linked beneath the BIOS file. Had to google what "ME" actually stands for (since MSI don't seem to think it necessary to explain that, lol). Never messed with this before, so I have no idea what I should be doing - or rather in what order I should do it in.

It does seem that my installed files are out of date compared to the update:

https://preview.redd.it/kvtdi9u7ko0c1.png?width=1405&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5dec9f7cee669c35c500e1a9cfd73e19617c8e6

... but I have no idea what order to do this stuff in. The SOP-file only contains two lines which, basically, say

Unzip archive
Run .exe, which will install the update.

Do I have to update the firmware before or after I flash the BIOS?

Anything else I need to do/watch out for besides grabbing and running that firmware-update?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Just be aware before you update your bios, this can happen.

Odd.

I changed quite a lot of the HW on this system in the past few months and other than Windows prompting me to re-activate my license, nothing really happened. I think that was when I completely swapped my RAM (4x8GB to 2x16GB). Changing GPUs didn't cause Windows to freak out (as it shouldn't) but even when I upgraded my CPU from 12th to 14th gen, I didn't have to do anything. And that's with a Win 11 Pro license I bought from one of those "Their prices are so low, I can't believe their legit"-vendors. :D

In any case: Thanks everyone for the clarification. I guess something must've changed with this ME-update then because when I updated my MSI board's BIOS the last time it was with a BIOS that did enable 13th gen support - and there was no separate ME-update. Also pretty sure this most recent one I grabbed wasn't the first to support 14th gen, so maybe this has something to do with that new APO-function Intel just introduced for 14th gen?

Not sure.. but updating ME first (using the files from MSI's support page) then flashing the BIOS worked fine for me.