Cannot flash Intel MEI firmware on p67a-gd65

Question

well, since the first thread was locked up https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=144484.0 I think there should be another one to point out this problem. MSI knows of it (here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=144484.msg1080605#msg1080605) but we still haven't seen official responce or a fix to it. Maybe the fix should come from intel itself? p67 revised anyone?
Post your comments here if you cannot flash the firmware.

Answer 1

HU16E, you made the following statements in your first reply to pepe123's initial posting:
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If you have attempted to load the ME driver off your install disc & it fails, the chipset does not have the firmware installed.
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This can be verified by the absence of the Intel Management Engine Interface not showing up in the Device Manager.
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The 6 series chipset must be replaced. With almost 100% certainty
When I asked questions and commented on these statements I was not "attacking" you or "provoking" you into some sort of "debate".  Stop projecting that and please refrain from taking such comments personally as this will intoxicate any kind of discussion.  I was asking honest questions about the premises of your propositions.  
Your first statement implicates a connection between "the ME driver" on an "install disc", the failure of installing that driver and the absence of the ME firmware as a consequence of that failure.  That is a connection that I simply did not understand (and still do not understand).  
Your second statement interpretes the fact that the Intel ME Interface does not show up in device manager as a 'verification" of what is implied in the second half of your first proposition (absence of firmware).  Again, I do not believe that the former necessarely verifies the latter. And if you think so, please elaborate on that.  It is not clear to me what premise that assumption is based upon.
Your third statement posits a chipset replacement as the only solution, and again, I did not (and still do not) understand the reasoning behind that conclusion in regard to statement 1 & 2.
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I know very well driver & firmware are not the same thing, & can't believe that was brought up.
I brought it up because you drew a connection between a (Windows) driver on a disk and the ME firmware in your first statement:
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If you have attempted to load the ME driver off your install disc & it fails, the chipset does not have the firmware installed.
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A recent interpreted statement about 'all' the mainboards not being affected is believed to be incorrect on your part.
I am not entirely sure what you are referring to, but I am assuming that you are talking about something I said regarding the Intel Statement that only systems that were shipped since January 9th were affected.  Under the conditions of the information available at the time I made that statement, it was not an unreasonable one.  However, I have no idea what that has to do with the ME Firmware question.
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Rather than brow beat me
Again, you need to stop taking comments as personal assaults.  It was not my intention to "brow beat" you.
I am interested in trying find shed light onto the problem in question here without hastening to early conclusions.  Based on the facts available at the moment I simply not willing to settle with an "absence of ME firmware" explanation that can only be solved with a chipset replacement.  Even if that turns out to be true, there is no sufficiant information available at the moment to infer that or make it the only/necessary conclusion.  Let's keep a room for the possibility of other explanations as well.  That is all I am saying.
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educational respectful correction with confirmed facts is always a good thing for everybody concerned.
Svet has made some tests in conjunction with someone from MSI to determine where exactly the ME Firmware is actually "stored".  He found out that (at least in the case of P67 systems) that firmware is stored in respective area of the BIOS Chip, the same chip that holds the actual BIOS/UEFI Code. The following paper also indicates this as well:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mi50f3Vy534J:web.it.kth.se/~maguire/DEGREE-PROJECT-REPORTS/100402-Vassilios_Ververis-with-cover.pdf+Intel+me+firmware+resides&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com#88
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The management engine’s (ME) persistent code resides in firmware within the same flash memory device as the BIOS, in computer systems [...].
The P67 chipset diagram also points into that direction: