Operation
Clear ME
PCH (chipset) swapped, SSD or Wi-Fi no longer detected, a boot that drags on: Clear ME resets the Intel ME to its factory state, without disabling it.
Every operation is free during launch.
When to run a Clear ME
- PCH (chipset) replaced
- Slow boot
- SSD / NVMe not detected (SSD Fix)
- Wi-Fi not detected
PCH or board swap, chipset reballing, a dump taken from another machine, a boot that takes several minutes: the ME starts cleanly on this chip, with the manufacturer's configuration.
At a glance
- What it does
- Resets the Intel ME to its factory state while keeping the manufacturer's configuration. Use it after a PCH (chipset) or board swap, a reballing, or when the SSD, NVMe or Wi-Fi is no longer detected and boot drags on.
- Which machines
- Intel, CSME 11 to 20.
- What you get
- The file to program; the ME starts again as on first boot.
- Good to know
- Not on AMD: those platforms have no Intel ME. The ME is not disabled.
Clear ME: what is supported
- Intel platforms whose ME is a CSME within the range shown under “At a glance”: the version is read from the dump, not inferred from the model.
- Every brand, Dell, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, MSI and others, as long as the dump holds a supported ME.
- An original ME, or one updated by the manufacturer when the installed version is in our reference library.
- A two-chip board, when you upload both files.
- The rest of the dump is left alone: BIOS, settings and the machine's identity (serial, UUID, MAC address, Windows key).
- A file ready to program with an SPI programmer, named after the machine and the operation.
What Clear ME does not do
- The ME is not disabled: it is reset to its factory state and keeps working.
- Not on AMD: those platforms have no Intel ME.
- Not on an ME older than the supported range, nor on a TXE: the analysis shows the version and does not offer the operation.
- Not on an ME that is already blank: there is nothing to reset.
- Not on an ME updated to a version missing from our reference library.
- Not on a single chip when the ME spans two: upload both files.
- It carries no identity over: to carry serial, UUID, MAC address and Windows key, see the rebuild.
- An internal flash from Windows or from the BIOS is not guaranteed: program the file with a programmer.
How it goes
- 01
Upload the dump
The .bin or .rom file read with your programmer; both files for a two-chip board.
- 02
Read the sheet
In seconds and free: the machine, the chip's state, the possible operations.
- 03
Run the operation
Pick one of those the sheet offers. If the operation cannot complete, the refusal says why and no file is delivered.
- 04
Program the file
Download it and program the chip. Always keep the original dump.
What holds for every operation
Several operations, one upload
After an operation, run another on the same dump, or continue from the result. Every job keeps its history.
Two-chip BIOS
Upload both files: they are analysed together, and the result says which chip to program.
Related operations
Rebuild from the manufacturer update
A BIOS rebuilt from the official update, with your machine's identity.
Intel and AMD, one or two chips, with the manufacturer's update for that model.
Extract from the dump
The chip's parts and the EC image ready to program, without changing anything.
Intel and AMD, including a BIOS-only dump; ready-to-program EC image for ITE and ENE controllers.
Dump analysis
Free and instant: the machine's sheet and the possible operations.
Any BIOS chip dump read with a programmer, .bin or .rom: one or two chips, plus the EC chip dump.
Start with an upload
Create an account and upload the file: only the operations that apply are offered to you.