Bad news, you have a `HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller` so you have ME hardware on board and you can't control or disable it, continuing... MEI not hidden on PCI, checking if visible MEI found: [8086:1e3a] ME Status : 0x404181 ME Status 2 : 0x153b0140 ME: FW Partition Table : OK ME: Bringup Loader Failure : NO ME: Firmware Init Complete : NO ME: Manufacturing Mode : NO ME: Boot Options Present : NO ME: Update In Progress : NO ME: Current Working State : Initializing ME: Current Operation State : Bring up ME: Current Operation Mode : Normal ME: Error Code : Debug Failure ME: Progress Phase : BUP Phase ME: Power Management Event : Intel ME reset due to exception ME: Progress Phase State : 0x3b PCI READ [bc] : 0x000000bc ME: Extend Register not valid ME: has a broken implementation on your board with this BIOS ME: failed to become ready WRITE [00] : CB: 0x80040007 WRITE [00] : CB: 0x000002ff ME: failed to become ready ME: GET FW VERSION message failed ME: failed to become ready WRITE [00] : CB: 0x80080007 WRITE [00] : CB: 0x00000203 WRITE [00] : CB: 0x00000000 ME: failed to become ready ME: GET FWCAPS message failed