12th Gen Intel Core BIOS 3.08 Release

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As someone that bugged you guys in the 3.06 BIOS thread, now that it is finally released, I at least owe you a test :

• FAILURE SKU# and SYS SERIAL NUMBER: FRANMACPA4238500WT

• SYS CONFIG: i5 1240P

• RAM: GSKILL 2x16GB 3200

• SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB

• Wi-Fi: (stock) Intel AX210NGW

• External Devices/Other: -

• EXPANSION CARD TYPES: 1x USB-C

• BIOS VERSION: 3.05

• DRIVER PACKAGE VERSION: N/A

• OS VERSION: Fedora 39

• FAIL RATIO: 10%

• STEP TO REPRODUCE: EFI Shell via USB drive
  Step 1 - Flash USB drive as instructed
  Step 2 - Disable secure boot, set battery limit back to 80%
  Step 3 - Remove all expansion cards except 1
  Step 4 - Plugin power to top left port
  Step 5 - Boot to Flash tool, start flashing
  Step 6 - Failure: Error Status: Invalid Parameter (line number 97)
  Step 7 - Remove SSD
  Step 8 - Plugin Power adapter directly into mainboard port on bottom left
  Step 9 - Boot to Flash tool & successful flash
  Step 10 - Install SSD and confirm CSME version
  Step 11 - Failure: CSME version has not been updated
  Step 12 - Boot into Flash Tool
  Step 13 - Search for binaries and use FWUpdLcl.efi /F FWupdate.bin to flash manually
  Step 14 - SUCCESS

• OBSERVED RESULT: (Eventually) SUCCESS

• EXPECTED RESULT: SUCCESS

• ISSUE RECOVERY METHOD:

  • Error Status: Invalid Parameter (line number 97)
    • remove SSD from Laptop
    • move power adapter from USB-C card upper left to lower left and plug directly into mainboard
  • CSME has not been updated
    • boot into flash tool and press S to get to shell
    • navigate into firmware folder framework-firmware-update/firmware
    • execute FWUpdLcl.efi /F FWupdate.bin to manually update

• EXTERNAL DEVICE MODE or NAME: Samsung USB-C drive 64GB

From looking at the BIOS I can confirm the following updates have been applied:

Component	Expected Version	Status
BIOS	3.08	OK
Intel CSME	16.1.30.2269	OK
Microcode	4.29	OK
GOP	21.0.1061	OK
EC	4ea1c89	OK
PD	0.1.2C	OK