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GA-Z97X-SLI Intel Management Engine:Abort Installation:Rtn Code 1603

Hi,

I been having problems with my system. Lots of BSOD's, it went back to the manufacturer. They diagnosed a failure in the motherboard and replaced it.

Unfortunately, that hasn't cured the problems. I don't get as many BSOD's as I used to. It used to BSOD everytime I left the PC alone for more than 10 mins. Now it hangs if I leave it alone for 10 mins. If I hibernate the system, it restarts immediately, but then will continue to funtion, no hangs. If I put the system to sleep it hangs. I think it is a fair assumption that the same cause is my current problems and my earlier ones.

In my attempts to find the cause, I noticed that the installation of the Intel Management Engine Interface reports an aborted install with a Return code of 1603. I shall attach the log file.

I don't have any idea if the aborted install of the Intel Management Engine is the cause of the problems, but in the interests of completeness, I want to track it down and at least satisfy myself it is not involved in my main issue.

If somebody could enlighten me as to what the return code 1603 means I might at least be able to get it to install correctly and see if that makes a difference to my main problem.

   Sincerely Ric Evans

P.S. It is rather dumb of your system to not allow *.log files to be uploaded as that is the output format of your installation applications.

System Specs
Motherboard model: GA-Z97X-SLI
Motherboard revision: Not Known
Motherboard number: Not Known
Motherboard BIOS: Version: F8
Graphic card: GeForce GTX 780
CPU Brand: Intel Core i7
CPU specs: 4790K @4.00GHz
Memory: 2x8Gb DDRIII SDRAM (Samsung)
Hard-disk(s): SanDisk SDSSDHP128G SCSI, Toshiba DT01ACA200 SCSI
Raid array: No
AHCI: No
IDE Mode: No
Operating system: WIndows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
PSU: 600w I think

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Re: GA-Z97X-SLI Intel Management Engine:Abort Installation:Rtn Code 1603
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2015, 03:55:55 pm »
I could not get mine to install right until I installed all motherboard drivers except Intel Management Engine . then installed all windows 7 updates then I installed the Intel Management Engine thru windows update and all has went well since then.
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Re: GA-Z97X-SLI Intel Management Engine:Abort Installation:Rtn Code 1603
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2015, 07:27:10 pm »
Ric,
In addition to autotech's suggestion, have you tried redownloading your installer, and/or trying to install an earlier or later version of the package if available?
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