SGX

When trying to play Ultra DVDs through Powerdvd 17 Ultra, it says: This media cannot be played because the required Intel SGX (SW Guard Extensions) wasn't started. Please reinstall the full set of Intel Management Engine (ME) software components. Error code 21204

I have it enabled in the bios. I did go to Intel's web site and downloaded the current version.

Is there any thing else I can do to make it work, or start?

Using the onboard graphic card which is supposed to play Ultra 4k.

Z270 Gaming i7 motherboard
Kaby Lake processor.


Thanks

I am using Windows 10. So if I put Windows 8.1 back in, it will work? Is 8.1 same as 8?

Yes, I am using the Intel Graphics Driver that is on the board and have the current driver installed from ASRock's web site. The ME driver as well and  Intel SGX PSW for windows  v1.8.100.38781.

Thank You,

Yes  the SGX is enabled and I upped the shared memory to 1gb. 

I did on Intel's forum, but put in under graphics. No replies yet on it.

Thanks....

Does your BDROM support 4KUHD BD disk?

bits2000 wrote: Ok, this is what I learned. The Kaby Lake processor does not support Windows 7, 8/8.1. I know this because I installed 8.1 and when trying to get my updates, I got about 75 percent of them before it stopped and said I couldn't get anymore because this processor only supports Windows 10. It was made for 10. I could not get the SGX PSW to installed because it need C Runtime which was not running because it is not supported. My Motherboard according to the specs,  Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. Intel® InTru??3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. So the Motherboard can play The dvd's only if you have Windows 7 or 8, but the processor will not work with these Windows. Now, Kaby Lake is the only one that will play Ultra dvd's as long I guess as you have a motherboard that will support it in Windows 10. Time to buy A Ultra Blu-ray standalone player and hook it to my TV. Bought both because I thought they supported it, guess I was wrong again. If anyone one else has any other insight on this let me know. Thanks....

Your statement that I highlighted above, while in a sense is true, is a contradiction in terms. Or as we used to call it, a Catch22 situation. Not your fault, but caused by the as far as I know, arbitrary non-support of Ultra-HD playback on the system.

You probably know this is caused by DRM, Digital Rights Management. The movie/TV studios fighting piracy of their products on PC platforms where it was possible to make copies, that is not possible or as easily possible on a DVD player designed to work with TVs.

Windows 10 as far as I know itself has locked out Ultra HD playback, that is a major factor here. The earlier versions of Windows (7, 8.1) don't have that restriction. Given Kaby Lake is only supported by Windows 10, you hit a wall right there.

Regarding the board supporting Ultra HD playback, the only boards that can support a Kaby Lake processor must have an Intel 200 or 100 series chipset, like a Z270, Z170, etc. Then we encounter the "chipset" restriction, but is that simply the Kaby Lake processor, Windows 10 only limitation, or more DRM built into the chipset?

The only thought I had was going one step backwards to a Skylake processors, i7-6700K for example. But we then have these specifications for Kaby Lake and Skylake graphics:

HWA Encode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b, VP9, HEVC 10b (For 7^th Gen Intel^® CPU) Kaby Lake

HWA Encode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b; GPU/SWEncode/Decode: VP9, HEVC 10b (For 6^th Gen Intel^® CPU) Skylake

You tell me if this means a Skylake processor with appropriate graphics will support Ultra HD playback, since Skylake processors are supported by Windows 7 and 8.1. You can see that spec in your board specification page. You might need a Z170 board, or will a Skylake processor on your board work for Ultra HD playback?