First, grep through dmesg to look for errors related to probing for me or mei.
If you find some, then try blacklisting Intel ME-related kernel modules: In /etc/modprobe.d, create a new file called e.g. blacklist-me.conf, and put in there blacklist mei blacklist mei_me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/TQvUgxsBX6M2X0HYpy14l-AYRZvHpVBBYbdQ1R8hLI2d4TDDQk2h4xEEOoIVVac2gsLHcEr7ykJq_ahJmKnEtxngk66C7KChqU8ADIEOTec%3D%40protonmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.