Question Need advice on Windows11 motherboard upgrade

[sruddy]

Hi All,
I built my first PC with help from the forum. I was very nervous to do it, but it went smoother than I expected. Unfortunately it's been years ago and I don't remember most of what I learned! I would like to upgrade my motherboard to work with Windows 11 and am not sure which board I should choose. I suppose I could go with one that would accept most of the hardware from my original board but maybe that's not the best idea or even possible. I use the PC for photo and video editing. Here is the motherboard I have now. https://shop.asus.com/us/90sw00l0-m...8_1728765734_f8bcf4d252f6cfa7c2b56382adc589df and here is a list of the components. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2GdG7XFRvwr6bKUk9
Thanks,
Steve

 

[USAFRet]

Hi All,
I built my first PC with help from the forum. I was very nervous to do it, but it went smoother than I expected. Unfortunately it's been years ago and I don't remember most of what I learned! I would like to upgrade my motherboard to work with Windows 11 and am not sure which board I should choose. I suppose I could go with one that would accept most of the hardware from my original board but maybe that's not the best idea or even possible. I use the PC for photo and video editing. Here is the motherboard I have now. https://shop.asus.com/us/90sw00l0-m...8_1728765734_f8bcf4d252f6cfa7c2b56382adc589df and here is a list of the components. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2GdG7XFRvwr6bKUk9
Thanks,
Steve

That hardware is already Win 11 compatible.

 

[sruddy]

That hardware is already Win 11 compatible.

Hmm I wonder why windows update says it's not

I was able to run the PC health check without buying 360 and it said

Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC so I'll see if I can do that, thank you.​

I may do an upgrade anyway but I'll try the above first. Ifg i do upgrade I'm thinking of the https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/proart/proart-b760-creator-d4/ If so I'll need to figure which is the best processor for my need as the new board has a different socket.

 

[USAFRet]

Run the health check.
The hardware is compatible, some current settings might not be.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I may do an upgrade anyway but I'll try the above first. Ifg i do upgrade I'm thinking of the https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/proart/proart-b760-creator-d4/ If so I'll need to figure which is the best processor for my need as the new board has a different socket.

Wasn't your reason for upgrade, to get windows 11 ?
Since your hardware is already compatible with windows 11, then what's the reason to get a new board/new cpu now?
Were you not satisfied with performance of your current system?
Or just want to spend some money?

 

[sruddy]

Wasn't your reason for upgrade, to get windows 11 ?
Since your hardware is already compatible with windows 11, then what's the reason to get a new board/new cpu now?
Were you not satisfied with performance of your current system?
Or just want to spend some money?

I'm trying to enable TPM 2.0 I don't have TPM at all. The current system has a few bugs that I haven't figured out but when editing it seems to perform well enough with no freezes. It does have an annoying bug that my mouse cursor disappears. I have not been able to fix it so I have to do a hard reboot.

 

[BFG-9000]

I don't have TPM at all.

Strange, according to the manual on page 3-19, the PCH-FW Configuration is where you configure the firmware TPM.

It's the same place where you would configure the TPM on the ProArt B760-CREATOR D4. Oh well.

 

[sruddy]

Strange, according to the manual on page 3-19, the PCH-FW Configuration is where you configure the firmware TPM.

It's the same place where you would configure the TPM on the ProArt B760-CREATOR D4. Oh well.

Thank you for the manual link. I built this PC and it is my first build. It looks like TPM is a hardware piece? If so I don't think I knew about it, and never installed it. I'll open the case and see if anything is in the socket. I looked at Bios and no setting for TPM that I found, unless it's in advanced settings, which I didn't look at.

Well it looks like I need to purchase this card https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/tpm-spi/

 

[BFG-9000]

The setting is pretty hard to find so ASUS have a faq about it. Basically, go to Advanced\PCH-FW Configuration and enable "PTT".

These boards feature both a firmware TPM as well as a slot to install a discrete one (both are considered "hardware TPM 2.0"), so settings there let you choose which you want to use, or none.

 

[sruddy]

The setting is pretty hard to find so ASUS have a faq about it. Basically, go to Advanced\PCH-FW Configuration and enable "PTT".

These boards feature both a firmware TPM as well as a slot to install a discrete one (both are considered "hardware TPM 2.0"), so settings there let you choose which you want to use, or none.

Oh so I don't need to purchase the card to enable TPM 2.0? I'll check out the advanced settings in the bios to see if I can enable PTT. Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh so I don't need to purchase the card to enable TPM 2.0? I'll check out the advanced settings in the bios to see if I can enable PTT. Thank you.

Correct.
You do not need to purchase anything new.