TPM 2.0

[Deleted member 2951001]

Hello!

I have an Asus Z87-C motherboard and an Intel Core i7 4790 and i am trying to upgrade to Windows 11.

Let's ignore for now the fact that my CPU is not supported by Windows 11, i can bypass and deal with that. Lets focus on my motherboard and TPM.

In my motherboard's manual says it support TPM 2.0 and it also have a 20-1 pin slot.
So i bought a TPM 2.0, connected it and turned the PC on.
A blue led on TPM turned on so that means it is working. But i can fully not enable it.

On my Windows 10 settings TPM is like it not exist.

- In tpm.msc it says "Compatible TPM cannot be found"
- In "Device Security" settings i can't find anything about processor. It says "Standard hardware security not supported"

After following some tutorials, i entered the BIOS, i chose "Advanced > Trusted Computing" and enabled the two options i could, the others are greyed out.

Also i can not find "PCH-FW menu" to enable "Intel Platform Trust Technology" like in some tutorials.
Creating a BIOS password didn't affect anything too.

Here are some screenshots of BIOS (you may need to open them in full size for clear view)

->>> Here is the Advanced menu in my BIOS ( no PCH-FW option, just simple PCH )

->>> Here is the contents of "Trusted Computing" option in which i enabled what i could.
Some settings are greyed out and can't change them

->>> Here is the contents of PCH menu. Intel Techologies are currently off, turning them on didn't change anything on Trusted Computing settings.

->>> And here is the menu of CPU Configuration in case it's usefull to you

Since my motherboard supports TPM 2.0 Ii thought i could use TPM but i cannot yet.

Is this happening because of my CPU or am i missing specific option(s) i should make first in BIOS?
Did anyone with similar specs solved it?

Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advance!

 

[USAFRet]

I have an Asus Z87-C motherboard and an Intel Core i7 4790 and i am trying to upgrade to Windows 11.

Why 11?
Totally unsupported on this system.

By the time Win 10 falls off support, this will be an 11 year old platform.

 

[Deleted member 2951001]

Well, i would like to try them because i like to have the latest Windows versions even if my pc is a bit old.
If i can make my PC support them (at least for TPM) i would like to give it a shot

In case i don't like it, i can re-install Windows 10 or re-install and image backup i have 😉

It also make me wonder why it does not work at least for Windows 10 since my motherboard supports it 🤔

 

[USAFRet]

Well, i would like to try them because i like to have the latest Windows versions even if my pc is a bit old.
If i can make my PC support them (at least for TPM) i would like to give it a shot

In case i don't like it, i can re-install Windows 10 or re-install and image backup i have 😉

It also make me wonder why it does not work at least for Windows 10 since my motherboard supports it 🤔

Win 10 on that platform is no problem.
Win 11 introduces the TPM requirement, which yours does not have.

You might consider this workaround.

Sidestep Windows 11's Microsoft Account Requirement With Rufus Beta

You can also sidestep secure boot and TPM requirements, minimum RAM and storage requirements and more.

www.tomshardware.com

But, that could be invalidated by MS at any time.

 

[USAFRet]

And, having systems that are 10 and 11....the GUI changes are pretty minimal.
Nothing magical about 11.

 

[Deleted member 2951001]

Thank you for the suggestion, i am already aware of that solution using Rufus 😎👍

But I would like to make it as "official" as i can though, if that's possible, that's why ask.

If everything fails, maybe i will try that too (or not at all)! 😉

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the suggestion, i am already aware of that solution using Rufus 😎👍

But I would like to make it as "official" as i can though, if that's possible, that's why ask.

If everything fails, maybe i will try that too (or not at all)! 😉

That IS as official as it gets.

Your CPU is far off the bottom of the supported list, and your motherboard does not have the required TPU or fTPU functionality.
It is what it is.

 

[Deleted member 2951001]

Hello!

I have an Asus Z87-C motherboard and an Intel Core i7 4790 and i am trying to upgrade to Windows 11.

Let's ignore for now the fact that my CPU is not supported by Windows 11, i can bypass and deal with that. Lets focus on my motherboard and TPM for now.

In my motherboard's manual says it supports TPM 2.0 and it also has a 20-1 pin TPM header.
So i bought a TPM 2.0 module, connected it and turned the PC on.
A blue led on the TPM module turned on so that means it is working. But i can not fully enable it.

On my Windows 10 settings TPM is like it doesn't exist.

- In tpm.msc it says "Compatible TPM cannot be found"
- In "Device Security" settings i can't find anything about processor. It says "Standard hardware security not supported"

After following some tutorials, i entered the BIOS, i chose "Advanced > Trusted Computing" and enabled the two options i could, the others are greyed out.

Also i can not find "PCH-FW menu" to enable "Intel Platform Trust Technology" like in some tutorials.
Creating a BIOS password didn't affect anything too.

Here are some screenshots of BIOS (you may need to open them in full size for clear view)

->>> Here is the Advanced menu in my BIOS ( no PCH-FW option, just simple PCH )

->>> Here is the contents of "Trusted Computing" option in which i enabled what i could.
Some settings are greyed out and can't change them

->>> Here is the contents of PCH menu. Intel Techologies are currently off, turning them on didn't change anything on Trusted Computing settings.

->>> And here is the menu of CPU Configuration in case it's usefull to you

Since my motherboard supports TPM 2.0 i thought i could use TPM but i cannot yet.

Is this happening because of my CPU or am i missing specific option(s) i should make first in BIOS?
Did anyone with similar specs solved it?

I know i can bypass that with Rufus but i would like to try the official way.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advance!