[SOLVED] TPM support on MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC

[jat81]

I have the MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard with a first generation Threadripper 1950X. In the UEFI, it allows me to select between 3 options for the security device -- the AMD CPU fTPM, an Offboard LPC TPM, or an Onboard SPI TPM.

I'm well aware that the AMD CPU fTPM is the one that is built into the CPU and is most common to use, and the Offboard LPC TPM is for an add-on TPM that goes on the TPM header. What I am uncertain about is the Onboard SPI TPM selection. I cannot find any information online about it -- when I search Google for "Onboard SPI TPM" I get a "limited search results" message. When I select to enable that option as my Security Device, when Windows boots and I run tpm.msc, it still says that I do not have a TPM

Does anyone here know if the MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC has an on-motherboard TPM that is separate from the one built in to the CPU or the add-on header?

(Also, this question is of course related to the Windows 11 TPM requirement, which is why I posted it here instead of the Motherboards forum. Please let me know if that was inappropriate.)

Thanks in advance!

 

[rocktalkrock]

As i understand, yes your MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard does have an on-motherboard TPM that is separate from the one built into the CPU. It is either a discrete chip on the motherboard or directly built into the BIOS chip, but as you are aware MSI is not very clear about this point. I would suggest you contact MSI Technical Support to get confirmation directly from MSI.

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400 Series X470 / B450
300 Series X370 / B350 / A320*
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