Hi all.
I contacted Gigabyte support recently regarding my motherboard, the B450M DS3H V2.
Recently, on my Win 10 system, when I go to Settings/ Update and Security, there's a message there (which I'm sure I'm not the only person to have seen ) that says: "This PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11 ".
I then run the little app that's available known as Windows PC Health Check. My system passes all requirements for Windows 11 except for one; the results that came back said "TPM 2.0 must be supported and enabled on this PC./ TPM not detected".
The reply I received from Gigabyte support said: "For Windows 11, just enable fTPM in the bios along with disabling CSM. If the OS is not configure as UEFI, it won't boot after these setting changes so you will need to boot off the Windows 11 image to perform a full OS install".
OK, to an extent, easy enough: I can enter the BIOS upon booting and make those changes, but.....I suppose the part that has me concerned is where Gigabyte support said "If the OS is not configure as UEFI, it won't boot after these setting changes so you will need to boot off the Windows 11 image to perform a full OS install".
Well, gosh, I don't want my system not to boot 😝
I even checked here on Tom's Hardware forums, and there is a thread mentioning this:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-what-you-can-do-to-resolve-problems.3711259/
In that post it also mentions about "Switching to UEFI boot method without swapping drives to GPT first will leave PC unable to boot".
So....am I stuck between a rock and a hard place? A Catch-22? Meaning: My Windows 10 system is telling me that I am not meeting the requirements for Windows 11, and that the one and only requirement I need to meet is enabling TPM, and if I enable TPM......then it may render my system unable to boot. And then without a bootable system, I won't be able to upgrade to Windows 11.
Is there a workaround for this without creating a headache for myself? 😁
Thanks for any helpful info;
Pez
I contacted Gigabyte support recently regarding my motherboard, the B450M DS3H V2.
Recently, on my Win 10 system, when I go to Settings/ Update and Security, there's a message there (which I'm sure I'm not the only person to have seen ) that says: "This PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11 ".
I then run the little app that's available known as Windows PC Health Check. My system passes all requirements for Windows 11 except for one; the results that came back said "TPM 2.0 must be supported and enabled on this PC./ TPM not detected".
The reply I received from Gigabyte support said: "For Windows 11, just enable fTPM in the bios along with disabling CSM. If the OS is not configure as UEFI, it won't boot after these setting changes so you will need to boot off the Windows 11 image to perform a full OS install".
OK, to an extent, easy enough: I can enter the BIOS upon booting and make those changes, but.....I suppose the part that has me concerned is where Gigabyte support said "If the OS is not configure as UEFI, it won't boot after these setting changes so you will need to boot off the Windows 11 image to perform a full OS install".
Well, gosh, I don't want my system not to boot 😝
I even checked here on Tom's Hardware forums, and there is a thread mentioning this:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-what-you-can-do-to-resolve-problems.3711259/
In that post it also mentions about "Switching to UEFI boot method without swapping drives to GPT first will leave PC unable to boot".
So....am I stuck between a rock and a hard place? A Catch-22? Meaning: My Windows 10 system is telling me that I am not meeting the requirements for Windows 11, and that the one and only requirement I need to meet is enabling TPM, and if I enable TPM......then it may render my system unable to boot. And then without a bootable system, I won't be able to upgrade to Windows 11.
Is there a workaround for this without creating a headache for myself? 😁
Thanks for any helpful info;
Pez