Re: choosing a motherboard
John B. Smith <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:55:01 -0500, VanguardLH <[email protected]> wrote: ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> Windows11 will not tolerate my motherboard because it lacks that chip. > >There are 2 ways to supply TPM support: a TPM chip, or BIOS firmware. >While my mobo has a TPM slot, it also has Intel's PTT (Platform Trust >Technology) code in its BIOS to emulate the chip. AMD has their fTPM >BIOS code. You may have to go into the BIOS to enable this feature. > >I purposely did not fab my host to include a TPM module. I also went >into BIOS to deliberately disable Intel PTT. This ensures I am not >bothered by Windows Update offering me to upgrade to Windows 11. Easy >kill switch. If I sometime later (probably Windows 12 more likely than >Windows 11) decide to upgrade from Windows 10, I go into the BIOS to >re-enable Intel PTT, and allow the upgrade. If I want to revert, I >would have to first disable Intel PTT in BIOS, and then restore to the >image backup before I started all this. I like your idea about waiting for Win12. > >> I suspect this old machine and Win10 will outlive me, so I'm not very >> serious about shopping for a pre-built machine and I'm kinda scared to >> attempt a build (mostly because of the old-age frailities I've picked >> since I built the last one, but also because of the money - I'm >> finally fully retired now (89) and the inflation is kinda terrifying). > >Since you did not identify your mobo (brand and model), no way anyone >else can check if it has a setting for Intel PTT or AMD fTPM. Read the >mobo's manual. It should mention this option if supported. Sorry, mb is Abit IP35 Pro XE. cpu is Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. Both circa 2008. 8gigs of DDR2 ram. Pretty sure I can't massage the BIOS into acceptance. I'm pretty familiar with it after 15 years. > >As Paul mentioned, there may be other requirements than just TPM, like >which CPUs are supported by Windows 11 as well as RAM minimum. See: > >https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications >https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements > >Maybe PC Health Check might provide some guidance: > >https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-the-pc-health-check-app-9c8abd9b-03ba-4e67-81ef-36f37caa7844 > >I don't have that app installed on Windows 10 to see what it reports. No I never d/l'd it either, Maybe I'll take a look. Win10 tells me I'm not fit for Win11 everytime I do updates.