[rhengles]

I found a link to a tool[0] that checks your PC compatibility with Windows 11, but it seems that many many people with powerful devices are getting a "No" answer.

[0] https://twitter.com/_h0x0d_/status/1408075658350108674

[neogodless]

Looks like AMD systems might mostly be coming back as "This PC can't run Windows 11."

> Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0

Possibly most AMD motherboards don't have TPM integrated? I don't know a lot about TPM though.

Someone said...

> enable tpm in your bios i did it and it worked for me, I have a 3080, 5800x, 16gb of ram

EDIT: My motherboard (Asus Prime X470 Pro) lists TPM as a separate module you buy, but the connector is present. $12 module, for example: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1237446-REG/asus_tpm_...

The manual does list an fTPM setting as well, but I have not tested that yet.

[izacus]

> Possibly most AMD motherboards don't have TPM integrated? I don't know a lot about TPM though.

Ryzen CPUs do have TPM onboard - at least my Ryzen 3800X does have it. It's disabled by default for some reason.

Funny enough, Apple laptops don't have it so Windows 11 won't be usable in BootCamp on Intel Macs.

[OGWhales]

Thanks for this info.

Supposedly the fTPM should work with Ryzen CPUs and offer TPM 2.0, but I can't confirm now either.

Similar deal to yours, my Gigabyte x570 board offers TPM cards: https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/TPM-Card. I am assuming this is unnecessary tho, but good to know.

[Deathmax]

Posting from the other Windows 11 post, I can confirm that a Ryzen fTPM will get a checkmark from the PC Health tool at least.

Screenshot of the security processor page: https://i.imgur.com/ZWtq8EO.png

Screenshot of the PC health check: https://i.imgur.com/Rb3eZIc.png

[blibble]

of the 20 or so machines I've owned in the last 15 years I think only one of them has had a TPM, and that was an enterprise laptop

no gaming motherboard I've ever had has had a TPM

edit: seems like the intel PTT bios option counts, so maybe not a huge problem (though it's off by default everywhere)

[ewzimm]

So now we finally know that 2025 will be the year of the Linux desktop. There will be no more supported Windows version for older hardware, and Microsoft's love for Linux will finally blossom into forcing migration for millions of computers. This is the most interesting part of the announcement, and I hope that desktop Linux distros will take advantage of the situation. Of course, Microsoft could reverse course by then.

edit: Looks like TPM 2.0 is not a hard requirement, only 1.2. This will likely still result in a lot of users left out of Windows, but the year of the Linux desktop may be delayed again. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/windo...

[xeromal]

I have a badass gaming rig and I got the not compatible message. lol. Oh well.