Bought My MB’s TPM Module. $60 Wasted. It Seems

Paul Black said:

Hello @Ex_Brit,




There is NO rush anyway, Win 10 is supported until the 14-Oct-2025.

Exactly

Ex_Brit said:

Thanks guys, I guess I'm stuck with W10. Oh well, I'd need to win the lottery to afford a new high-end machine. So that's that. LOL

Not sure a high end machine is needed. Some people with amd boards can just change the cpu.
People using older intel can change mobo, ram and cpu keeping everything else.
Something like i5 8400 cpu, a 300 series motherboard and 2x8gb ddr4 ram can be had for around £150-£160.

Keeping an eye out for deals, I found a gigabyte b365m for £43 including delivery. Cclonline had hundreds of MSI z390 A Pro motherboards at £39.99 - I think they sold out very fast, but there will be more offers. Or they can be found second hand on auction sites. Cex has 8th gen cpus at around £70-£85 second hand and they are guaranteed, they can sometimes be found for a little less on auction sites.

Even the i3 8100 outperforms your current cpu by quite a margin, the i5 8400 even more so and they consume less power.
UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-8100 vs i7 975

UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-8400 vs i7 975

My machine's build is (typical of the old-school Alienware), a work of art. Using hidden cables, unobtrusive cooling tubes. It would be a nightmare taking it apart.

I might have one, so we shall see about that.

NavyLCDR said:

I missed that, thank you. Definitely not a UEFI motherboard and UEFI is required for TPM 2.0.

Yes, I know.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

@Ex_Brit


With all these things - provided the CPU and RAM size are sufficient there's always a work around by running W11 as a Virtual Machine. The only requirements -- must be X-64 machine and Virtualisation enabled in the Mobo (usually it's a setting like VT-X on Intel boards and equivalent on AMD ones.

With some Virtual Machine software you can run UEFI and Sec boot in the VM even on an old MBR BIOS machine, install a Software TPM emulator and "Poodlefake" the topography of the Virtual CPU so it's acceptable.

I've done this so am running W11 in a Virtual machine on an old Sony MBR BIOS only VAIO laptop (around 7 years old) - it doesn't even have USB 3 support !!!! although fortunately as well as the old VGA 768 X 1366 video it does have HDMI 1080 X 1920 as well.

W11 VM on Old MBR only computer - Working properly with sec boot and TPM emulator | Windows 11 Forum


Cheers
jimbo

Thanks, will do.
Strange that TPM module was detected at first boot, but has vanished since It was/is TPM 2.0 and is the correct one for this motherboard.