Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's what it does and how you can work around that requirement if your old PC doesn't have one.

To upgrade to Windows 11, I must purchase a special ASUS TPM module and install it into the motherboard’s TPM header, then update my BIOS and enable TPM 2.0.

To upgrade to Windows 11, I must purchase a special ASUS TPM module and install it into the motherboard’s TPM header, then update my BIOS and enable TPM 2.0.

For example, on my ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero (z590 platform), the setting can be found by going to Advanced > PCH-FW Configuration, and then selecting Enable from the pull-down menu for PTT.

We’ve already seen that there are ways around Windows 11’s TPM requirement. After all, Asus has already started updating firmware for older Intel CPUs, optimizing for the operating system.

Since Windows 11 has announced its TPM module requirement, the prices for previously abundant and underappreciated TPM add-on boards for PC motherboards have skyrocketed. We’ve been getting c… ...

Windows 11 will require a module, which could tempt savvy shoppers to buy a TPM 2.0 chip early, and slap it on their motherboard. The logic of such a move makes sense: You want to ensure existing ...

The motherboards announced by ASUS are only for those who have old hardware with no TPM 2.0 module. If you have a system featuring an AMD Ryzen 2000/Intel Core 8th gen or newer, you're fine.

TPM module on an Asus motherboard. Former U.S. military security specialist Christopher Tarnovsky found a weakness in Infineon’s SLE66 CL PE and presented the results of his hack at the Black ...

My module is TPM 1.2, Asus makes 2.0 compliant ones now and apparently Bitlocker doesn't use RSA Keys when a TPM 2.0 is available. If so, how do I do the upgrade without locking myself out of my data?

I want to buy a TPM module for BitLocker for an Asus x99 Deluxe II mobo (https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/X99-DELUXE-II/) but I can't find any info on what module's its actually compatable with.