How To Enable TPM on ASUS, Gigabyte ASRock & MSI BIOS Settings

Intel have dropped Windows 11 on us all and it’s caused a furore about ‘TPM’ or trusted platform modules.

Don’t worry, your PC isn’t about to become obsolete and you don’t need to buy anything. Even if it fails the Microsoft check, so long as your CPU is Ryzen 2000 (Zen 2) or newer, or Intel 8^th generation or newer, it has TPM inbuilt.

We’ll show you how to activate it on all the main motherboard brands (Asus, ASRock, MSI, Gigabyte), as it’s a little obscure on some of them. Once done, you can run the Microsoft health check application found here to see if your PC passes muster for Windows 11 – either to test the Beta now or for the future free upgrade. 

How to Enable TPM: By Motherboard & CPU Manufacturer

MSI Motherboards: AMD CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ by tapping F7
3. Settings
4. Security
5. Security Device Support- Set to Enable
6. AMD fTPM Switch set to [AMD fTPM]

MSI Motherboards: Intel CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ or ‘F2’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ by tapping F7
3. Settings
4. Security
5. Trusted Computing
6. Security Device Support- Set to Enable
7. Security PTT Enable.

ASRock Motherboards: AMD CPU:

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ or ‘F2’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ CPU Configuration
3. AMD fTPM Switch
4. Select ‘AMD CPU fTPM’
5. Save and reboot back into BIOS
6. Advanced mode
7. Trusted Computing
8. Security Device Support – Ensure it is set to ‘Enable’
9. It will now show ‘TPM20 Device found’.
10. Save and reboot

ASrock Motherboard with Intel CPU:

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ CPU Configuration
3. Security
4. Intel Platform Trust Technology
5. Set to ‘Enable’
6. Save and reboot

ASUS Motherboard: AMD CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ or ‘F2’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ by tapping F7
3. AMD fTPM configuration 
4. TPM Device Selection : Firmware TPM

OR

1. AMD CPU fTPM : Enabled
2. Exit:Save changes and reboot

ASUS Motherboard: Intel CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ or ‘F2’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ by tapping F7
3. PCH-FW configuration
4. Set PTT to ‘Enable’. 
5. Exit: Save changes and reboot

GIGABYTE Motherboard: Intel CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ 
3. Select ‘Settings’
4. Set ‘Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT)’ to ‘Enable’. 
5. Save and Exit

GIGABYTE Motherboard: AMD CPU

1. Enter BIOS by tapping ‘Delete’ as the PC boots.
2. Enter ‘Advanced mode’ 
3. Select ‘Settings’
4. Select ‘Miscellaneous’
5. Select ‘AMD CPU fTPM’ and set it to ‘Enabled’. 
6. Save and Exit

If you don’t find these settings:

Consult this list of Intel CPU compatibility or AMD Supported CPUs.

It is possible on older systems that TPM isn’t inbuilt. In those situations, it may be that you need to purchase a TPM 2.0 module that’s compatible with your motherboard, in order to upgrade to Windows 11. The specification and requirements aren’t set yet, so it would be wise to wait and see how the situation develops before buying any modules that you may not need, and will undoubtedly be marked up to take advantage of the confusion around Windows 11 Requirements.