TPM 2.0 installation

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Hello,

Does my motherboard have the TPM connector? So can I connect and install Windows 11? Or would I have to connect the TPM adapter and the processor be compatible with TPM?

I see motherboards coming with the same connector, is there any model that already has this built in?

If I understand from the articles I read, is it necessary to have the TPM on the board and the processor to be compatible? Or just the compatible processor if the board already has the TMP system included.

Thank you for the clarification as this is very confusing for me, I believe that many users also do not understand the issue.

Thanks.
 
Hello friend, I appreciate your response and attention.

Model: A68HM-E33 V2

My question would be, in general, how does the TPM module required for installation work?

Do I need to have the TPM connector + the compatible processor? So in this case my motherboard has the slot for the TPM connector but no processor would be compatible, in short there is no need for this slot since I will not be able to use it for Windows 11 which requires TPM 2.0.
Thanks.
 
If the board is older than 2015~2017, then it isn't TPM-2.0-compatible. It will only know TPM 1.2 internally, and it will only accept TPM 1.2 modules.
If the board is younger than that (on Intel: 100-series chipset and newer), then it already has a firmware TPM 2.0 in the BIOS: On Intel it's called PTT, on AMD it's fTPM.

You cannot make a board that is too old have a TPM 2.0 by adding a TPM 2.0 module, or add a firmware TPM 2.0 in a newer BIOS. The board will only know TPM 1.2. And once you have a newer board that understands TPM 2.0, then it will already have that available in the BIOS. The most you need to do there is to update your BIOS to the latest version, and it will be active. So no matter how you look at it, the TPM modules are a waste of money.

I have motherboard model B75MA-P45.
can you recommend some borad similar to old one?

That motherboard is from 2012, it has a 70-series chipset, for 2nd or 3rd gen Intel CPUs. See this timeline:

2011 - Sandy Bridge - 2nd gen, Core i-2000 - Mainboards with 60-series chipsets, Socket 1155
2012 - Ivy Bridge - 3rd gen, Core i-3000 - Mainboards with 70-series chipsets, Socket 1155
2013 - Haswell - 4th gen, Core i-4000 - Mainboards with 80-series chipsets, Socket 1150 (new)
2014 - Haswell Refresh & Broadwell - Core i-4000/5000 - Mainboards with 90-series chipsets, Socket 1150
2015 - Skylake - 6th gen, Core i-6000 - Mainboards with 100-series chipset, Socket 1151 (new)
2016 - Kaby Lake - 7th gen, Core i-7000 - Mainboards with 200-series chipset, Socket 1151
2017 - Coffee Lake - 8th gen, Core i-8000 - Mainboards with 300-series chipset, Socket 1151v2 (new)
2018/19 - Coffee Lake Refresh - 9th gen, Core i-9000 - Mainboards with 300-series chipset (Z390 added), Socket 1151v2
2020 - Comet Lake - 10th gen, Core i-10000 - Mainboards with 400-series chipset, Socket 1200 (new)
Early 2021 - Rocket Lake - 11th gen, Core i-11000 - Mainboards with 500-series chipset, Socket 1200
Late 2021 - Alder Lake - 12th gen, Core i-12000 - Mainboards with 600-series chipset, Socket 1700 (new)
Late 2022 - Raptor Lake - 13th gen, Core i-13000 - Mainboards with 700-series chipset, Socket 1700
Late 2023 - Raptor Lake Refresh - 14th gen, Core i-14000 - Mainboards with 700-series chipset, Socket 1700
Late 2024 - Arrow Lake - 1st gen "Core" / "Core Ultra" - Mainboards with 800-series chipset, Socket 1851 (new)

The first platforms that had a firmware TPM 2.0 were from 2015, boards with 100-series chipset for 6th gen Intel CPUs. By that time, the socket was changed twice already. So there is no way you can use your 3rd gen CPU on any newer board. Plus, all the other hardware will be too old as well. For example, a PSU from 13 years ago shouldn't be re-used for a more modern system anymore (unless it was a very high-end PSU model), and on 100-series chipset boards, they already used DDR4 RAM instead of DDR3. So there is not much you can re-use. It's better to save up some money for a new system, after 13 years it's time.
 
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