POLL: Does your current PC meet Windows 11 minimum requirements?

luarpc · Jun 28, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
MSI GE-60 has UEFI. . Boot into BIOS, go to the Boot Tab, Change Boot Mode Select to UEFI, save changes and reboot and it should work.

Why did you tag me?

It wasn't me that said MSI GE-60 doesn't have UEFI BIOS! I have one and i know it has.

Cheers

JAM83 · Jun 28, 2021

luarpc said:
Why did you tag me?
It wasn't me that said MSI GE-60 doesn't have UEFI BIOS! I have one and i know it has.
Cheers

I replied to your message. Dangit. . . Sorry man! It was meant for @zeroFIRE

luarpc · Jun 28, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
I replied to your message. Dangit. . . Sorry man! It was meant for @zeroFIRE

No problem at all!
Cheers.

Bree · Jun 28, 2021

I have just clean installed Windows 11 on a machine that's so far beneath the minimum specs that it could pass as a submarine....

Let's run Windows 11 on an incompatible hardware - post #38

Bree said:
Let's see, which of my machines would be the lowest spec and least appropriate to install Windows 11 on?

That would be my little netbook, an Acer Aspire One D270.

Specs: Legacy BIOS, no TPM or secure boot. Intel Atom N2600, 2GB RAM. Even the display at 1024x600 doesn't meet Win11's minimum requirement of a "High definition (720p) display". And there are no display drivers available, so it's stuck with the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter.

f14tomcat · Jun 28, 2021

Dru2 said:
Thanks for the confirmation though I'm not at all surprised. Anyway, I too have an i7-7700K system that I may dedicate to the Windows 11 for testing purposes. Like my main system this one too has embedded TPM so that's not an issue.

Anyway, I ran the Windows PC health app on the i7-7700K system and did get the "The processor isn't supported for Windows 11" notice, so...

..... not entirely accurate... :wink:

Dru2 · Jun 28, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
MSI GE-60 has UEFI. . Boot into BIOS, go to the Boot Tab, Change Boot Mode Select to UEFI, save changes and reboot and it should work.

Two things to be reminded of (consider)...

1) Most laptop BIOS' are extremely limited in the options offered compared to a desktop BIOS. Some laptops group features into one setting. Here TPM could be enabled under one setting, say UEFI, while not giving you access to the specific TPM setting. Remember most laptops have their own security features built in being these are mobile devices so it would be wise not to nilly willy mess with the BIOS.

2) If you're system is tied to either legacy or UEFI, toggling one or the other off or on could cause boot problems. In other words if the laptop is set to legacy and you enabled UEFI, you could end up having boot problems. The same goes the opposite UEFI to legacy.

All that said, there are ways to tell where your system sits....

Verify Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Chip on Windows PC

How to Check if Windows PC has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Chip

www.tenforums.com

Check if Windows 10 is using UEFI or Legacy BIOS

How to Check if Windows 10 is using UEFI or Legacy BIOS

www.tenforums.com

Dru2 · Jun 28, 2021

f14tomcat said:
..... not entirely accurate...

Not sure what you mean so what specifically in my post you quoted is "not entirely accurate" ?

BunnyJ · Jun 28, 2021

f14tomcat said:
..... not entirely accurate...

Can you elaborate on that?

johnlgalt · Jun 28, 2021

Being a DEV leak, it will install on unsupported hardware.

It's not until we start getting official final releases that we'll know if all these installs now on unsupported hardware will be able to continue to use Win11 on those same machines.

BunnyJ · Jun 28, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Being a DEV leak, it will install on unsupported hardware.

It's not until we start getting official final releases that we'll know if all these installs now on unsupported hardware will be able to continue to use Win11 on those same machines.

True.. at this point no one knows if MS will soften the requirements. I know I passed every test but one and I'll get that addressed in Sept or Oct.

Ed Tittel · Jun 28, 2021

Of my original PC population, 6/10 met requirements. Right now it's 6/9 because I gave the oldest one away to a charity that installs Linux on older PCs and gives them to school-age kids for online learning and family use: Reglue.org. I'm planning to upgrade both of my i7-6700 desktops, and I'll give away my Surface Pro 3 when I can afford a replacement. It won't be running Windows 11, though...
--Ed--

PS: see my blog post from today about the overall PC population vis-a-vis Windows 11: Three-Quarters of PCs Sold Can't Run Windows 11

zeroFIRE · Jun 28, 2021

hi,

i'm very sorry for the confusion i caused: my 'good ol' GE60 has also an UEFI option !

...from 'speccy':

GE60 2PE Apache Pro

CPU
Intel Core i7 4710HQ @ 2.50GHz
Haswell 22nm Technologie

Motherboard
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MS-16GF (SOCKET 0)

Intel HD Graphics 4600 (MSI)
2047 MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M (MSI)

johnlgalt · Jun 28, 2021

Ed Tittel said:
Of my original PC population, 6/10 met requirements. Right now it's 6/9 because I gave the oldest one away to a charity that installs Linux on older PCs and gives them to school-age kids for online learning and family use: Reglue.org. I'm planning to upgrade both of my i7-6700 desktops, and I'll give away my Surface Pro 3 when I can afford a replacement. It won't be running Windows 11, though...
--Ed--

PS: see my blog post from today about the overall PC population vis-a-vis Windows 11: Three-Quarters of PCs Sold Can't Run Windows 11

Ed: No 1st gen Ryzen / ThreadRippers are on the supported CPU list - and most (if not all) were first available in 2017.

8th gen Intel was announced Sep 2017 and released Oct 2017.

So, that might push it further out, yeah?

BrianInEngland · Jun 28, 2021

Yes after enabling fTPM in AMD BIOS

I still have secure boot DISABLED but it passes the checks

steve108 · Jun 28, 2021

Worth watching just for the comedy value :ROFLMAO:

My one PC fails only because it's a 6th gen i7

Ernimus Prime · Jun 28, 2021

Was really surprised that my Wife's laptop passed. I knew her desktop wouldn't pass. It my old i5 6600k I had before my new PC

luarpc · Jun 28, 2021

steve108 said:
Worth watching just for the comedy value

My one PC fails only because it's a 6th gen i7

I have to agree 100% with him. That's all true.
Very comic

Snooker · Jun 28, 2021

It better have I just built it last week

PaulGo · Jun 28, 2021

My old HP laptop fails because it does not UEFI BIOS. My AMD desktop fails because of the older FX processor and although it has a TPM header it is currently impossible to find a compatible TPM module.

Mark Phelps · Jun 28, 2021

Bree said:
I have just clean installed Windows 11 on a machine that's so far beneath the minimum specs that it could pass as a submarine....

Let's run Windows 11 on an incompatible hardware - post #38

Unless you're using some workarounds, you're doing a lot better than me. I booted into my Win10 Dev Insider build, ran Windows Update, and it failed almost immediately -- with the same Secure Boot and TPM error messages as the leaked preview. Other folks have reported messages about updates and rebooting, but all I got was the failure message. And when I run the Checkers, the Boot (Legacy) and TPM stuff are the only "red" indicators I get. I thought those requirements were going to be suppressed so us Insiders count install and run the Win10 previews -- but they weren't for me.