TPM Question

I turned the TPM in my BIOS and all is well, Win 11 installed and no problems but, and this is the bit I dont understand, I have a TMP header on my M/B so if its activated in the BIOS I am guessing that its an onboard chip if it is why the header?
My M/B is a Prime Z490-P and my CPU is an Intel Core i7 10700.

I have no experience with this.

However, I believe if you're using drive encryption (Bitlocker), and something happens to the MB, then the data are lost. A discrete TPM could be moved to a new motherboard.

AlanWade said:

I turned the TPM in my BIOS and all is well, Win 11 installed and no problems but, and this is the bit I dont understand, I have a TMP header on my M/B so if its activated in the BIOS I am guessing that its an onboard chip if it is why the header?
My M/B is a Prime Z490-P and my CPU is an Intel Core i7 10700.

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All you needed to do was Turn your TPM on in your bios, you don't need the actual Physical chip installed .

Thanks for the replies, I was a little unsure about it.

AlanWade said:

I turned the TPM in my BIOS and all is well, Win 11 installed and no problems but, and this is the bit I dont understand, I have a TMP header on my M/B so if its activated in the BIOS I am guessing that its an onboard chip if it is why the header?
My M/B is a Prime Z490-P and my CPU is an Intel Core i7 10700.

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There are multiple types of TPM.


Your motherboard (and mine as well) have both firmwareTPM as well as the option to add a hardware TPM Module to the motherboard.

@johnlgalt Thanks, will have a read a little later.

AlanWade said:

turned the TPM in my BIOS and all is well, Win 11 installed and no problems but, and this is the bit I dont understand, I have a TMP header on my M/B so if its activated in the BIOS I am guessing that its an onboard chip if it is why the header?
My M/B is a Prime Z490-P and my CPU is an Intel Core i7 10700.

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That was what worried me when I bought MSI motherboard with Intel H510M chipset. I found TPM header on it. Things came up to my mind, why only a header? Do I still have to buy separate TP Modul?
Later when I run BIOS everything was there.

The TPM header turn out to be additional.

Well, I follow You tube and the guy from Canada: , says that when it comes down to it we who do not have TPM2 and other requirements will be shut down one way or another. I have worked with Windows 11 long enough to know they are not going to let us work with our dated machines. So, I am going back to Windows 10, sorry if I disappoint anyone here. I plan on saving up and buying a proper machine, hopefully with Windows 11 installed by Christmas.

AlanWade said:

I turned the TPM in my BIOS and all is well, Win 11 installed and no problems but, and this is the bit I dont understand, I have a TMP header on my M/B so if its activated in the BIOS I am guessing that its an onboard chip if it is why the header?
My M/B is a Prime Z490-P and my CPU is an Intel Core i7 10700.

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what you are using is an fTPM (firmware TPM) which is a "software" TPM encoded into the BIOS. The header is for the hardware TPM. You can use one or the other for Win 11 purposes.