**Subject: Windows 11 upgrade is a NIGHTMARE** So my i7-6700K is suddenly "obso?

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n6eSe
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Post by n6eSe »

+1 You could also try using the official Media Creation Tool to do a clean install instead of an in-place upgrade.
0506682
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Post by 0506682 »

Yeah, that CPU is actually on the borderline—did you ever check if TPM 2.0 is enabled in your BIOS?
4125muonmqbl
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Post by 4125muonmqbl »

I had the same problem. I ended up having to dig into my BIOS to manually turn on the fTPM setting for my AMD system.
fsgU29VlAj
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Post by fsgU29VlAj »

This happened to me with my 6700K too. I had to enable both TPM and Secure Boot in the BIOS.
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