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I just noticed that my Threadripper 1950x isn't "supported". Completely ludicrous. I'd love to see the technical justification for that.

eric__cartman 5y ago
https://i.imgur.com/wHtf0PF.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wHtf0PF.jpg
- Sebb767 5y ago
  Do they actually earn that much from this? They were basically throwing Windows 10 at people for free and they are not in the hardware market at all.
- g051051 5y ago
  How does limiting the number of machines that can run it make money for Microsoft? I won't be paying for a Windows 11 upgrade (I assume it's not going to be free this time) until I need to replace my machine, which will be quite some time.
  - einr 5y ago
    Windows 11 is a free upgrade if you have a Windows 10 license. You can't sell operating systems to consumers anymore, you have to sell OEM licenses to manufacturers, who in turn sell you a new computer with the new OS.
supernovae 5y ago
TPM 2.0 isn't supported on your chipset.
- g051051 5y ago
  Yes it is. It's enabled in the firmware (fTPM) and shows TPM 2.0 available in the tpm.msc snap-in.
  - supernovae 5y ago
    Dunno then, ask your motherboard vendor why it's not supported.
    - g051051 5y ago
      I don't know what they'd have to do with it. It's the CPU, not the motherboard, that's being blacklisted by Microsoft. I could upgrade to a Threadripper 2950X without changing anything else, and it'd be supported. I just don't think a "free" upgrade to Windows 11 should force me to spend $800 when there's no technical justification for it. I have a 3-year old enthusiast/gamer system, it seems crazy that a high-end CPU introduced less than 4 years ago would be unsupported.
morkmindy 5y ago
It's not a TPM issue - TR 1950x has TPM2.0. Microsoft currently has a list of qualified CPU's which the 1950x isint on thats the issue. Seems anything 3.5 yrs. and older is getting left behind regardless whether it qualifies (hence the list) BUT this might only be applicable for the beta testing and not the actual release. WHich makes more sense that MS is focusing testing on only the latest hardware. The Windows Health Check tool that people were using was pulled down a few days ago (dont know its current status).

eric__cartman 5y ago

https://i.imgur.com/wHtf0PF.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wHtf0PF.jpg

Sebb767 5y ago
Do they actually earn that much from this? They were basically throwing Windows 10 at people for free and they are not in the hardware market at all.
g051051 5y ago
How does limiting the number of machines that can run it make money for Microsoft? I won't be paying for a Windows 11 upgrade (I assume it's not going to be free this time) until I need to replace my machine, which will be quite some time.
- einr 5y ago
  Windows 11 is a free upgrade if you have a Windows 10 license. You can't sell operating systems to consumers anymore, you have to sell OEM licenses to manufacturers, who in turn sell you a new computer with the new OS.

supernovae 5y ago

TPM 2.0 isn't supported on your chipset.

g051051 5y ago
Yes it is. It's enabled in the firmware (fTPM) and shows TPM 2.0 available in the tpm.msc snap-in.
- supernovae 5y ago
  Dunno then, ask your motherboard vendor why it's not supported.
  - g051051 5y ago
    I don't know what they'd have to do with it. It's the CPU, not the motherboard, that's being blacklisted by Microsoft. I could upgrade to a Threadripper 2950X without changing anything else, and it'd be supported. I just don't think a "free" upgrade to Windows 11 should force me to spend $800 when there's no technical justification for it. I have a 3-year old enthusiast/gamer system, it seems crazy that a high-end CPU introduced less than 4 years ago would be unsupported.

morkmindy 5y ago

It's not a TPM issue - TR 1950x has TPM2.0. Microsoft currently has a list of qualified CPU's which the 1950x isint on thats the issue. Seems anything 3.5 yrs. and older is getting left behind regardless whether it qualifies (hence the list) BUT this might only be applicable for the beta testing and not the actual release. WHich makes more sense that MS is focusing testing on only the latest hardware. The Windows Health Check tool that people were using was pulled down a few days ago (dont know its current status).