Zitat von leonleonleon im Beitrag #224

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Hi,

First, thanks for helping. I'm trying to have TPM/PTT enabled on my 6700k as well, however my mobo is an ASUS Z170M-PLUS and looking for "TPM Device Configuration" in the text file extracted from the latest bios I can't find it, BUT :

I find many other various "TPM" or "PTT" entries. I'm on a 6700K and ASUS Z170M-PLUS mobo. I get "TPM State", "TPM Enabled Status", "TPM Active Status", "TPM Owner Status" and more importantly (I think) "TPM2.0 UEFI Spec Version" and "Device Select" with options "TPM 1.2" and "TPM 2.0". There's also a "Force TPM Enable"... I'm just lost here.

Can I still do something or am I sol ?


EDIT : just found a "PTT Configuration" with options for "PTP Aware OS" and "Not PTP Aware"

EDIT 2 : I was able to activate TPM. All is fine, except Windows still won't let me update JUST because my cpu isn't supported, even though the health tool shows everything else, including TPM being supported and activated. Oh, Microsoft...

So there you have it, proof that their reasons and excuses for not supporting older CPUs is 100 % arbitrary.

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Zitat von KotTHECat im Beitrag #220

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ONLY for MAXIMUS VIII HERO and those who has a hardware programmer (maybe also works with another mainboards and software flashers; do it all at your own risk)

You can try to unlock the toggle for En- or Disable the ME option in BIOS using UEFITool and HxD. Having that enabled you will probably see the option to enable PTT. And of course you will be able to disable ME if you want so.

1. Open your BIOS file with UEFITool (not NE), search for GUID 899407D7-99FE-43D8-9A21-79EC328CAC21, and then PE32 image section
2. Right click on it –> Extract body and save it to your desktop as body.bin (name doesnt matter)
3. Open body.bin in HxD, scroll down to offset 6BBE3 and change the value from 46 to 47, and save it.
4. Back to UEFITool and replace the PE32 image section body (right click and Replace body) with that you have just modified and saved.

Also set the PCH-FW Configuration to USER in AMIBCP.


P.S. Thanks to DeathBringer

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Hello, was anyone luck with the MAXIMUS VIII GENE?

Also, what is the ME exactly?
When I was trying to make everything up to date I got my BIOS to 3801 (latest one) and tried to get ME to 11.7.0.1040 (the one recommended for some months before the latest BIOS), but I ended up with the 11.8.50.3399 which broke the ability to turn off my computer, I could flash everything back to factory and fixed it, but now I'm afraid to deal with this ME again.

Zitat von An_Hell im Beitrag #228

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Hello, was anyone luck with the MAXIMUS VIII GENE?

Also, what is the ME exactly?
When I was trying to make everything up to date I got my BIOS to 3801 (latest one) and tried to get ME to 11.7.0.1040 (the one recommended for some months before the latest BIOS), but I ended up with the 11.8.50.3399 which broke the ability to turn off my computer, I could flash everything back to factory and fixed it, but now I'm afraid to deal with this ME again.

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Hi,
i know asus z170-A tpm works with your trick.
I tried to compare the PCH-FW section with my asus Maximus viii Gene - Bios 3801
They are identical but the line (1071) PTT HW SUPPORT is missing in my bios.



Unfortunately I am not familiar with this type of modification.
Is it possible to add this missing line to my Bios?
With which program then should I flash the bios?

Or at least a guide would be enough for me, then I study it calmly.

A thousand thanks

Hi rob3r7o,

I have had the same experience as you. nothing seems to stick and the PTT doesn't show in windows. please continue to show your findings here, especially if you get it working :)

Hi All,

I have an Asus Z170M-PLUS running BIOS 3805 and Intel ME 11.8.55.3510 (both are the latest available from Asus).

I've made a change with grub ('setup_var 0xEFD 0x1' after looking through the setup_extr.txt file, this is referred to as "Security Device Support" - no idea if that helped or not). I changed this while still on an older ME (11.8.50.3470) and the change has stuck.

MEInfoWin64 shows "Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED" but the FPF shows PTT disabled and Windows doesn't show any TPM support. This is the trimmed output:

Zitat von Gus.Ghanem im Beitrag #214

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FINALLY! ASUS Z170-A UEFI BIOS 3802 ME 11.8.86.3909

Boot from USB: efi\boot\bootx64.efi

Type: setup_var 0x6A6 0x1
Type: exit

First reboot into Windows shows nothing, must shut down and reboot into Windows again (there was no need to get into the BIOS settings).

UEFI now shows Trust Computing under Advanced, with about 9 different settings.

PowerShell as Admin: get-tpm

TpmPresent : True
TpmReady : True
TpmEnabled : True
TpmActivated : True
TpmOwned : True
RestartPending : True
ManufacturerId : 1229870147
ManufacturerIdTxt : INTC
ManufacturerVersion : 303.12.0.0
ManufacturerVersionFull20 : 303.12.0.0

ManagedAuthLevel : Full
OwnerAuth : (deleted by me)
OwnerClearDisabled : False
AutoProvisioning : Enabled
LockedOut : False
LockoutHealTime : 10 minutes
LockoutCount : 0
LockoutMax : 31
SelfTest : {}

Credit to maxdarksol Thank You!

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You must have CSM OFF. Only UEFI, not LEGACY. TPM don't work with LEGACY.

Zitat von jono80 im Beitrag #232

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Hi All,

I have an Asus Z170M-PLUS running BIOS 3805 and Intel ME 11.8.55.3510 (both are the latest available from Asus).

I've made a change with grub ('setup_var 0xEFD 0x1' after looking through the setup_extr.txt file, this is referred to as "Security Device Support" - no idea if that helped or not). I changed this while still on an older ME (11.8.50.3470) and the change has stuck.

MEInfoWin64 shows "Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED" but the FPF shows PTT disabled and Windows doesn't show any TPM support. This is the trimmed output:

Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 11.8.86.3909
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows OS Version : 10.0
...
CurrentState: Normal
ManufacturingMode: Disabled
FlashPartition: Valid
OperationalState: CM0 with UMA
InitComplete: Complete
BUPLoadState: Success
ErrorCode: No Error
ModeOfOperation: Normal
SPI Flash Log: Not Present
FPF HW Source value: Not Applicable
ME FPF Fusing Patch Status: ME FPF Fusing patch NOT applicable
...
BIOS Version 3805
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FW Version 11.8.55.3510 H
...
FW Capabilities 0x31111540

Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - PRESENT/ENABLED
...
FPF ME
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PTT Disabled Enabled
PTT Lockout Override Counter 0x0
EK Revoke State Not Revoked
PTT RTC Clear Detection FPF 0x0

Am I screwed? I guess there's no way to change the FPFs?

@leonleonleon - I think we have the same board - can you let me know your BIOS / ME version and a dump from MEInfoWin64 please? How did you get it working on your board?


Thanks,

Jono

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Zitat von Homer21 im Beitrag #234

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You must have CSM OFF. Only UEFI, not LEGACY. TPM don't work with LEGACY.

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Hello, I have a maximus VIII Gene Z170 Board, I think it has no TPM-module slot & I can't see any option to enable TPM 2.0. I made a coffee lake mod & have the i5 9600k installed. Should i just use the grub method & it should work no matter which asus board is used?

Asus Z170-A / 6700K here.

I've read all 237 posts and tried every single method mentioned in this forum and I cannot for the life of me get windows to recognize TPM. CSM is disabled, secure boot is disabled, I'm running grub from a USB stick and entering "setup_var 0x6A6 0x1" and then confirming the change took affect afterwords by using "setup_var 0x6A6" again and making sure I see "0x1".

Windows simply will not see the change. I've tried making those commands, hitting exit, and then saving settings and rebooting.. I've also tried making those commands, hitting exit, and then power off with the power button and then powering back up again. I've ensured I'm rebooting twice like others have recommended.

I just don't know how to solve this without going out and buying a physical TPM. Before I resign myself to that, am I missing ANYTHING?

I don't know how or why the GRUB command worked for me, all I know is that I had the latest BIOS and ME firmware versions, and I did not load BIOS defaults after the GRUB command. Make sure the CMOS battery is not dead; I'm not sure.

Has anyone ever managed to enable PTT on maximus viii formula and how? I have latest bios 3801 and intel ME 11.7.0.1040. I enabled PTT via GRUB command but Windows doesn't show any TPM.