Updating Gigabyte bios - need HELP.

well I'd like to update the BIOS but I should probably buy the module too

can you assist me with getting this stupid bios updated?

Just upgrading the BIOS won't give you TPM 2.0. That is a hardware chip which you need to have. If you don't have that chip, you won't get TPM 2.0. But there is a way to install Windoze 11 without the need for TPM 2.0 (Older TPM versions should work with that hack). Besides that, your CPU will also have to support Windoze 11. On Systems that don't already have TPM 2.0, it is unlikely that your CPU will support Windoze 11, as it is probably too old (but again the hack should work).

The problem with the hack is that you can't be sure how long it will work (future updates/upgrades could fail). So rather than using the hack, if you can get the TPM 2.0 Module, & make sure your CPU supports Windoze 11, you should do that. The hack can be OK for testing purposes.

Windoze lol!  This is a new build it's only 2 years old I bought everything brand new from the bozos at micro center. Where does this chip plug into on the board anyway?

If you grab the manual it's the TPM header.

When you get the module it comes with full instructions.

TBH why would you want TPM 2.0 for a gaming rig?  Oh yes, it's because Microsoft have made it a minimum requirement of their new OS!

2 years is old in IT terms. You can get lucky & have a CPU that that supports Windoze 11, but chances are big that it doesn't. What is your CPU?

It's the new Intel whatever it is I have to look it up when I get home but it's a $400 processor

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Can i5 processor support Windows 11? – TECHEPAGES  

Can i5 processor support Windows 11?

January 14, 2022 by Helen Kurt

According to the link below, your CPU is supported:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

So you will just need the TPM2.0 module for your Mainboard.

@masq I cant enter bios with END.  I restart and hammer END and the computer goes right into Windows

Maybe found a workaround. I plugged in the USB finally got the computer to the BIOS and the cordless keyboard wouldn't work so I had to find a corded keyboard and that worked. So I'm at this screen now and it sees the USB but I have no idea how to navigate from here

No matter what I try once I get into this area and no matter where I put the file it says can't read file

Make sure it is formatted as FAT or FAT32, not NTFS. If it already is FAT or FAT32, reformat it. If it still won't work, download the file again. But again, before you don't have the TPM2.0 module, Windoze 11 won't install. Once you have installed the module, you probably won't really need to upgrade the BIOS anyway.

If your mainboard already has the TPM2.0 module installed, check the BIOS settings. normally you can switch the settings there from TPM1.2 (sometimes need for older OS's) to TPM2.0.

@rindi right now I'm just trying to step up from f7 to f8. Trying a different USB drive I reformatted it it is on 32. Here's what it looks like when I try to update

The USB drive is formatted as FAT32? If you go back to the "Task" tab you should see this:

You should be able to back up your BIOS which is a check that the USB drive is recognized, and then choose update to point it at the unzipped v.10 files.

2nd

Either you downloaded the wrong file, or it is corrupt. Download it again.

It will back up should I choose to do so

That is always a good idea.

Okay I'll re download it please bear with me...

Is that error from saving or loading the image?

Do you just have the Z390GX.F10 file in the root of the USB drive?  (if not try this)

Nope same error invalid bios image

If you're wondering where I'm getting that error just look at the screenshot I sent you where it says status task file and so on and then system volume information and then I typed in e f i f l a s h.exe once I hit enter there then I get the error

I don't think you want to put the entire zip file on the root of the USB drive do you?

Okay please bear with me. I just put the exe on the stick

If you use efiflash the syntax is:
efiflash Z390GX.F10

You also need the BIOS file, not just the "exe".

Okay well that's wacky actually you do have to do the manual step by step extraction manually to the USB drive to make it work now I'm at this screen

No idea what fast or intact means

No power outages and my daughter did not knock the usb out of the computer :)  Im now updated to the latest Gigabyte wants me on.  Wow, that's not easy!  Im used to HP and Dell corporate updates!

At any rate, let me go to the store and see how much that tpm chip is.  Is MS giving me Win 11 if I have the tpm or will they then CHARGE me?

Part of that was me not explaining the flash process clearly enough at the outset though.
If you've got 10 it will upgrade free to 11 adding TPM isn't sufficient a change to trigger relicensing.

Ok

This might be useful once the module arrives
https://techwiser.com/install-tpm-module-windows-computer