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Yeah, that's solid advice. Also, double-check that your RAM is actually running at its full speed in the BIOS, as sometimes it can be underclocked.

Can confirm. Yeah, and after you update the BIOS, you'll need to go back into its settings to find and enable fTPM again.

This happened to me. I had to go a step further and clear the TPM from the security settings in the BIOS before the upgrade would finally take.

This happened to me with my 7th gen i7. I ended up using the Media Creation Tool to bypass the TPM check and it finally went through. Hope that helps.

Same here. Agreed, and one small tip: if you go the clean install route, make sure to back up your data first since it'll wipe your drive.

**Subject: Windows 11 upgrade is a NIGHTMARE**

So my i7-6700K is suddenly "obsolete"? Spent all evening trying to upgrade and just hit a wall. The PC Health Check app just says "This PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements" and the setup error was "This PC must support TPM 2.0." Ugh.

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