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

[TtJhvjutcuM]

This. I had the same problem. Even after enabling TPM, I got stuck until I realized my boot drive wasn't formatted as GPT for that UEFI switch.

[n6eSe]

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

[0506682]

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

[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]

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

[8Fqupymoc]

You could also try using a third-party tool like Rufus to create a modified installer that bypasses the TPM and Secure Boot checks.

[KDoRi]

Can confirm. Just to be sure, have you checked if TPM is enabled in your BIOS?

[709iwxvvbb]

Yeah, and if it's enabled, you might also need to switch from "Discrete TPM" to "Firmware TPM" in the BIOS settings.

[bfn371253]

You could also check if there's a BIOS update for your motherboard, as that sometimes enables proper TPM 2.0 support.

[FOxgobegTmM3]

This. Yeah, and after the BIOS update, you'll want to make sure the TPM setting is actually turned on in there—it's often off by default. Let me know if that works.