Friday, August 27th 2021
ASUS Rolls Out BIOS Updates for Windows 11 Support on Kaby Lake, Skylake
ASUS has begun rolling out BIOS updates that add motherboard support for Windows 11 even for processor families that Microsoft said would be left out of their latest Windows OS. Ever since the introduction of Windows 11, the message around specific hardware requirements has been difficult to pinpoint, as the company struggles to send a clear message on exactly which users should be looking to update their hardware - and which should not. ASUS' new BIOS updates will certainly add to the stirring pot, as they are being touted to enable Windows 11 support for Intel CPU families that Microsoft doesn't officially (yet) support for the OS release: Skylake (6th Gen) and Kaby Lake (7th Gen). According to Microsoft, only 8th Gen (Coffee Lake) and later Intel CPUs are supported by Windows 11.
The new BIOS updates typically activate TPM on the users' machine, should it be off at the BIOS level. ASUS has already released beta BIOS versions that introduce support for Windows 11 on Z270, H270 and B250 motherboards, and launched a hub page with compatibility status for a number of its motherboard releases. According to the company in the respective motherboard support pages, "The following motherboards are compatible with Windows 11 under current testing. The upgrability [sic] is subject to the support from operation system or 3rd party drivers availability." Which of course means that even if ASUS has gotten preview versions of Windows 11 to run on systems with this hardware, there's no way to know if the final, retail Windows 11 version will actually offer support for these CPUs. Of course, driver compatibility is also in question, since nothing guarantees Windows 11 to competently manage your hardware on the basis of Windows 10-bound driver packages.
Source:
via TechSpot
The new BIOS updates typically activate TPM on the users' machine, should it be off at the BIOS level. ASUS has already released beta BIOS versions that introduce support for Windows 11 on Z270, H270 and B250 motherboards, and launched a hub page with compatibility status for a number of its motherboard releases. According to the company in the respective motherboard support pages, "The following motherboards are compatible with Windows 11 under current testing. The upgrability [sic] is subject to the support from operation system or 3rd party drivers availability." Which of course means that even if ASUS has gotten preview versions of Windows 11 to run on systems with this hardware, there's no way to know if the final, retail Windows 11 version will actually offer support for these CPUs. Of course, driver compatibility is also in question, since nothing guarantees Windows 11 to competently manage your hardware on the basis of Windows 10-bound driver packages.
32 Comments on ASUS Rolls Out BIOS Updates for Windows 11 Support on Kaby Lake, Skylake
Treat it is a decision in between Debian and Redhat? Just a personal preference.
I was running Windows 11 Pro Dev version and when I wanted to upgrade to the newest Windows 11 Pro Beta using Windows it said my CPU wasn't supported but when I do a USB boot and a clean install no issues at all :roll:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Sheindlin
So, please, don't fall into the hype train trap!
Vista: Please confirm yes Are you sure yes Are you really sure yes Are you really, really sure yes ... Blue screen of death
Ironically typing this post made TPU fall over on my PC. [True story]
I blame the ghost of Vista. Yes, I am sure!
So Z170 ain't out yet only for Z270, H270 and B250 the others will come later.
I am not in a rush for it. Can't see what new, different and interesting it can offer compared to Windows 10.
They won't even change the boring, ugly, flat, minimalistic look.
Why not? BOTH sides are the reason the entire TPM 1.2 spec is so easily-broken (they made it cheap, in-order to lower implementation costs), and now MS is shooting itself in the foot by rushing-out mandatory Coffee Lake lust 3 years after the platform released.
I'm going to laugh if someone hacks their way into TPM 2.0, a year after Windows 11 releases - you really can't do anything for hacked laptops (no TPM slot, and these fools haven't heard of these secure USB keys they could have used instead of per-board customized TPM modules!)
This is a poorly-designed spec, and it is being poorly-manged by it's masters, so I will wait to upgrade my hardware for Win11 compatibility utilll they cut-off Windiosw 10 (who knows, if we have The Greeat Hackening I just described, they may be up to 3.0 by 2025!)
You are tempting me to install the beta again just to troll you.
I still ran a modded install without secureboot and TPM, but good to know its functional if thats ever needed
11 is my only OS on my main rig and laptop... they're working really smoothly
It is about a random Lake (because of the codenames), random Z number from the chipsets' naming scheme and the tremendously high power consumption and heat which will be removed by liquid nitrogen coolers.
What don't you understand?This means there is no perceivable performance difference.
So, why would I want to update my system from Windows 10 to Windows 11?