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2018/01/21 06:22:56 (permalink)
Just got round to installing this X299-Micro, updated BIOS, etc. - but there is NO TPM present? That means no BitLocker. So no deployment without disk encryption (sorry no SSD password solution, we need to enable eDrive/E1667 on SEDs :).
 
Checking the ME firmware (seems latest at 11.11.50.1436) there is no "Intel PTT" capability? That is quite strange as other boards' ME from competitors do have PTT included and enabled. AFAIK it was mandated that all modern W10 compatible systems have TPM2 availability.
 
Any idea what's the plan - is this a bug in this board or all BIOSes or is TPM/Bitlocker not supported at all on EVGA hardware (haven't tried the Z370 boards yet I guess I can look at their BIOS). Do we cook and flash our own ME firmware?
 
Many thanks,
 
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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/21 06:27:26 (permalink)
    For this type of question please contact EVGA tech support.

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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/21 09:33:08 (permalink)
    This may help Problem in turning ON BitLocker - TPM not found - Microsoft

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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/21 10:54:02 (permalink)
    i cant think of any evga board that came with the TPM hardware installed, its more of workstation feature so usually those boards will have it or a connector for it. 
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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/21 10:57:20 (permalink)
    Or Servers, my Dell Servers Offer them but did not get them on any of my Servers.

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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/22 05:13:54 (permalink)
    Guys, I'm talking about the "PTT (Platform Trust Technology)" that is an emulated TPM2 by Intel's ME firmware. Not dedicated hardware TPM - yes some boards have a socket for one - but all Intel since Haswell I think have PTT capability - thus "free" TPM. AMD has their own emulated TPM in PSP.
     
    You can look at the firmware capabilities with Intel's CSMI 11.x tools (available elsewhere) and PTT seems to be specifically disabled:
    FW Capabilities                              0x00100140
                                                 
    	Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
    	Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
    <you should see here PTT: PRESENT/ and ENABLED or DISABLED>

    So it seems whoever built the ME with FIT (Intel's tool to configure ME) has *specifically* disabled PTT in the ME capabilities.

    Can tech support do anything about this - how do you report/request BIOS bugs/fixes/updates? I'm hoping whoever built
    the BIOS made a mistake - surely EVGA does not specifically want to remove TPM?

    THanks for reading.
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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/01/22 15:04:04 (permalink)
    I was going off your Topic Title "No TPM in ME firmware"

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    Re: No TPM in ME firmware 2018/12/14 16:48:15 (permalink)
    I want the same thing. Is there any way to get the TPM recognised for automatic BitLocker unlock? You can still force enable BitLocker but need to type the password manually or use a USB key.
    post edited by Monstieur - 2018/12/14 16:50:59
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