TPM compatibility

[Ki1335]

I've been searching for a 14-1 pin TPM 1.2 module for my msi z87 g45 gaming motherboard. Elden ring wasn't released for Windows 7 so i am now forced to upgrade to Windows 10.

Also I'm in high school, I can't work. 

So upgrading my motherboard and cpu isn't an option like at all.

Every 1.2 tpm module I find is a 20 pin. 

I'm just so frustrated really. 

Who even designs a motherboard to have 1.2 TPM with a socket none use. 

The only TPM modules that are 14 -1 pin are 2.0 would that work? 

Also it's the 5th pin that is the -1 not the 7th.

[Thomas CG]

You do not need a TPM for windows 10

[Guest]

Can't you in BIOS just force the OS to think a TPM is there

[Guest]

Only windows 11 requires a TPM. So you don't really need it anyway as of it isn't really worth buying because as of my experience, you rarely encounter anything that requires it

[Kilrah]

As mentioned Win10 doesn't care about TPM, Win11 does and it needs TPM2.0 so adding a 1.2 module wouldn't help anyway.

 

1 hour ago, Ki1335 said:

Who even designs a motherboard to have 1.2 TPM with a socket none use. 

The only TPM modules that are 14 -1 pin are 2.0 would that work? 

 

TPM headers tend to be different by manufacturer, they'd of course have sold matching modules when the motherboard was current but that was 9 years ago...