Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
+
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China if it originated there.***[br]
[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive|new_window=true]***'', but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being a "PRC" unit when shipped as new.''***
[br]
-
***The rub about the "regulatory requirement" Dells is they are otherwise compatible; but the lack of a TPM creates a major technicality as the US build of 11 assumes it will be present and acts as unsupported with these laptops. It may have worked with a TCM, but I'm not testing that. This is not your fault, but this now means it means it has no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law. While it may not be "supported" if I had this laptop I'd probably install 11 with the Rufus CPU/TPM bypass done since it's just being hampered by something that was done due to the government.***
+
***The rub about the "regulatory requirement" Dells is that they are otherwise compatible; but the lack of a TPM creates a major technicality as the US build of 11 assumes it will be present and acts unsupported with these laptops. Chinese Win11 builds may work with the China TCM, but I'm NOT TESTING these Chinese TPMs for compatibility with US builds of 11. This is not your fault, but this now means it means it has no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this issue is expected to be a problem!***[br]
+
***Note: These are sometimes called a "China TPM", notably by Dell.***
-
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has their own spec; they refer to it as a "TCM". Yes, the TCM spec is a secret standard for the reasons you think (backdoors and intentionally weak/reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywhere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA "TPM" (sometimes called "China TPM") OEM WANTS TO TOUCH THE "TCM" SPEC FOR GOOD REASON. Either that or they set up a subsidiary to deal with it and put up a "Chinese firewall" between the two, so the rest of the world isn't inadvertently getting weak encryption since most other countries do not have a gov't as invasive as the CCP.''***[br]
-
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban by putting in a weak "TCM" is Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put up a Chinese style firewall so there's no issues with compliance of their laws over there or make the fTPM compliant for PRC motherboards. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, but YOUR PRC laptop can't even have it added later. Is it possible the fTPM is there? Yes, but knowing their gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or locked out even with a US/Canada BIOS dumped onto the EEPROM directly due to a manufacturing level disable.''***
+
***Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means you won't get official support from Microsoft in the US (or any country that doesn't have such draconian laws on tech that doesn't legally force there to be backdoors). While it may not be "supported" if I had this laptop I'd probably install 11 with the Rufus CPU/TPM bypass applied since the "issue" is not the machine; it's the Chinese government forcing companies to remove the TPM at the PCB level for "PRC" sold equipment.***
-
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this cursed laptop back?***
+
The issue is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs. Essentially China bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has a unique spec which is referred to as a TCM; and yes, the spec is confidential to anyone outside of China who makes these things. And yes, it's why you think it is (backdoors and weak encryption which is reversible rather than non-reversible; frowned upon in literally most of the world outside of China).[br]
+
***''NOBODY WILL TOUCH THE TCM SPEC BESIDES CHINA FOR MANY GOOD REASONS! If a US company does want to do it, they isolate the US portion. Most will not partake in manufacturing these things without a Chinese firewall and set up a China subsidiary for... obvious reasons. The only way to avoid issues with these "China TPM" modules in the US and the rest of the world is to keep the CCP from being able to touch the US branch.''***
+
+
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with finding a compliant part to work around China's "national security" TPM ban with a weak "TCM", remove it altogether. Dell did figure out how to deal with the ban at some point, but it wasn't with your machine :-(. These pre-TCM Dells are forever crippled. You would think this isn't a problem but is IS; Win11 being one, but the used market... I can import a Canadian (or any other sane country) version into the US with a normal TPM and no problems, but if it's a "PRC" Dell with this problem the only resolution is a new motherboard.''***[br]
+
***''Is it possible the laptop has an fTPM? Yes, but knowing the Chinese gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or disable at the manufacturing level (even if I put a US/Canada BIOS on).''***
+
+
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this problem laptop back?***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
-
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being a "PRC" unit when shipped as new.''***
+
[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive|new_window=true]***'', but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being a "PRC" unit when shipped as new.''***
[br]
-
***The rub about the "regulatory requirement" Dells is they are otherwise compatible; but the lack of a TPM creates a major technicality as the US build of 11 assumes it will be present and acts as unsupported with these laptops. It may have worked with a TCM, but I'm not testing that. This is not your fault, but this now means it means it has no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law.***
+
***The rub about the "regulatory requirement" Dells is they are otherwise compatible; but the lack of a TPM creates a major technicality as the US build of 11 assumes it will be present and acts as unsupported with these laptops. It may have worked with a TCM, but I'm not testing that. This is not your fault, but this now means it means it has no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law. While it may not be "supported" if I had this laptop I'd probably install 11 with the Rufus CPU/TPM bypass done since it's just being hampered by something that was done due to the government.***
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has their own spec; they refer to it as a "TCM". Yes, the TCM spec is a secret standard for the reasons you think (backdoors and intentionally weak/reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywhere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA "TPM" (sometimes called "China TPM") OEM WANTS TO TOUCH THE "TCM" SPEC FOR GOOD REASON. Either that or they set up a subsidiary to deal with it and put up a "Chinese firewall" between the two, so the rest of the world isn't inadvertently getting weak encryption since most other countries do not have a gov't as invasive as the CCP.''***[br]
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban by putting in a weak "TCM" is Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put up a Chinese style firewall so there's no issues with compliance of their laws over there or make the fTPM compliant for PRC motherboards. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, but YOUR PRC laptop can't even have it added later. Is it possible the fTPM is there? Yes, but knowing their gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or locked out even with a US/Canada BIOS dumped onto the EEPROM directly due to a manufacturing level disable.''***
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this cursed laptop back?***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
-
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being destined to be sold as a "PRC" unit new.''***
+
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being a "PRC" unit when shipped as new.''***
[br]
-
***The rub about the "regulatory removal" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99%there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected to be an issue! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law.***
+
***The rub about the "regulatory requirement" Dells is they are otherwise compatible; but the lack of a TPM creates a major technicality as the US build of 11 assumes it will be present and acts as unsupported with these laptops. It may have worked with a TCM, but I'm not testing that. This is not your fault, but this now means it means it has no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law.***
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has their own spec; they refer to it as a "TCM". Yes, the TCM spec is a secret standard for the reasons you think (backdoors and intentionally weak/reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywhere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA "TPM" (sometimes called "China TPM") OEM WANTS TO TOUCH THE "TCM" SPEC FOR GOOD REASON. Either that or they set up a subsidiary to deal with it and put up a "Chinese firewall" between the two, so the rest of the world isn't inadvertently getting weak encryption since most other countries do not have a gov't as invasive as the CCP.''***[br]
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban by putting in a weak "TCM" is Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put up a Chinese style firewall so there's no issues with compliance of their laws over there or make the fTPM compliant for PRC motherboards. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, but YOUR PRC laptop can't even have it added later. Is it possible the fTPM is there? Yes, but knowing their gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or locked out even with a US/Canada BIOS dumped onto the EEPROM directly due to a manufacturing level disable.''***
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this cursed laptop back?***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being destined to be sold as a "PRC" unit new.''***
[br]
***The rub about the "regulatory removal" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99% there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected to be an issue! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law.***
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has their own spec; they refer to it as a "TCM". Yes, the TCM spec is a secret standard for the reasons you think (backdoors and intentionally weak/reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywhere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA "TPM" (sometimes called "China TPM") OEM WANTS TO TOUCH THE "TCM" SPEC FOR GOOD REASON. Either that or they set up a subsidiary to deal with it and put up a "Chinese firewall" between the two, so the rest of the world isn't inadvertently getting weak encryption since most other countries do not have a gov't as invasive as the CCP.''***[br]
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban by putting in a weak "TCM" is Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put up a Chinese style firewall so there's no issues with compliance of their laws over there or make the fTPM compliant for PRC motherboards. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, but YOUR PRC laptop can't even have it added later. Is it possible the fTPM is there? Yes, but knowing their gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or locked out even with a US/Canada BIOS dumped onto the EEPROM directly due to a manufacturing level disable.''***
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this cursed laptop back?***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being destined to be sold as a "PRC" unit new.''***
[br]
-
***The rub about the "regulatory removal" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99% there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
+
***The rub about the "regulatory removal" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99% there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft outside of being in China where this is expected to be an issue! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but the lack of a HW TPM or fTPM means no official support in the US or any country which doesn't have such a law.***
-
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which means non-homegrown TCM modules are banned, which rules out anything that isn't from China as the TCM spec is a secret standard because (backdoored and almost certainly based on reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA SPECIFIC MANUFACTURER TOUCHES THE "TCM" SPEC, or they have a Chinese subsidiary which is owned but keep a distance from the spec to avoid issues with literally any normal government.''***[br]
-
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban, Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" (known as a China TPM on spec sheets) or make the fTPM TCM compliant. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, and yours lost it due to their regulatory nonsense around the matter. Now it's possible it still has the fTPM, but they permanently disable it in the China BIOS, or use a China SKU part from Intel and sign the China BIOS with a different private key.''***
+
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which bans any non-homegrown TPM from other countries. China has their own spec; they refer to it as a "TCM". Yes, the TCM spec is a secret standard for the reasons you think (backdoors and intentionally weak/reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywhere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA "TPM" (sometimes called "China TPM") OEM WANTS TO TOUCH THE "TCM" SPEC FOR GOOD REASON. Either that or they set up a subsidiary to deal with it and put up a "Chinese firewall" between the two, so the rest of the world isn't inadvertently getting weak encryption since most other countries do not have a gov't as invasive as the CCP.''***[br]
+
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban by putting in a weak "TCM" is Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put up a Chinese style firewall so there's no issues with compliance of their laws over there or make the fTPM compliant for PRC motherboards. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, but YOUR PRC laptop can't even have it added later. Is it possible the fTPM is there? Yes, but knowing their gov't it's either permanently disabled with a different Boot Guard private key or locked out even with a US/Canada BIOS dumped onto the EEPROM directly due to a manufacturing level disable.''***
-
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, its "PRC" origin gives it a permanent asterisk over this missing TPM.Warn the buyer so they know in advance!***
+
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, please be upfront that it's a non-TPM "PRC" laptop. You will lose money on it but would you rather take the hit upfront or have to take this cursed laptop back?***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.*** ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
-
***The rub about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99%there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
+
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.***[br]
+
***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another one with the TPM removed due to being destined to be sold as a "PRC" unit new.''***
-
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
+
[br]
+
***The rub about the "regulatory removal" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99% there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
-
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
+
The issue at play is a rather infamous "national security" law around TPMs which means non-homegrown TCM modules are banned, which rules out anything that isn't from China as the TCM spec is a secret standard because (backdoored and almost certainly based on reversible encryption, which is frowned upon anywere else). ***''NO NON-CHINA SPECIFIC MANUFACTURER TOUCHES THE "TCM" SPEC, or they have a Chinese subsidiary which is owned but keep a distance from the spec to avoid issues with literally any normal government.''***[br]
+
***''What Dell did was rather than deal with China's "national security" TPM ban, Dell opted to remove the TPM on some of these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" (known as a China TPM on spec sheets) or make the fTPM TCM compliant. As a result, a lot of these "PRC" laptops I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has it, and yours lost it due to their regulatory nonsense around the matter. Now it's possible it still has the fTPM, but they permanently disable it in the China BIOS, or use a China SKU part from Intel and sign the China BIOS with a different private key.''***
+
+
For full support, you need a US motherboard you can program your ST onto to add the TPM back. The other options are the unofficial upgrade/whole unit replacement. ***If you replace the laptop and sell this one, its "PRC" origin gives it a permanent asterisk over this missing TPM. Warn the buyer so they know in advance!***
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
-
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported,officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
+
Sadly, with the ones which were originally shipped as "PRC" systems new have it completely removed, with a completely different motherboard. ***It cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.*** ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
+
***The rub about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a "TCM" module in is the laptop is 99% there but due to regulatory issues, the TPM had to be removed. This is not your fault, but sadly it means there is no official support from Microsoft! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
-
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2):
+
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2; fTPM computers will say AMD or Intel):
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
-
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer:
+
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer -- Dell uses Infineon or Nuvoton (my 7490 is Nuvoton, while my E7440 was Infineon 1.2):
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
+
+
This is what you will see on a TCG complaint computer:
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
-
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
+
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown use backdoored TCM encryption). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ''***[https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.***''[br]
+
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ***''[link|https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.''***[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
-
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop.''***
+
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop. I SUSPECT it's an undisclosed eFuse Intel puts in there for China bound computers, like AMT and vPro.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.[br]
+
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there. ''***[https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000187485/dell-computers-tested-for-upgrade-to-windows-11|This list is not all inclusive], but it can be used as a baseline; if the model is related and lacks the TPM option, it might be another PRC unit where the TPM was removed entirely.***''[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop.''***
-
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop.
+
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop. This laptop has a permanent asterisk over the TPM omission which you'll find causes issues on the secondhand market.
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.[br]
-
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially!***[br]
-
***Yours checks all the other boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
+
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially! Yours checks all the boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop.
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.[br]
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially!***[br]
***Yours checks all the other boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
-
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
+
The issue that caused this is the infamous PRC "national security" laws where non-homegrown TPMs are banned (which all use TCG spec, whereas homegrown uses TCM encryption and is backdoored). ***''Dell opted to remove the TCG TPM on these systems until they could put a "TCM compliant" module or backdoor the fTPM. As a result, a lot of these laptops where I can buy one bound for the US/Canada/any sane country has something yours doesn't over a technicality. It may still have the fTPM in name, but they probably permanently disabled it with an eFuse/Intel has a China non-TPM SKU or block it in firmware and sign the China BIOSes with a different private key so I can't flash a US BIOS onto a China laptop.''***
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop.
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China. ***Your laptop is 99% there, with this one issue -- it'll run fine but because yours lacks the usual HW TPM like the commercial machines and fTPM is blocked, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
+
Sadly, with the ones which were destined to ship to PRC when the computer was new it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE to China (different DP/N and likely BIOS/Intel Boot Guard private keys), so you can't swap them "like for like" outside of China, if it originated there.[br]
+
***The insane part about the "TPM deleted" Dells where they didn't put a TCM module in is the laptop is 99% there due to regulatory issues, but this one issue that was not your fault and it means the machine is not supported, officially!***[br]
+
***Yours checks all the other boxes so it'll run fine... but because yours lacks a HW TPM or fTPM, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
-
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance.
+
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance with the spec, otherwise you're going to be doing it unofficially OR dumping the laptop.
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China. Your laptop is 99% there, with this one issue -- it'll run fine but because yours lacks the usual HW TPM like the commercial machines and fTPM is blocked, it will not be ***offically*** supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.
+
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China. ***Your laptop is 99% there, with this one issue -- it'll run fine but because yours lacks the usual HW TPM like the commercial machines and fTPM is blocked, it will not be officially supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.***
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance.
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China. Your laptop is 99% there, with this one issue -- it'll run fine but because yours lacks the usual HW TPM like the commercial machines and fTPM is blocked, it will not be ***offically*** supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
-
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to.
+
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to to get the needed TPM for full compliance.
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China.
+
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China. Your laptop is 99% there, with this one issue -- it'll run fine but because yours lacks the usual HW TPM like the commercial machines and fTPM is blocked, it will not be ***offically*** supported but it's perfectly capable otherwise.
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to.
Sadly with these Chinese SKU Dells, it cannot be added to the machines at all - even after purchase. The BIOS doesn't support it and the motherboards are COMPLETELY UNIQUE on the ones where it was omitted for China.
The issue is their national security laws mean the TCG compliant chip my US variants of your China laptop is not present and the ones with a CPU TPM are permanently blocked or it uses a chip SKU without it. The laptops without the TPM never had a Chinese complaint (read: backdoored) TPM option so Dell opted to not include it because of the CCP.
You're gonna need a US motherboard you can program your ST to.