I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
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I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew this would be an issue years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and my warning was ignored for years.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it. ***If it were something I was still running, I would have bypassed it given how close it is and assumed the risk, but there's a little more caution needed for others. I HAVE seen it go south on bad chips like the A10-4755M when I tested my procedure on grossly unsupported hardware. It was unusable, but the PC was borderline unusable on Win8 and Win10, so that was what I expected.***
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it. ***If it were something I was still running, I would have bypassed it given how close it is and assumed the risk, but there's a little more caution needed for others.***
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it. ***If it were something I was still running, I would have bypassed it given how close it is and assumed the risk, but there's a little more caution needed for others. I HAVE seen it go south on bad chips like the A10-4755M when I tested my procedure on grossly unsupported hardware. It was unusable, but the PC was borderline unusable on Win8 and Win10, so that was what I expected.***
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it.
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it. ***If it were something I was still running, I would have bypassed it given how close it is and assumed the risk, but there's a little more caution needed for others.***
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
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I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it.
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there.
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I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and I was ignored.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it.
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high?
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it.
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others - one of them will not run W11 officially as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there.
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I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern?
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Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high?
I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others - one of them will not run W11 officially as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there.
The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.
Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern?