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    Default Windows 11, it's doing my head in and I don't even have it.

    Play the fanfare and beat the drums. It's here ... but my computer doesn't make the cut OR does it?
    I have a 1 year old purpose built machine running W10 Pro 21H2. The Windows health check reports that I tick the box for all but one requirement, secure boot. The MB is
    Manufacturer ASRock
    Model H410M-HDV (CPUSocket)
    Chipset Vendor Intel
    Chipset Model Comet Lake
    Chipset Revision 05
    Southbridge Vendor Intel
    Southbridge Model IDA3DA
    Southbridge Revision 00

    BIOS
    Brand American Megatrends Inc.
    Version L1.31
    Date 1/04/2021
    I have tried disabling CSM but the PC won't boot with it disabled so I have set the CSM sub sets to UEFI only and yes it boots but still fails the test on secure boot.
    Having trolled through the UEFI setup for most of yesterday and part of today I am ready to throw my coffee cup at the screen. I don't think that will help though.
    Interestingly , when I follow Windows instructions to access UEFI setup through its update and security -> recovery system UEFI isn't even shown. I updated the UEFI/BIOS today but nothing changed.
    Are there any UEFI experts to suggest what I am not seeing with my 74 yr old eyes. I would be grateful for some help

    EDIT: ASRock advertising claims this MB is W11 ready.
    Last edited by MrRadio; 19-11-21 at 07:20 PM.



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    Should be in BIOS on the Security tab ;


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    I have already enabled it.

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    Hmmm ....you're running a beta BIOS -- have you tried dropped back to latest general release (1.30) yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wotnot View Post
    Hmmm ....you're running a beta BIOS -- have you tried dropped back to latest general release (1.30) yet?
    I have had the P1.30 since it came out, only installed beta today in attempt to fix the problem which I have solved in the last few minutes. I have just converted my drive from MBR partition to GPT partition. Now I tick every box. I'll leave the beta BIOS there for the moment as it seems stable. Thanks for your interest.

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    on mine the cause was ptt was not enabled i found it under
    advanced tab
    pch-fw
    ptt[enable]

    it was Hoe who helped me find it
    Last edited by dai; 20-11-21 at 02:08 AM. Reason: to add

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    My desktop is supposedly compatible with the exception of UEFI which I have got disabled in BIOS. Given that it took me two full days to get running under W10 AND I dual boot with Linux (which is the main OS) I'm not about to f*** with it just to check out the new viru.... er. Winge.... er windows
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRadio View Post
    Play the fanfare and beat the drums. It's here ... but my computer doesn't make the cut OR does it?
    I have a 1 year old purpose built machine running W10 Pro 21H2. The Windows health check reports that I tick the box for all but one requirement, secure boot. The MB is
    Manufacturer ASRock
    Model H410M-HDV (CPUSocket)
    Chipset Vendor Intel
    Chipset Model Comet Lake
    Chipset Revision 05
    Southbridge Vendor Intel
    Southbridge Model IDA3DA
    Southbridge Revision 00

    BIOS
    Brand American Megatrends Inc.
    Version L1.31
    Date 1/04/2021
    I have tried disabling CSM but the PC won't boot with it disabled so I have set the CSM sub sets to UEFI only and yes it boots but still fails the test on secure boot.
    Having trolled through the UEFI setup for most of yesterday and part of today I am ready to throw my coffee cup at the screen. I don't think that will help though.
    Interestingly , when I follow Windows instructions to access UEFI setup through its update and security -> recovery system UEFI isn't even shown. I updated the UEFI/BIOS today but nothing changed.
    Are there any UEFI experts to suggest what I am not seeing with my 74 yr old eyes. I would be grateful for some help

    EDIT: ASRock advertising claims this MB is W11 ready.
    If there is one thing I learnt in my near 30 years experience with Windows is NOT to rely on their error/requirements/test messages.

    See my post :


    and simply try the update first.

    Keep in mind I am using the insider channel, so maybe things are less strict. It just takes a few minute to sign up and less if you have a Microsoft account. I have a bogus one.
    I am also not aware of any PC these days that runs Windows without secure boot. On the contrary it can be a PITA to try get it running on legacy
    I suspect a typical Windows false positive.
    Last edited by Uncle Fester; 21-11-21 at 10:25 AM.
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    Compatibility: A word soon to be deleted from our dictionaries as it is outdated.
    Humans: Entities that are not only outdated but broken... AI-self-learning-update-error...terminate...terminate...

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    [QUOTE=dai;


    it was a ho who helped me find it [/QUOTE]

    fixed it for you

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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangiel View Post
    fixed it for you
    yes gave me enough information to find the setting and enable it the actual wording was different because of a different brand of bios but it put me in the right section to work it out

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