HP z840 no TPM BIOS options

[SDH]

Sorry for the delay... missed your last message.

The transplant project is something we have done many times to upgrade a Z420/Z620 v1 workstations to v2 motherboards.  One can buy a used v2 motherboard and convert from v1 to v2 in about 45 minutes of easy work, and about 60.00 USD.

For you the transplant project would be getting a used Z840 motherboard from the US (TPM is legal here) and upgrading your workstation that way.  The bigger issue is whether this is legal where you live.  I did not know an active TPM module was illegal in the Czech Republic.  It appears it is... so be careful what you do.

This brings up another issue... for Microsoft.  They seem to be demanding that any workstation running W11 must have a TPM 2.0 module active on the motherboard.  Does that mean Microsoft will jettison entire nations that do not allow TPM modules, for W11?

I am hoping that the ill conceived Microsoft demand will be corrected by companies such as HP.

[wmn01]

Hi,

I'm not located in the Czech Republic.

I'm from Canada, the z840 was purchased on eBay, the seller was from California.

I know that it is strange to get a computer made in the Czech Republic from a seller based in the USA.

Anyway I have ordered a replacement motherboard that should come soon. It is an HP replacement part, so it should not be committed.

So can I use this one to resurrect the locked one?

Thank you.

[SDH]

If you are saying you have bought a "virgin" Z840 motherboard then you will need to have a HP specialist "brand" it, or learn to do that yourself.  The term "to brand" is the same as "to tattoo".  That process for HP workstations has evolved over the years and you time may be best spent having HP do that for you.

I created a packet when I learned how to do it... PM me if you want it.  The assumption is that the codes you'd enter from the outside labels on the case will be stock, and that your original motherboard was altered by HP from stock to turn off TPM.  Uncharted territory.  Supposedly the UUID of the motherboard is unique to each, and there was no phase in the branding process that involved entering the UUID as a separate act.  It is my understanding that the UUID is what gets registered in the Microsoft W10 licensing servers so you'll need to W10-activate the new motherboard with MS too. 

[wmn01]

Hi,

thank you for your offer.

I will let you know when I receive the new motherboard.

[nedmanjo]

Let me know how it goes with the MB. Hard to tell on ebay if a MB is TPM enabled or not. Most do not reference SP# 905483-601 WIN+TPM2.0 or SP# L10597-601 FIPS TPM WIN on the S/N sticker and the sellers I've corresponded with don't seem to know either.