Omen X HP 900-150qd CTO---cannot upgrade to Win 11

[omenenthusiast]

I have taken all the steps to upgrade to Win11 but I believe Microsoft does not support my processor (Intel Core(TM) i7 - 6950X)

Can I upgrade this processor, or are there workarounds? Thanks in advance!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You are correct. 

Your PC's processor is not supported for W11, and there are no W11 supported processors that will work in your PC.

OMEN X by HP Desktop PC - 900-150qd CTO Product Specifications and Configurable Options | HP® Custom...

If you want to try out W11 on your PC, it is relatively easy to do...

I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future.  I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

First make this registry change...

https://www.hellpc.net/how-to-bypass-tpm-and-cpu-requirements-windows-11-upgrade-unsupported-pc/

Then download the Windows 11 ISO file (3rd option), not the W11 installation assistant.

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Then open the file with Windows explorer, and click on the setup application.

To do that, right click on the ISO file and select 'Open With' and select Windows Explorer.

See the screenshot...this is what you will see when you open the file with Windows Explorer.

After you double click to run the setup application, you will get this window, and you can now upgrade to W11.

You just have to accept the agreement that comes up during the upgrade process about your PC not meeting the requirements, etc., etc..

My unsupported W11 PC's got all of the W11 updates. 

I have upgraded 5 of them to W11 and they seem to run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.

However, I don't know how long they will continue to get all of the updates, or what will happen when the new build of W11 comes out next year in October.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@omenenthusiast 

Your machine has Intel Gen 6 processor and Windows 11 requires Intel Gen 8 up:

                https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-inte...

You can install Windows 11  if you wish, please use

            Installing Windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements

As indicated, you won't get all updates from Microsoft.

Regards.

[omenenthusiast]

Thank you for this solution; I will hold off for a bit (yes, I'm chicken 😉

Thanks so much for the prompt reply!

[omenenthusiast]

Thank you Banhien, for the prompt reply. My PC works great on Win 11, I'll just ride it out and upgrade the machine then.

It's amazing that 4 years ago this PC was the schizzle!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.