How to upgrade to TPM2.0 for HP Compaq Elite 8300 (QV994AV)

[BillHolland]

I am using an HP Compaq Elite 8300 (with i7-3770 CPU + 8 GB memory) running Windows 10 Pro 21H1. I installed a SSD, it makes the PC very fast and responsive. It runs on TPM version 1.2, so I can't migrate to Windows 11 if I need to.

Can I upgrade TPM on this PC to version 2.0? Do I need the BIOS update sp95971.exe ?

[banhien]

@BillHolland 

Your machine is not on the following list

             https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05381064

That means you can't upgrade TPM 1.2 to TPM 2.0.

By the way, your machine only has i7-3770 CPU processor which is an Intel Gen 3 processor, Windows 11 requires Intel Gen 8 or above processors . If you wish, you still can

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

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @BillHolland 

If you want to install W11 on your PC as is, you can bypass the W11 hardware requirements using two easy methods.  The first one is the easiest.

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. 

Along with the system image, make sure you create the bootable DVD or USB rescue drive you boot from to access the system image stored on your portable hard drive.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

Read and follow the instructions at the link below.

Windows 11 Upgrade Hack on Any Hardware | Dong Knows Tech

No registry changes needed.  No need to create installation media.  Just download the W11 ISO file, and the guy's zip file.

I used the first procedure to do an in-place upgrade an old HP Elitebook 6930p notebook made in 2010 to W11, and I was able to keep my old Office 2010 Starter program that came with the notebook when it had W7 on it, along with all of my other programs, files and settings.

The notebook met none of the enhanced W11 hardware requirements.

That is the 11th unsupported W11 PC I have upgraded to W11, including a HP 8200 Elite CMT, and not one of them have had any issues whatsoever.

They have all gotten all the Windows 11 updates released thus far.

I check those against a PC I have that is fully supported to run W11.

There is also this way you can upgrade to W11, bypassing the hardware checks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02mgrA51974 

[BillHolland]

Thanks for the responses! Fortunately I can continue to work on Windows 10 for a few more years (October 2025) because this "old" PC stil performs very well:

Running the Formal Assessment
CPU LZW Compression 416.38 MB/s
CPU AES256 Encryption 3063.06 MB/s
CPU Vista Compression 1180.86 MB/s
CPU SHA1 Hash 1996.39 MB/s
Uniproc CPU LZW Compression 79.93 MB/s
Uniproc CPU AES256 Encryption 440.30 MB/s
Uniproc CPU Vista Compression 217.49 MB/s
Uniproc CPU SHA1 Hash 535.93 MB/s
Memory Performance 17952.36 MB/s
Video Memory Throughput 4170.93 MB/s
Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 528.00 MB/s 8.1
Disk Random 16.0 Read 457.74 MB/s 8.2
Total Run Time 00:00:00.34