How do I enable TPM in the bios on Product name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

[VictorIT1]

Hi,

I have run into a problem trying to enable MS Bitlocker on Windows 8.1 on

Product name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

BIOS version is: F.1C

In the Windows UI, the TPM (Trusted Computing Module) management console says that I need to enable TPM in the BIOS.

Issue:

There does not appear to be any proverbial "on" switch in the BIOS for TPM versions 1.2 (or 2).

Question:

Anyone out there know how to resolve this?

I know there may be a way to get around this using group policy on the machine or to buy a USB key solution. 

Looking for the hardware solution in the laptop if possible please.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

As far as I am aware, HP consumer notebooks do not have a Trusted Platform Module chip.

Check the device manager...if there is a TPM chip, there will be a Security Devices category in the device manager, and you would see the TPM chip listed under that category.

If not, then there isn't one.

[Andrew_Monteiro]

To add to this if there is a TPM module but it is greyed out in the BIOS try setting an admin password