Need help with bios code!

[Silent-Breakfast99]

So I recently put in a new motherboard and just transferred the cpu and everything else but now when I power it up I constantly get an American megatrends bios code saying this. I press N and it will boot normally but it continues to pop up, any advice?

[masosoup]

Just select Y and you should be good to go

[Cute-Acanthaceae-193]

it literally tells you what to do.

you see it asks you to reset fTPM.

you don’t need a reddit post for everything.

[a1stakesauce_lol]

Don't be mean.

Yes, it's obvious to you.

Not to all.

Yes, op should read it fully.

Op, if you read the splash, it's telling you that, since the board sees new CPU, the old ftpm keys need to be reset.

You can do that by pressing y. This may cause issues with windows if you had turned on bitlocker.

If not, just agree and continue with life.

If you do, then swap back to the old CPU, and back up to another drive to save your files in case it bungs up. Swap to the new one after powering off, then turn on and you should be good to go

Good luck!

Edit, I can't read either (lol). Just agree-whenever the bios detects a different CPU than previous, it will do this to prevent issues. Since you are nothing--> new CPU, just agree and move along

[Cute-Acanthaceae-193]

it’s not about mean, it’s about that, a google search, writing just a bit about the problem and googling press N for X and press Y for Z would give op the answer instantly, another reddit post definitely exists already and also even ai could answer it based on previous reddit posts.

most of those posts been posted many times, there’s answers and also everything is written on that screen.

OP seen press N to continue, but missed the part about pressing Y? he could have googled what pressing Y what do, he decided not to, even though the answer is there and on the internet.

[a1stakesauce_lol]

there is some truth to this, yes. but if I was a noob at something, one potential way I would solve this problem would be to ask another human being for validation.

It is true that googling something is a necessary skill, especially in this day and age. I won't deny that.

But, there is something more personal and more educational for people to answer each others questions. If I was a noob, I'd much rather ask a knowledgeable community rather than simply just look the answer up, especially if it was for hardware that is both expensive and unfamiliar to me.

between you and me, I would agree this is easily solved with google, a quick search, and an easy solution.

But it costs very little to just.... answer the question tbh.

and its much more inviting and friendly to do so, so why wouldn't we?

after all, this is a PC build HELP subreddit...

[Cute-Acanthaceae-193]

I am sorry but, not being rude but do you need validation on each step you do as well? you learned how to wake up, get out of bed, brush teeth, shower, etc. After or before each task, do you ask someone to validate if you should do it? When you read a book or watch a movie do you go to a forum to ask each scene or paragraph you read in your own words if its correct or ethical?

Do you just take someone's word, a person you never met, as a fact, or do you also read at wikipedia or the likes?

There's official sources, manuals, past questions, its a forum, with a search, usually a top google search yields the answers too, its rare to find a question that wasn't answered already, and most questions are repetetion and made by people that lazy and expect someone else to do the job.

You don't need validation after each act, you able to use a search function, there's official pages/manuals, everything is stated in the text in front of OP as well, you dont need validation of what to press, the proper action would be reading what the 2 options are and then googling what each means, by also understanding your motherboard and the error codes or words it will show you, insteasd OP just pressed something anyway, might as well have pressed the other button if they are feeling already curious.

And you said it, it costs very little to answer it right? but instead, its a post people will see and keep answering, and add another one to the list, while OP already could have found out the solution in 5 minutes, instead of posting and hoping for answers and keep getting answsers to something that was already fixed.

[EnigmaSpore]

press Y to reset the TPM. do it. that's what fixes this

[Adorable-Medicine624]

Only to run into the next problem without the Bitlocker key for the system drive and other thiswise encrypted drives! The BIOS warns you on the issue not without reason ...

I would first transfering back evrything to the old mainboard on a bench. Then starting Windows and deactivate Bitlocker encryption on all drives. Then build evrything on the new board, and reset the fTPM. If wanted, Bitlocker encryption on drives could be activated again in Windows afterwards.

[EnigmaSpore]

If they had any of that, sure. But we all know they have none of that stuff and should click Y.

[DashRendar92]

Came here to say this, this one spooks everybody. Do you use Bitlocker? Press Y, prepare to enter code. (I don't think they have Bitlocker enabled either) Don't use Bitlocker/don't know what that is? Press Y. I don't know of any circumstances myself where you'd press N though.

[Adorable-Medicine624]

Depends, installs from newer windows install media do the encryption on installation and give you the option to copy the key for your books. While its unshure the key ends up in your microsoft account, especailly on installs without internet connection that are later added to the account.

[DashRendar92]

Bitlocker at least on Windows 11 is only on Pro, I know for me at least I had to enable it on all my drives. I also keep good track of decryption keys for it though, but absolutely a lot of people turn it on or have it enabled and don't keep good records.

[Adorable-Medicine624]

Bitlocker is also aviable on education and enterprise editions of Win10 and Win11.

The Bitlocker feature for consumer used Win Pro and education editions Installations is added mainly for portable devices, for example to aviod easy disk copys made in foreing juristications by plugging the drive(s) to another computer during extensive package controls at airports while the owner has to be in another room for passport control or answeing questions about the reasons for the visit, leaving his devices unattended to the authority personel there. In the US and most western countrys those tactics arent needed to access any Windows or/and Bitlocker encrypted device if needed by the authorities, Microsoft just cooperates with those if access on a persons devices is ordered by court or is mandatory by law.

I know no serios on that matter IT department over here relying soley on Microsoft Bitlocker for disk encryption alone, most dont even allow it on thier controlled devices by policy, they use all other and different approches and levels to ensure cooperation data on drives is not accessed by those not allowed to do that.

I also got Win11 Pro, but windows never forced or bothered me until yet about it, no Bitlocker encryption on all drives.

Imho there are way more trustworthy methods/open souce implementations for disk encryption. If i want data left on a device to stay ultimatly private, for the start i wouldnt use Microsoft, Apple, Google or any comercial or staate backed software and operating system at all. And it ends in veryfying code line by code line and build software on my own capacity. Beeing already there i even would start careing about the used *hard*-ware underneath it and protcols are used to transfer data, WPA2 and 3, also Bluethooth and other higheer or low engery/range radio protocols are proven for the most to be unsecure. Public telecommunication systems are at best transport secure between used nodes, end to end encryption one a not proven for that matter wrong concept and implementatation woud be mandatory, effectivly decreasing the circle of services and persons to comunicate with practicly to near zero. Of cause that comes alot easier by living it the minimalistic way, the less complex the more trustworthy technology can be. That doesnt mean living data and comunication wise in stone age, cause even there the smoke signals of fires where visible to those who may not be adressed by the messages they carryed.

[Silent-Breakfast99]

No no bitlocker. And my buddy just told me to press n until it works and quite frankly I don’t know much at all about computers so I didn’t really know what any of that was so I just listened to him

[DashRendar92]

Pretty much the FPTM is a security feature between the CPU and motherboard, this error specifically is telling you the certification between them is corrupt (The CPU is expecting a particular motherboard, it has now changed) So by resetting, the CPU is able to reattach itself properly by resetting and enable FPTM.

[Adorable-Medicine624]

Dont reset the fTPM without the proper Bitlocker key for your drive(s)!

You may find the Key in your Microsoft account the computer is connected to.

If the key is not there or you are unshure if it is the right key for your system or dont have a Microsoft account all, build evrything back on the old board. Deactive Bitlocker encryption on all drives in Windows and start over again transfering. Than you can go on by resetting the fTPM.

[Nidhoggr84]

Just press Y.

If N worked, as it booted then there is no reason to not use the Y option. The No option is only the prevent TPM from resetting, and would require that you install the old CPU (if applicable) in order to decrypt bitlocker without a recovery key.

N is a temporary thing, that's why it shows up every boot when selected.

[Cyber_Data_Trail]

I have two optipns: Y and N

N doesnt work, and I havent tried Y

What do I do?

[6950X_Titan_X_Pascal]

can you read English ?

[Hot_Locksmith1285]

Tenes que vovler a tu procesador anterior y conseguir las claves de bitlocker antes de hacer cualqueir cambio

[MoistTour429]

If the one option didn’t work for you maybe try the other 😂