Let’s be honest, Windows 11 for many improvements that it is going to implement at the end of the day is nothing more than a Windows 10 update that is going to be sold as a separate product, so it is surprising that a CPU like the Ryzen 1000 can not run in principle the new version of the operating system. And more when we take into account that the architecture of the Ryzen 2000, Zen +, is “the same” as that of the Ryzen 1000, but under another manufacturing node, and these are compatible with Windows 11.
The other reason that causes nonsense is the fact that the motherboards on which we can mount a Ryzen 1000 processor are compatible with TPM 2.0 modules, which is an essential requirement to be able to install the umpteenth version of the OS from the people of Redmond .
Why aren’t AMD Ryzen 1000 CPUs “compatible” with Windows 11?
The answer to the question is that they are compatible, but Microsoft with its list of CPUs for its new operating system caused a few months ago that many throw their heads in the hands for the nonsense that resulted. What’s more, the confusion increased when Microsoft spoke a few days after the OS introduction that the Ryzen 1000 would be supported by Windows 11.
The message that was given? Simple, if you have an AMD Ryzen 1000 or another unsupported CPU, you can install the Windows 11 ISO from a USB flash drive and install it as long as you meet the following requirements:
- We have a TPM 1.2 / 2.0 installed on the motherboard.
- 64 GB of storage on the PC.
- 4 GB RAM
- Dual core CPU.
Therefore, the requirements are extremely rare and from the moment we can install the processor on a motherboard with an AM4 socket, it is as simple as acquiring the TPM module for it or activating it. So it is really supported and it brings us to another question: why did Microsoft drop its input support?
The answer to this question is simple, AMD did not add the fTPM in the first Ryzen 1000 with the aim of being a reason to buy their Ryzen Pro-1000, which they do add. When Microsoft created the list of requirements for Windows 11, what they did was make it from the perspective of these processors being compatible on their own, either having the Intel PTT built in or the AMD fTPM.
So it is not that the Ryzen 1000 is not compatible with Windows 11, but that it is not compatible by itself and requires the TPM module to work, so if you have a Ryzen 1000 CPU and want to install Windows 11 it would be good for you to install one on your motherboard.
