Activate Secure Boot configuration.
Activate Secure Boot configuration.
The article suggests you might be right in thinking a fresh OS installation is necessary after enabling secure boot. It raises concerns about Microsoft's approach and asks for others' experiences on successfully setting up secure boot without reinstalling the operating system.
From what I am seeing for the past few days, it's that people have successfully enable secure boot on other boards, or that anyone who has enabled secure boot on gigabyte board has either bricked their motherboard or gone into some other problem. If Gigabyte has poor implemented BIOS firmware, then that means that we need to wait either for microsoft to let win 11 install on with just the secure boot feature present and not just enabled (highly unlikely) or just update to the working BIOS update that doesn't brick secure boot. In case, the firmware is fine on gigabyte board, then I think we are either skipping some steps or not following them properly. Also make sure the boot priority is correct. You can also try to remove the other non-GPT drive to see if they are causing the issue? Anyway, if your motherboard is in warranty, then you can simply experiment, the least it will cost you is some time and a thermal paste if you really want windows 11. If your board is out of warranty then just ignore windows11 for now. It's sad but better than bricking a motherboard.
I finally got mine activated. You were spot on about the missing steps. It really depends on turning on certain components in Gigabyte BIOS, at least. I enabled ftpm before secure boot and after watching that video, I reset everything back to off and then followed the instructions shown. Now it's all set up and ready for Win 11. Video link accepted. Thanks a ton for your advice and feedback—it really helped!
I also started by turning on TPM for my Intel setup using a GB board and attempted the boot loop process as shown in the video. I’m using UEFI and GTP for my SSD drive. My main question is whether all drives are GTP or just the boot drive, so I can be sure I’m doing it correctly. Also, what’s the CPU model under Windows 11? I’m not sure if enabling it now would be necessary since it might not be supported yet.
I believe you meant GPT. Only my boot drive is connected to GPT, the other two storage units are in MBR and aren't relevant. Everything pertains to the boot drive. Regarding the CPU, I'm unsure if there are any restrictions for Windows 11. Possibly the requirement is that the CPU must support TPM, which you mentioned is already enabled. It seems unlikely there would be an issue with the CPU in Windows 11 unless you're using an external GPU—make sure it supports UEFI. Refer to the screenshot from gpu-z in my original post for guidance. Please share your experience and have a good try!
My GPU is compatible. What you're suggesting is accurate right now. Windows only supports 8th generation and higher CPUs, while my model runs on a 7th generation processor that may be in development. I recommend giving it a shot following the steps in the video. From what I understand, the issue might be resolved by enabling Secure Boot first.
It's the order of the settings that counts the most. Check out the video. I'm sure it'll help.