That AMD didn’t get off to a good start in Windows 11 is a fact. To the problems first encountered with their Ryzen processors, we had to add those that were found by several users, such as stuttering or even stoppages for seconds in games. Today, AMD offers an answer that many may not like about what’s going on, mainly because it doesn’t give a choice between two options: either we wait or we spend a “small” sum of money.
There was no official statement from an AMD representative, but due to so many issues from users in the forums, the company had to issue a press release on its website and as that support explaining the whole process. What are the solutions offered by AMD?
Description of the problem, late and erroneous?
What’s worse is that users have to choose, for now, security or performance. AMD took too long to catch the problem, took too long to explain it, and it looks like it will take time to fix. That said, let’s find out what AMD has to say about it:
AMD has verified that certain AMD Ryzen system configurations may intermittently perform extended memory transactions related to fTPM on SPI flash memory (“SPIROM“) located on the motherboard, which may cause temporary pauses in system interactivity or responsiveness until the transaction is complete.
Which was precisely that, the stuttering, that players were complaining about. Given the problem, let’s see the solutions.
Affected PCs will require a motherboard system BIOS (sBIOS) update that contains improved modules for fTPM interaction with SPIROM. AMD expects flashable client sBIOS files to be available from early May 2022. The exact BIOS uptime for a specific motherboard depends on its manufacturer’s testing and integration program. Flashable upgrades for motherboards will be based on AMD AGESA 1207 (or later).
AMD and problems with Windows 11: time or money
Logically, AMD tells us here that we have to wait until the beginning of May of this year or later for the manufacturers to release the BIOS, so we will be with this time for no less than 8 months with a problem that reduces the gaming experience.
For this reason and being aware AMD ends up ending it all with an alternative solution that you will not like either:
As an immediate solution, affected customers who rely on the fTPM functionality for Trusted Platform Module support can use a hardware TPM device (“dTPM“) for PC security. The platform’s dTPMs use embedded nonvolatile memory (NVRAM) that replaces the TPM/SPIROM interaction described in this article.
Taking into account that the TPM hardware modules require on the one hand that the motherboard supports them (integrated connector) and on the other hand that one pays between 30 and 100 dollars For a chip that has been the subject of clear speculation since before the release of Windows 11, the options are not at all affordable.
What we can do is disable fTPM and therefore not have the security of this type of measure, which for most users should not be a problem, but it makes us abandon such a controversial security measure as useless for the common user. In short, AMD leaves us the choice to solve the problems with Windows 11: be patient and let the time pass until a new BIOS or buy a TPM module, deactivating it is not considered because it would be bad publicity for safetyof cours.
