Hey everyone! I'm trying to help a friend install Windows 11 on their PC, but we keep hitting a compatibility roadblock. Here are the specs: they have an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x (6-core, 3.7GHz), a Gigabyte B550M S2H motherboard, a Radeon 590x with 8GB of VRAM, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. The CSM is off, secure boot is enabled and active, and TPM 2.0 is running fine. They've got a 3TB storage drive with about 783GB free. With everything looking good on the hardware side, I'm wondering what's keeping him from getting Windows 11 installed? Any ideas?
2 Answers
If Windows is having issues updating, a clean install might be the way to go. Backup everything and try using a USB installer for Windows 11. That usually fixes weird installation problems.
First, check if the drive is formatted as GPT or MBR. Windows 11 requires GPT for UEFI systems. Also, make sure the BIOS version on the B550M is the latest. Sometimes compatibility issues can come from older BIOS versions.
Yeah, I’d recommend updating the BIOS if it’s not already. It can make a big difference!