Gigabyte Accessory GC-TPM2.0 TPM Module Retail

Info - Windows 10 x64 Pro PC. Item ordered: Gigabyte GC-TPM2.0 module.Just received this item today. Installed, configured, and drive encrypted in about two hours. Installing and configuring is less than 10 minutes. Drive encryption varies. On my 512gig Samsung 950 Pro SSD drive, 28 percent filled, using BitLocker in Windows 10 x64 Pro, took just under two hours.And yes, Windows 10 will recognize this as a TPM 2.0 device. You can see this in Device Manager under Security devices. That said, you need to make sure it’s properly configured in the BIOS. It should be auto configured (mine was on my Gigabyte board), but double check anyway. Especially that it reads 2.0.With that, install really is a breeze - Just install, start the PC, enter the BIOS and configure if necessary. BIOS configuring is basically making sure the BIOS sees the module and that it is configured as a 2.0 device. Restart the PC, and Windows should see it. You may need an additional reboot as Windows finishes installing drivers, but that’s it.Now go to Control Panel, choose BitLocker, read and follow the instructions, to include saving your TPM key. Note, the key can’t be saved to a drive that’s being encrypted. Best to use a thumb drive. Or, you can have it saved to your MS account. Click next to encrypt the drive. As noted, encryption times vary, even between OS’s and thus this isn’t going to be a 10-minute job, especially if you’ve got a large drive with lots of data. Again, my drive took just under 2 hours, but that’s a 512gig SSD drive just 28 percent filled.Oh, and you can still use your PC while the drive is encrypting, but I wouldn’t do anything intensive. During my encryption window, I was able to browse the net and write a few Word docs no issue.I’ll rate this item 5, but really it either works or it doesn’t. And configuring is on the PC side. So again, it either works or it doesn’t.

Trust Module card does not work although the motherboard GIGABYTE GZ-Z77MX-D3H ver 1.0 states in the BIOS that it supports the trust module firmware from ver 1.3 and up. The manufacturer's website has some downloadable bios updates which claim to be able to allow support of GC-TPM2.0 on the latest version of BIOS, but I have tried this only to discover that the Q-flash utility is not able to update the version to the latest version. A progressive upgrade of the BIOS was attempted to upgrade the m/b from ver F5 to F11, but was unsuccessful. It could be due to a requirement to update from a dos environment long outdated. The attempt to upgrade the BIOS flash was through the m/b's built in flash utility screen. As a last resort, another attempt to update the BIOS to the latest (but beta) version of the BIOS flash software offered on the manufacturer's site (Gigabyte) was yet again unsuccessful. Maybe after some research, the module is redundant, due to Windows 10 Pro's inclusion of the bitlocker utility which the GC-TPM2.0 Module provides. But given the amount of malware and spyware that's going on in the internet, I thought an added layer of hardware protection might help. A pity it does not. Could be a faulty batch problem. Running the Win + Run cmd of tpm.msc also does not yield any detection of the firmware. There is a document article Gigabyte Smart TPM which allows a further layer of software security using the aforementioned run cmd but I reckon it will only work if the Bios is able to detect the firmware in the first place.In my opinion, the trust module is more suited for Windows 7 or below systems. Will post more if able to update the flash bios utility to get the module up and running. If anyone has any ideas especially on a version of the m/b bios that the trust module firmware is compatible with, please feel free to add to this review.

Works as designed. Plug and play for my GA-H170-Gaming 3 (v 1.1), powering Win10.Note, most instructions online for BitLocker are outdated since MS 10's latest update. For example, things like password provisioning, taking ownership, setting a master password, and the like are handled by the OS and transparent to the user. If you can see see TPM under device manager, then go to town.I highly recommend three things:1) Save the key to your MS account (assuming you have one) or to an equivalent online drive2) Print out a copy of the recovery key and keep it handy for the first week or so to make sure no hiccup locks you out of your computer. You can obviously recover your key from your MS account, but its a pain.3) Enable the OS feature requiring a pin to boot. If someone robs your house, they're not going to take the drives and leave your already mated computer+TPM...do the math.Yes, it's a full-blown 2.0 chip.

I have a Gigabyte GA-X97-UD5 motherboard with a header for this GC-TPM 2.0 module. Plug in and get into Bios setting. I can see "Trusted Computing" option shows up and can enable Secure Device Support. However, BIOS setting shows Support turned off and can't find it in Device Manager and TPM initial setting in Windows 10. Windows 10 can't find this device. My BIOS version is the latest. F13w.Tried BIOS Beta BIOS F14a and F14e, doesn't work.Contact Gigabyte Customer Support. No answer.Tried TPM firmware Update. Can see this device but can flash firmware. (That is because the firmware version in this device is newer than the firmware update package.Tried everything I can to make it work but no luck.Request return but got very disappointed respond that I have to pay for return fee. Vendor already charged me 10 dollars shipping fee.Zero star for Gigabyte and this vendor.