And man, am I out of date on the tech! My last build and Windows installation was during the Windows 7 days. SLW needs her PC to run some current business software, and that means Windows 11, complete with a lot of hardware and software things I had to learn. Like the UEFI BIOS, TPM stuff, and Secure Boot. Windows 11 requires all these things to install and run. Since her new little Shuttle "XPC Cube" is new hardware, and meets the listed hardware requirements for Win11, I figured another ho-hum Windows installation.
WRONG.....
The specs for this little Hot Rod are far in excess of what Micro$oft considers the minimum.
CPU requires a 64-bit processor with at least two cores @ 1GHz.
I have eight cores @ 3.5GHz. This processor is certified as compatible with Windows 11 by both Micro$oft and Shuttle.
Memory is 4GB minimum.
I have 64GB.
Storage (drive space) is 64GB minimum
I have 1TB.
And this PC has the required UEFI BIOS, and supports all the required firmware/security items.
And STILL the Windows installer stops with an error message about the PC not meeting minimum requirements.
Shuttle has even certified it for Windows 11, noting that certain things have to be changed from the defaults in the BIOS. The newest version of the BIOS has these changes, so I'm considering flashing it to that version.
And it looks like I'll have to find some Shuttle User Forums and see how other people figured this out and manged to get Windows to stop choking during the installation.
Also been working on Ms. Swan. Since I had to revert it back to OEM configuration to pass the visual exam on the required every-five-years smog test for "Collector Car" plates. This means pulling the Big, Shiny aftermarket Air Intake Tube:
And put the boring-plastic-and-rubber OEM ducting back on, which I can't find any pix of. Oh, well...it's restrictive, ugly, and has five sections of rubber couplings, plastic parts, and an air-chamber "Resonator" that reduces the inlet noise at wide open throttle.
Looks like a bunch of rain coming in, so I have to scoot off to the dump and empty a full bed of yard trash that's been in the truck for a several days now.
Hope you all have a great weekend, and Blessed Sunday.
Emissions..............Grrr! Finally got middle son's car past emissions with a Wyoming bootleg catalytic converter change.
ReplyDeleteColorado requires a *specific* converter on the car? I know Kalifornia did, and it had to have the California Air Resources Board (aka "Smog Nazis") numbers stamped into it. NO difference between the CA converter and the 50 state converter except for the CARB number stamped into it. Oh, and it was $75 more.
DeleteYes, on the CA compliant. Cheapest one I found, no installation, $900 at O'Reilly. Bolt on replacement from JC Whitney was $200+. Installation in Cheyenne $400+. Any CO shop caught installing a non CO compliant converter faces huge fines.
DeleteI figured if I went by "Kommiefornia Rules of Engagement" here I'd be OK, and so far, so good. It passed with flying colors the first time, and the Tech complimented me on keeping it in such good shape "For An Old Toyota"!
DeleteWhat about the owner doing the work?
Owner doing the work? If they can. We didn't have the necessary tools.
ReplyDeleteYeah, installing a converter can require some welding, or air tools! Mine just bolts in with flanges on each end. Easy-Peasy!
DeleteSnort... good luck with the computer! MS compliant... yeah, right...
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll need it. All the installer does is load things for about 5 minutes, requests the product key, loads a bit more, and stops cold with an error message saying it doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Doesn't say WHY it doesn't meet specs, so I guess M$ doesn't have error-trapping down yet.....
ReplyDeleteOh how glad I am to live in Bandera County, Texas. Our inspection here is a safety only inspection. There is no emissions testing. In those counties in Texas that have an "emissions" inspection, they just read out the car's computer data. Cars over 10 years old don't require emissions testing in Texas. They did have all of that other external stuff some years ago but stopped it. Sorry for you folks that live in California and copy cat states. In 2025 the safety inspection in Texas goes away but not the emissions for those areas that require it.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia is a pain on vehicle requirements and have been for a long time. When I was stationed in West Germany in the late 70s, I bought a new SAAB 900. It was U.S. legal, but it was not California legal. The emissions from it were better than required for the U.S. and even California, but California required a catalytic converter which my car did not have.
I'm all too familiar with getting the Supra to pass the SoCal smog tests! They don't know these cars, and are completely inflexible when it comes to the visual inspection. The last time it was tested in SoCal, the screen went red, indicating it failed, but the results it printed out indicated it passed. It had passed by ONE part-per-million of one of the things they check, and the owner of the test place said he'd NEVER seen that happen before. A little known Dirty Trick the Kommiefornia Smog Nazis use is to RAISE the limits on older cars so they have to be cleaner than when they were certified to pass all smog requirements in effect at the time of manufacture, which were less stringent.
DeleteWhen it was tested here in Colorado, it was way below the limits, and passed easily.
The information in this article on Tom's Hardware should help you bypass the minimum hardware checks:https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement
ReplyDeleteI reflashed the BIOS to the current version. The release notes say that besides setting several defaults to what's needed, they also added a "Product Key" to the BIOS.
DeleteWin11 loaded fine, drivers are installed, updates are finished, and I'm just about ready to put it in service.