[Guide] Add TPM module on Chinese X99 and X79

[ForeignerInBeijing]

In short: Yes, but that would require some work on your side, and you end up with a messy and potentially unreliable wiring.

I already stated in my last post what I recommend you should go for (20 pin and 2.54mm pitch). There are very good reasons for that. Once again, please read the two first posts in this thread for more information.

[ForeignerInBeijing]

I have now updated my modded X99 Bios so that it includes support for the 2023 Secure Boot certificates. More info and download link in this post @Fanhais

[alexdev01]

Hello again! I flashed the bios with the dump that you sent and everything came up! but I can’t find the tab in the settings to enable tpm. Do you know where she is? I disabled csm, installed uefi, and enabled secure boot.

[Tris]

You just need to plug the TPM module in – it will get detected.

[alexdev01]

The tpm is installed on the computer, but it has not been displayed in windows. and in advanced or in security, I can’t find the trusted computing tab.

[Tris]

Which BIOS did you flash? Can you try to flash the BIOS from this post? Another user has had success with it.

[v00d00ley]

Thank you for the amazing work. I am kinda lost here. Is there ready to flash bios image for x99z v102 with c612? I am using iengineer image with v4 Xeon and I need tpm and rebar support. I am familiar how to use external programmer

[ForeignerInBeijing]

Hello and welcome!

No, there is no “ready made” BIOS for any board any longer. Instead small adaptations are made following the workflow described in this post. My latest update will also get you up-to-date Secure Boot certificates.

[jFenya]

Hello, and thank you for your work! I own a Jingsha D8I motherboard; I tried dozens of different firmware versions but settled on yours—specifically, the “D1_Mx_B2_260614” BIOS. A TPM tab has appeared in the BIOS. My board has three headers: two 9-pin ones (F_USB2 and DEBUG1) and one 10-pin one (JCOM1). I have a TPM-LPC-09 module and have tried both headers, along with various settings and firmware versions, but the system simply doesn’t detect the module. Furthermore, when I plug it into the DEBUG1 header, the fans spin at 3000 RPM and the POST code gets stuck on FF (though the computer otherwise functions normally). Could you please advise on how to fix the POST code issue and how to get the BIOS to detect the TPM?
Thank you very much in advance. I am using a translator, so if anything is unclear, please let me know and I will rephrase it.

[ForeignerInBeijing]

Hello and welcome!

In short, follow what I did with my D8I in this post. In particular this means:

• Buy a 20-pin LPC with 2.54mm pitch width
• Connect it to the DEBUG1 port. The DEBUG1 header came unpopulated on my board, so I got some help soldering on normal pins

With regards to the BIOS, then I followed “Example 4”, i.e. keep the original 9.x ME region. So what ME region did you use? It is not clear from your post.

[Tris]

Any updates? Did you manage to get TPM working?

[jFenya]

Thanks for the reply. I also used the original ME region (9.1.40.1).
I’d like to clarify that the system works fine without the TPM. I’m not quite sure what the problem is—the pinout? Or is there a way to work around it with the module I already have? And why is the 20-pin version needed? Could you elaborate on your idea?

[Tris]

As you can see from this post, the DEBUG pinout of Jingsha D8I is completely different from your TPM module, which is why it doesn’t natively work and even locked up your system. Luckily, you wouldn’t have to buy a 20-pin module - since your module also uses 2.54mm pitch, just get yourself get a pack of 2.54mm dupont jumper wires and reroute the pins correctly (but I’m unsure if the wrong pinout has fried the module or not).

[m1rabay]

Hello, it was interesting to read the very beginning of your discussion and I really liked it, just super, you previously noted that you need tpm 2.0 for the game battlefield 6, and that it requires tpm 2.0, in my case I need it for CS2 (Counter Strike 2), it is needed not for the game itself, but to run the anti-cheat called faceit anti-cheat, before that I had a problem with security updates on windows 10, now I switched to windows 11 and hoped that the problem would successfully go away since the version is new and there were updates, because support for windows 10 ended in 2025 and from that moment faceit stopped running, that’s exactly why I decided to switch to windows 11, but that’s not the point, forgive the water, the point is that my huananzhi motherboard on the x79 chipset does not support tpm 2.0, it is simply not there, so I decided to find a modified bios to bypass faceit anti-cheat errors, tried many methods on the registry, etc., but unfortunately none of these methods helped, then I started looking for an answer in the forum and came across yours, I saw that a lot of time and effort was spent on this reasoning, so I appreciate it, but honestly I don’t understand how to install a physical TPM 2.0 controller to fix the faceit anti-cheat error, but I realized that you also need to download a special modified BIOS to unlock many other functions on the BIOS system, and while reading your reasoning, my head almost exploded , sorry for the frank emotions) but honestly, because of all the STL, I want to fix this error and if you help me, I will be very grateful, if you want to know full information about my motherboard, then write me a reply please, then I left a photo with my motherboard, there is just this connector for connecting TPM 2.0, the connector is called lpc_debug, tell me if I can fix this error or can I just Can I get by with a modified BIOS? Thanks in advance for your answer.

[ForeignerInBeijing]

Hello and welcome!

The short answer is that you can probably update the BIOS and install a TPM on this system, but it will take some effort on your side. No idea what you mean by “STL”, but in essence this is what you will need:

• A brain and patience
• A multi-meter
• An external programmer like CH341A + related BIOS chip clip
• An external TPM module (more info needed from you)

Meanwhile you can start by answering these two questions:

• What is the exact model number and revision of your motherboard? When you enter the BIOS, what does it say on the first screen that comes up?
• Can you confirm that it is 2.0mm between each pin on the LPC_DEBUG port? It does not look like 2.54mm like on the nearby F_USB1 port

[m1rabay]

South and North Bridges

Thanks for the reply. You asked what I meant by nkd STL, but that was just a minor mistake, I apologize. My exact motherboard model is Huananzhi X79-4MT.
I’m not exactly sure about the 2 mm, but after checking everything with a ruler, I can say that the distance between the contacts on the port is 2 mm. I’ll upload the first BIOS boot screen now, etc., any chance? Will I be able to install the TPM 2.0 head? Thanks in advance for your answer.

[Tris]

In order to connect the TPM module, identify the pinout of the debug header (like described in the first post) and try to find 2.00mm to 2.54mm / 2.00 to 2.00 male-female jumper cable (depends on the pitch of your TPM module). Regarding the BIOS, I think you can try BIOS from Angxun X79-VG4 since they both use desktop chipsets. Use CH341A to make a stock bios dump, then flash the new BIOS.

[ForeignerInBeijing]

Agree fully with Tris here. With regards to BIOS, I have the following comment:

• The BIOS region layout of your original 4MT BIOS is: 4M ME region and 4M BIOS region
• The BIOS region layout of for instance the VG4 BIOS is: 2M ME region and 6M BIOS region

If I were you, I would approach the problem like this

• Use UEFItool 0.28.0 and extract the ME region from both the 4MT and the VG4 BIOS
• Use a good Hex editor like HxD and select the first 2M of the 4MT ME (see picture)
• Copy this part into the VG4 ME and save
• Use UEFItool 0.28.0 and insert the new ME region into the VG4 BIOS. Save to a new file
• Flash this combined BIOS using an external programmer

[m1rabay]

@ForeignerInBeijing

UEFItool 0.28.0

Thanks for the reply. The pin spacing is 2 mm. Honestly, I didn’t quite understand how to modify the BIOS—could you send me a ready-made file, or is there a detailed YouTube guide on how to do it? I’m not really an expert on this.

[Mixalisfr]

does anyone had a look on x99 f8 tf t8 v6 what bios chip is used what lpcio is used