I have a Hades Canyon 8i7HVK NUC and I am in the Windows Insider program. I noticed yesterday that it said my PC does not meet the minimum Windows 11 requirements. Well that can't be, so I just ran the Windows health check app and to my surprise it says my PC cannot run Windows 11 because the processor is not compatible with Windows 11. The Intel Core i7-8809G is not Windows 11 compatible? I don't think so. Does anyone know why I might be getting this message? There is nothing wrong with my NUC, it runs just fine. I have included the message I receive.
It's just a CPU compatibility issue at the moment for the Hades Canyon NUC, and yes it can be slightly confusing when Intel's 8th gen CPU line actually contains three different architectures (Kaby Lake R/G, Coffee Lake and Cannon Lake).
This unfortunately relates to Windows 11 requirements at the moment, as Microsoft's definition of what an 8th gen Intel CPU is, is different to what Intel's marketing says it is...
Microsoft still evaluating 7th gen Intel CPU support (and when they say 7th gen, I assume they are relating to Kaby Lake architecture) as per the blog below, so a lot could change yet.
Is nothing wrong with your NUC. Every one with Hades Canyon get this message. You are right, the Intel Core i7-8809G is not on Windows 11 Supported Intel Processors list. Does it means that Windows 11 will not run on Hades Canyon ? It is to early to say.
Some people say enable PTT in the BIOS, but there seems to be some disagreement as to whether that will work. As Leon indicated, we will just have to wait and see!
The Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) architecture, first introduced in 2013 on 4th generation chips, implements TPM functionality within the CPU. PTT fully supports all Microsoft’s requirements for firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM) 2.0 specification.
Given this, the preliminary conclusion is that PTT is going to work for Windows 11, but you have to enable it in the bios. However, there could still be other Windows 11 issues ... just the TPM thingy won't be one of them!
Given this, the preliminary conclusion is that PTT is going to work for Windows 11, but you have to enable it in the bios. However, there could still be other Windows 11 issues ... just the TPM thingy won't be one of them!
Correct, TPM 2.0 at least isn't an issue on the Hades Canyon NUC as it supports PTT.
I'd imagine it's just a simple lookup table for now, and these lists are for system builders or OEM's to use as a guide, and are unlikely to actually stop you from installing the final product (provided all other hardware requirements are met).
The biggest spanner in the Windows 11 support works will be the lack of an official up to date Vega M driver, as anything from 2020 surely won't cut the mustard.
If you notice, the i7-8809G isn't even on the Windows 10 Compatibility list. So what gives? Probably just not in the database in the compatibility checker, but works just fine. I'm wondering if I can actually install it, but obviously I need another source, as Windows Update will not give it to me.
Thou there are some new data coming in that suggest that Windows 11 might still work but some of the security elements would be compromised. watch: https://youtu.be/qeCOcxwLzvs
Thanks. I'll check it out when I get a chance. I'm sure its just a switch configuration issue or something glitched in my network stack. I have a lot more experience with VMWare than I do Hyper-V, but this is my home machine and I'm not licensed for VMWare Workstation Pro on it.
The Windows 11 VM was built from the leaked ISO. Trying to see if I can get it to update.
I'm 99% confident that Windows 11 will run on the Hades Canyon NUC, its probably just a database omission, perhaps due to them not being able to actually test that processor. After all, its not on the Windows 10 Compatibility list either.
Well I woke up this morning and found Windows 11 on my Hades Canyon NUC. On bare metal, not virtual. PTT is enabled in the BIOS of course, other than that, its just built with a Samsung 970 EVO+ M2 and 32GB of the fastest memory I could find at the time of build. Working well so far.
