The motherboard knows it has a TPM connected to it (when i take it out the Trusted Computing section dissappears) but it only lets me change the Security Device Support option to "enabled or disabled" and nothing more, as it should. I have tried Loading Optimized defaults, I have tried clearing the CMOS. I cannot even set the TPM State to "enabled" in order for windows to recognize it. When I rebooted the computer, I went into BIOS again and when I visited the Trusted Computing Section of the BIOS, instead of letting me set further options for my TPM (like enabling it so that the OS can "see" it ), it only shows the Security Device Support option and under current status it displays "Support disabled" or something like that. I went into BIOS -> Peripherals -> Trusted Computing -> Security Device Support and set this option to "enabled". My motherboard has a TPM header and I plugged the GC TPM 2 in there. I should state that I have the latest BIOS Version. So I bought a TPM from Gigabyte ( GC TPM 2.0 ) and I have been trying to get it to work with my motherboard ever since ( Z97 Gaming 7 ). I do not want to use Bitlocker without a TPM because that would require a USB drive to be plugged it every time I turn on my PC, and I am going to lose it for sure.
I want to use bitlocker on my Windows 7 Ultimate machine, so I bought a TPM for my motherboard. If anyone with a Gigabyte mobo and a TPM is here and would like to help me, it would mean a lot to me. So I figured I would ask here and see if I find any answers. I have been googling for 5 hours and nothing.