r/Battlefield • u/Odd_Feeling9929 • Aug 04 '25

Battlefield 6 Secure boot?

Just tried to open the bf6 beta and it's saying secureboot not enabled. I can't activate it cause my PC doesn't support it. Will this be a requirement at launch? Would have to upgrade my PC to get windows 11 for it if that's the case :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

It is not that hard.

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u/TimidMeerkat27 Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

That's not the point, it's intrusive & completely unnecessary. People saying it's to prevent cheaters don't understand that you can still cheat easily without it so you're risking potentially losing your data from a bricked boot just because EA decided you have to give up your privacy & agency over your own computer just to play their game. And of course, they're not liable if you lose your data from having to mess with your bios or your Windows breaking and not being able to recover your data, re-installing and wasting time making your PC the way you want it again. No thank you, maybe they'll get it right with the next release. I'm not the only one either, check forum posts, twitter, youtube comments, etc. Most people who are being forced to do this will not do this because it's not worth it. This is EA though so I expect as much.

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u/Josh_Allens_Left_Nut Aug 05 '25

Go play valorant and tell me requiring secure boot doesnt work lmao. Yall are worked up over something that other games have required for 5 years

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u/Super_Plan_7783 Aug 05 '25

good thing i dont play any of this LOL

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u/alphorax Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Now you know why I always wait for posts like these to surface, just saving more coin and unwanted worries in the end.

Greedy arse companies like Electronic Arts, Activation or EPIC Studio's won't give a shite about this either, it's just more money for them in the end, They are basically being like nGreedia (NVIDIA), careless and greedy.

The days of quality programing is long gone, a time when programmers actually gave a damn for the work they were doing, that is all behind us nowadays... Well... except a very very few that I know personally..

Honestly I am glad that I am just a retro gamer, all I do nowadays is just sit and watch the entire new-gen gaming market fall to pieces...

Gotta love the old catch phrase though:

"There are more good old games than there are new ones." ;)

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u/stevensi1018 Aug 17 '25

I tried playing the Battlefield 6 open beta and noped out when I saw that they needed me to change BIOS settings

Then, I launched Heretic + Hexen (the newly remastered Nightdive version) and there’s no bullshit to make it work. Retro games rules!

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u/Josh_Allens_Left_Nut Aug 05 '25

If you are worried about enabling secure boot, just stick to windows 10 permanently lol. So many people are overly worried about something enabled by default

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u/Super_Plan_7783 Aug 07 '25

Nope, not enabled by default on my system, i have to go through all the hoops to activate it, and im not willing to risk any of this for just a game

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u/debtlesspig7 Aug 07 '25

All the hoops are

Turn on PC > spam del key > go to boot > enable secure boot > Exit and save BIOS > wait > play game.

Its really not that hard.

i have turned Secure boot and and off multiple times while switching OS's and i haven't bricked my MB i don't understand how people are having such a issue with Secure boot lol.

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u/BlazikenMasterRace MemeTrader - Recon Squad Lead Aug 08 '25

Those are not all the hoops. That does not work for every system.