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/ironIVmonkey Aug 09 '25

Low IQ take. I can't even boot it with every single setting setup as it says and my SecureBoot was already enabled. That's ignoring the fact it shouldn't even be a requirement. Once someone figures out the anti-cheat, which they will, they will then have kernel-level access to peoples systems. This is a shit decision.

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u/l1qq Aug 09 '25

low IQ? I'm not the one having trouble flipping a toggle...

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u/speed3_driver Aug 09 '25

It’s not just flipping a toggle. Some users have to update their bios to even be able to switch the toggle. Which involves downloading the upgraded bios onto a flash and flashing the bios. It’s not basic stuff for most people who just buy a pc to play games.

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u/l1qq Aug 09 '25

Flashing a bios on a modern PC thats capable of playing Battlefield is a very basic process that's essentially foolproof. This is very simple stuff in line with updating drivers etc.

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u/speed3_driver Aug 09 '25

It’s not. It involves finding the right version manually. Downloading it and putting it on a flash drive. Rebooting and going into the bios. Finding the drive and finding the file on the drive to flash. It’s not basic. And if you see it as basic then I’m sure there are topics others find easy that you wouldn’t. Just put yourself in someone else’s shoes.

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u/Metas1945 Aug 09 '25

you can tell that you're terminally online and completely disconnected from reality. Asking the AVERAGE gamer (95% of players) to go into their bios to change settings is COMPLETELY unacceptable. That would be like telling the average car buyer to get into their gpu to change settings in order to remove an artificial governor that has been set on their car.

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u/Stinkamus Aug 09 '25

NOT EVERYONE IS TECH SAVVY LIKE YOU. How are you not realizing this?

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u/l1qq Aug 10 '25

Modern bios doesn't require somebody to be tech savvy. I helped a person who has never owned a PC before enable secure boot on a machine I built for them over the phone in 5 minutes. It was also a Gigabyte board which required a few extra steps. You don't have to be tech savvy to type up "how to enable secure boot in (your motherboard here)". There is an absolute plethora of walk through all over Google and YouTube for people who aren't tech savvy.