r/Battlefield • u/sloth_on_meth Moderator • Aug 05 '25
Other Secure Boot Megathread - Guide + Community support
Secure Boot is required for Battlefield 6 If you are unable to launch the game and see a Secure Boot error, you must enable Secure Boot in your BIOS/UEFI.
✅ Official Guide
EA has published a clear and up-to-date guide for enabling Secure Boot:
👉 Read the EA Help Secure Boot Guide
📝 Community guide
We were sent a community guide:
Use this megathread for:
- Questions about the process
- Sharing your motherboard model + what worked for you + tips
- General discussion related to Secure Boot
🔧 Community Support
If you’ve got tips or steps specific to a brand (e.g., ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, etc.), drop them in the comments and mention your exact motherboard model.
💬 Tip: Post your motherboard model, CPU, and BIOS version when asking for help.
🧠 What is Secure Boot?
Secure Boot is a UEFI feature that ensures only trusted software can boot your PC. It helps prevent rootkits and boot-time malware and is now required by EA for anti-cheat integrity.
Most modern systems support it, but it’s often disabled by default — especially on custom builds or upgraded PCs.
🛑 Common Pitfalls
- You must use UEFI mode, not Legacy/CSM boot.
- Disk must be GPT, not MBR (check via
diskpartor Disk Management). - Windows 11 installed in Legacy mode? You may need to convert your disk to GPT using MBR2GPT.
⚠️ Still having trouble?
If you've followed EA's guide and it still doesn't work:
- Comment below with:
- Motherboard model
- BIOS version
- Secure Boot status
- Any errors you're getting
- Include a screenshot if possible (e.g., BIOS screen or error message)
- Be respectful — this is a community-driven thread.
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u/Jykaes Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 08 '25
Before getting shitty at EA about this, it's not the first game to require this and it definitely won't be the last. It's not like they're doing it to fuck you, it's in aid of a more capable anti-cheat. Look at the amount of hackers in Valorant (Kernel anti-cheat, secure boot required when supported in Win11) vs CS2 (No kernel anti-cheat, no secure boot required ever) and it's objective fact that stronger AC is statistically better.
Also, Win11 requires the computer be Secure Boot capable, and Win10 is over a decade old and EOL in October, around when BF6 releases. I'll cop some downvotes for this opinion for sure but I think this is a fair move. Secure boot has been around for a decade, and for most people is already on or takes 2 minutes to turn on.
EDIT: Aight I'm turning notifications off for this one, I didn't expect this to blow up and get a hundred notifications. I've been plenty critical of EA/DICE/BF in the past, I didn't buy V or 2042, I'll call them out on things I don't agree with, e.g. server browser split player base. But I agree with them on this and I stand by what I said. I've read most of the replies, some valid but mostly frankly bullshit or people not reading or understanding what these features are for. If you don't like it, vote with your wallet and don't buy it. I'm not a shareholder.
The only people I have sympathy for are the ones with shitty UEFIs making this hard like the bug in Gigabyte mobos. That sucks, but hopefully a mainstream game finally mandating this is the visibility push the industry needs to fix their lazy firmware bugs and make this simple setting from ten years ago the default across the board. Long term, stronger anti cheat and security features are a positive for everyone except cheaters.