Battlefield 6 on PC requires Secure Boot, one thing meant to assist chase away cheaters. For many, that is already enabled and thus a non-issue as they try and play the beta. For others, it could imply taking a visit into BIOS menus they’re unaccustomed to seeing however finally one thing that may be resolved in a matter of minutes. For others nonetheless, the method of enabling Secure Boot is popping out to be a a lot greater drawback.
Secure Boot is usually enabled by default on newer PCs, however that is not all the time the case. Many individuals might have by no means even heard of it earlier than, however with a substantial amount of curiosity within the newly launched Battlefield 6 beta, many individuals are listening to the time period for the primary time–and maybe having to determine what acronyms like BIOS and UEFI confer with, and find out how to take care of the likelihood that the drive Home windows is put in on makes use of MBR as a substitute of GPT.
Relying in your particular motherboard, the particular steps for turning Secure Boot on may be completely different, but it surely includes restarting your laptop, accessing a menu earlier than Home windows begins besides up, and making some tweaks. Nonetheless, messing round along with your BIOS can go awry, and certainly, some gamers have discovered they now merely boot right into a black display, briefly stopping them from utilizing their laptop fully.
A variety of accounts like this have been shared on (*6*), and anecdotally, GameSpot employees have heard straight from buddies encountering simply these form of points. The last word resolution can contain having to take away the CMOS battery from the motherboard, flashing it, and counting on the board’s built-in HDMI output, slightly than a video card, with the intention to even get again into the BIOS menus.
It is unlikely EA plans to make modifications to the Secure Boot requirement, even when it would not appear to be fully conserving cheaters at bay. That might imply a good wider swath of gamers encounter Secure Boot gamers because the open beta expands to extra gamers this weekend and the complete model of Battlefield 6 launches in October. Activision has additionally revealed that Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 would require Secure Boot, and it is unlikely to be the final sport to name for it. When you like taking part in multiplayer video games on PC, chances are you’ll simply must hope Secure Boot is already enabled or that you just’re amongst these lucky sufficient to not encounter any issues in turning it on.