The preload for Battlefield 6’s first Open Beta has kicked off, and a strange catch has emerged for PC players: the game refuses to launch unless Secure Boot is enabled in your BIOS. This is a new requirement that hasn’t been seen in previous Battlefield titles, and it’s causing some confusion among players trying to get into the beta early.
EA’s Javelin anti-cheat system, which Battlefield 2042, V, and one all used without such issues. Those games ran fine without Secure Boot enabled. But Battlefield 6 takes a different approach this time, and if Secure Boot isn’t active, the game simply won’t start. While it might sound weird to some, I have to say, this is the way to go, as it has not only been approached by Valorant, but also FaceIt, CS2’s third-party competitive platform, which already requires anti-cheats.
Secure Boot can be enabled in the BIOS setup, but it is not active for Windows. But some motherboards have issues with Secure Boot, and there are some things that you need to do… For example, if you have a Gigabyte, they have CSM in the Boot Menu, which you need to disable if you see Secure Boot in the BIOS. If you don’t do that, you won’t see it and will not be able to activate it.
After you do that and Secure Boot is still not activated, just switch it to Custom and then flip it back to Standard again. After that, Windows will recognize Secure Boot as enabled, and Battlefield 6 will launch just fine. Battlefield 6 will support AMD FSR 3.0, Intel XeSS 2.0, and NVIDIA DLSS 4. Whether AMD will offer a toggle for FSR 3.0 or 3.1 through its drivers at beta launch remains to be seen. Guess they’re hoping it works.
Bottom line? If your motherboard doesn’t support Secure Boot, you won’t be playing Battlefield 6 on PC. What do you think about this Secure Boot requirement? I believe that this is the way to go if you want at least a solid, competitive game without being plagued by tons of cheats. Let’s see how this turns out for Battlefield 6, I guess….
