The Battlefield 6 open beta is about to go live for everyone, and players are loving it.
But EA’s latest installment requires PC users to have secure boot running.
So here is our guide on how to make sure everything is ready for the beta.
Battlefield 6 Open Beta Secure Boot
Firstly, to even begin enjoying the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, you need secure boot.
Secure Boot is a Windows 10 and 11 security feature that makes the computer only load up trusted software.
It is designed with the intention of stopping malware and being more aligned with modern security standards.
However, it has issues with dual-boot systems and can even brick systems and install corrupted firmware.
But for those wanting to play the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, it is a must because EA says so!
So here is the guide on how to get secure boot up and running.
Firstly, press the Windows Key + R, and this will open the Run Window in a smaller window. From there, type in msinfo32 and slam enter.
On the new system info tray, you want to look for two settings: BIOS Mode and Secure Boot State.
We want BIOS mode to be UEFI and Secure Boot State to be on.
Although for those who do not have UEFI showing, this means that your motherboard does not support it potentially. Check on your motherboard’s website for firmware updates and for compatibility.
However, if Secure Boot is showing ‘no’, we can fix it in time for the Battlefield 6 Open Beta.
Secondly, if Secure Boot says no, then we should just need to head onto our Motherboard BIOS and turn it on.
This would mean restarting the computer and slamming the BIOS menu key. For my GIGABYTE board, that meant delete, but others differ.
From there it was just a case of heading to advanced boot settings and turning it on from there.
Secure Boot Keys
Although my secure boot is enabled in BIOS, my MSINFO was telling me that it was not on!
So if you are having the same issue as me, don’t worry; you will be able to play the Battlefield 6 Open Beta still.
Because the issue can be a number of things, like CSM being enabled when it needs disabling.
But for me it required a simple reset of my Secure Boot Keys, which is an option just below enabling it in BIOS.
Its most common reason is Secure Boot not being fully configured. Meaning in BIOS users have it set to custom instead of standard, which fixes after a quick save and reboot.
Also, the bigger fixes are needed if Windows was installed in legacy mode, as that requires a full Windows reinstall with UEFI enabled.
And for the Linux brothers out there, secure boot is an option for you but limited to some distros.
Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and openSUSE have fully signed Microsoft keys, while Arch Linux needs a manual setup.
However, I am not big-code-brained enough to go through every Linux distro, and for Mac users, good luck is all I can say!
Anyway, get that secure boot up and running for the Battlefield 6 Open Beta. And then turn it off after being done with it because I am still not happy I need to do it at all, really.
Hackers have already found cheats working on BF6 with that being forced!
Check out the full EA guide on their official website.
