The pre-load for the first Open Beta of Battlefield 6 has started. Since I have access, I downloaded it early to be ready. Even though the beta isn’t live yet, I tried to start the game, but I got an error message about Secure Boot. Basically, if you don’t have Secure Boot turned on in your BIOS, the game won’t run at all.
Now, I want to make it crystal clear that I’m not talking about EA’s Javelin anti-cheat system. BF 2042, BF V, and BF 1 also used Javelin. However, I had no problem at all launching and running them. This is the first time a game requires Secure Boot to be enabled; otherwise, it won’t work.
The funny thing is that I thought I had enabled it. However, after getting this error message, I checked my System Information. To do this, you’ll have to type “msinfo32” in your Search Bar. So, although I was using UEFI, Secure Boot was disabled. That felt odd. I could swear I had turned it on in the BIOS.
So, I restarted my PC, went to the BIOS, and Secure Boot was active. OK, so what’s the catch? Well, CSM also appeared to be enabled. This shouldn’t be happening. I disabled CSM and then rebooted my PC. Once Win10 loaded, I went to System Information, and Secure Boot was still off. What the hell?
Thankfully, YouTuber ‘Rollwith Punch’ has shared a video that shows how you can fix this. I’ve included it below, so be sure to watch it. For whatever reason, Secure Boot may only be active for Setup and not for the User. This is a bug. To fix it, you’ll just have to choose “Custom”, switch back to “Standard”, save, and then exit. And that’s it.
After doing this, Secure Boot was finally enabled on my end. And yes, I was able to launch Battlefield 6. Here is its Main Menu.
Another thing to note is that MSI Afterburner is not working. Thankfully, BF6 comes with its own Performance Metrics. NVIDIA Overlay also appeared to be working. So, I’ll use both these for when I’ll be testing the Open Beta.
BF6 will support AMD FSR 3, Intel XeSS 2.0, and NVIDIA DLSS 4. Now I’m not certain whether there will be support for FSR 3.1 or not. Thus, I don’t know whether AMD will have a toggle to enable AMD FSR 4.0 via its drivers when the Open Beta launches. On the NVIDIA side, we know that there will be support for DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen. So, those with an RTX-50 series will be able to use it.
All in all, Secure Boot is a requirement for launching Battlefield 6. If your motherboard does not support it, you won’t be able to play it at all. This is something every PC gamer should be aware of, and it has nothing to do with EA’s Javelin anti-cheat system!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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