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Stupid secure boot nonsense

KUKLA_SINDI · 1 Apr 2026 at 17:17 · permalink

Is anyone play bf 2042 on H61 motherboard? i do some research it says support secure boot, i just bad at computer stuff i check everything from UEFI and GPT harddisk is all good but when i try to activate it brick my pc it wont boot up took 2 hour to figure it out
What im doing is when i looking for secure boot it grey out and said i had to set video thing on UEFI after i do what they told it brick my pc, i can't even find CSM thing because no one in the youtube show tutorial how to do that using same blue and grey BIOS, most of them using gaming modern motherboard
I check again they said if my computer not really support secure boot it will tell "Unsupported" when i check it says "OFF"
I know it sound stupid because im too poor to afford entire upgrade motherboard + cpu + ram (thank to AI stuff that made diddy vs epstein i cant afford this crap)
i just need advice from whoever good at computer

Morohir · 1 Apr 2026 at 17:35 · permalink

Secure Boot has existed since Windows 8 (2012), since UEFI even (2006)
⚠️ List of games with 'SecureBoot' (+ TPM 2.0) requirements
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1517290/discussions/0/592904784006164716/
it is just mostly 3 simple steps:
How to use Secure Boot on your PC @EA
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/secure-boot/
How to enable Secure Boot on my PC @Microsoft
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-and-secure-boot-a8ff1202-c0d9-42f5-940f-843abef64fad
at very first check if you run a HDD or some older hardware 'settings', be sure to switch your Disk formation from
(1)
MBR into GPT
[learn.microsoft.com]
,
(2)
alt
[learn.microsoft.com]
.. then:
update BIOS/UEFI to 'latest' Firmware (highest priority, always)
in BIOS/UEFI switch 'Legacy/CSM' to 'UEFI'
create fresh factory default keys (Key Management), depends on BIOS manufacturer
enable 'Secure Boot'
save new settings & reboot your machine, await progress
update your OS afterwards to scan/check/fix possible (compatibility) issues
verify gamefiles
How to Enable Secure boot on H61 / LGA 1155 Motherboard | YT
Watch on YouTube
P.s.:
if a BIOS/UEFI firmware update or even upgrade does not add latest functions and/or features to your motherboard and therefore cannot enable Secure Boot .. you are not able to play
INTEL Support:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support.html
good luck ..
src:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2807960/discussions/0/600785827026563959/#c600785827026568882

TheZaramas · 1 Apr 2026 at 18:17 · permalink

I did some quick searching for "h61 motherboard" but I don't know what it specifically is so apologies if this is wrong. Some results suggest "h61" doesn't meet the requirements for secure boot
(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5589058/how-to-turn-on-secure-boot-and-tpm)
, but I don't know are they talking the same thing you have or something else.
I would suggest that you maybe do a quick search of for an example "h61 motherboard compatibility secure booth" to make sure your pc meets the minimum requirements for it, before going through all the steps mentioned above. It sucks to spend hours trying to do something that isn't possible. But like I said, if you are positive it should work, just ignore this whole post :)