I recently upgraded my system with a new Ryzen 5 5500 and a Gigabyte A520M K V2 motherboard. Initially, everything was working fine until I tried to boot into the BF6 Beta, which prompted me to enable Secure Boot in BIOS. I disabled CSM Support and enabled Secure Boot. After a restart, while the game still didn't recognize Secure Boot, I switched the Secure Boot profile from standard to custom and back to standard. A pop-up appeared during this process, but I just accepted it without reading. Now, my PC won't display any video, and the GPU keeps restarting every couple of seconds. I've tried clearing the CMOS three times and even reseating the RAM and GPU, but nothing seems to work. I'm really anxious because I haven't been able to test my new components yet, and I lost my old motherboard due to a similar issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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This sounds frustrating! I've seen several people with similar issues, and the common advice is to take your PC to a repair shop. They might be able to help recover your system. Just keep in mind that messing with kernel-level modifications can lead to serious problems, so tread carefully with any risky changes. If you really wanted to try that game, you might also consider playing it on a console instead!
I've faced similar frustrations with my Gigabyte board. Try leaving the CMOS battery out longer to see if it helps. If you're lucky, you might get back into BIOS. In my experience, it took a bit of patience, but I eventually got everything running smoothly after a Windows reset and a BIOS update. Just hang in there!
It seems like there's an issue specific to Gigabyte motherboards. You might have to leave the CMOS battery out without power for quite a while—like an hour or more. Also, holding the power button while the battery is out might help to drain any leftover power. I had some boot issues too but resetting Windows and updating the BIOS solved my problems, so that's worth considering if you get back in.
Did you unplug the power cable while the CMOS battery was out? I found that waiting about 5 minutes and holding the power button with everything unplugged helped me reset things. After that, I was able to access the BIOS and make the necessary changes.
I did unplug everything, but should I try pressing the power button again to access BIOS?
Edit: Tried holding the power button, but it didn't work.
Yeah, I’ve pretty much dropped BF6 now because of the stress. Just worried I spent all that cash on new parts and now I'm stuck with a dead PC.