I'm in a bind and could really use some guidance. After returning from a week away, I booted up my PC and did updates for both my GPU drivers and Windows 11. When I launched Battlefield 6, it flagged that Secure Boot was turned off. I went into the BIOS to enable it, but as soon as I hit 'Save & Reboot', my monitors went dark. They either shut off completely while the PC stays on, or they remain powered but display a black screen. I can still access the BIOS by pressing Delete during boot, and I noticed that when Secure Boot is disabled, everything works fine.
Here's my system info:
* CPU: Intel i7-8700K
* Motherboard: MSI Z370 Tomahawk
* GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX Eagle 5070Ti
I've tried various troubleshooting steps, including resetting CMOS, reverting BIOS settings to default, removing the GPU and switching to onboard graphics, fresh GPU driver installs, updating the motherboard BIOS, switching the BIOS mode to UEFI, and messing with the Secure Boot settings. I've cleared and repopulated the keys in Key Management and enabled Trusted Computing with TPM set to PTT. What am I missing? Just yesterday, everything was fine, so I'm entirely baffled!
2 Answers
When you take out the GPU and use onboard graphics, it sometimes helps. Many times, there are low-res prompts that certain GPUs and monitors can't show. If you can get it to display on a different monitor or TV, try that. But if you've done everything else and it's still a mess, you might need to consider running a repair install for Windows. Secure Boot ideally should be set up before the OS installation, so enabling it post-install can sometimes lead to these problems.
I think this might be related to the recent Windows update. I’ve run into similar issues and it seems like others are experiencing this too. You're not alone here!
Right? It's reassuring to know I'm not crazy. I've seen several posts about this since the update started rolling out.
Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely try the onboard graphics route again before I think about reinstalling Windows. I’d really prefer to avoid that!