Hey everyone! I've been trying to activate Secure Boot for Battlefield 6, but my BIOS seems to have stopped working completely. I'm using a Gigabyte H310M S2H REV 1.1 motherboard with an Intel i5 8400 CPU. I've linked the manual for reference. Here's what I've tried so far: I've disconnected all peripherals except an HDMI cable and keyboard, booted without the GPU, tried a single stick of RAM, cleared the CMOS by shorting the pins, removed the battery for about 15 minutes, and even downloaded the latest BIOS upgrade onto a FAT32 USB. Unfortunately, Q-Flash won't work since I can't access the BIOS at all. Any tips on what I should try next?
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According to your motherboard manual, it seems you might not actually have Q-Flash. You might have DualBIOS instead. Try this: get a USB flash drive, format it to FAT32, and copy the BIOS file twice. Keep one with its original name and rename the other to gigabyte.bin. Make sure both files are in the root directory of the USB. Then plug it into a USB port on the back and rapidly press the power button. This was suggested by someone who had success with their DualBIOS recovery.
Quick question - does your PC still boot up at all?
You could also try booting the PC with no drives connected at all. Sometimes that helps get to the BIOS.
It might be that fast boot is enabled; you could try accessing it via the Windows recovery menu by holding the Shift key while restarting. Just a thought!
Fast Boot was indeed disabled by default in my BIOS setup. I gave your suggestion a shot, but not being able to get into BIOS really complicates things.
Not at all! It’s caught in a boot loop; the lights turn on and the fans start spinning, but it just shuts off and restarts after 30 seconds.