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BIOS shock: getting past Battlefield 6's anti-cheat error was the faffiest thing a PC game has ever required of me
Having problems getting the Battlefield 6 beta to work? You're not alone.
The seriousness of this is why the EA help page warns: "If you're not used to navigating to and updating your BIOS settings, you should contact a professional or your manufacturer's customer support." Nonetheless, the YouTube video was very helpful and after half-an-hour of tinkering, and a few false starts later, I finally conquered the pre-game Battlefield 6 boss of enabling Secure Boot. But there's a wider issue here that surrounds the never-ending cat-and-mouse chase between cheaters and the people who make and police those games, and the lengths both sides are apparently prepared to go to in order to get the upper hand.
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