This means EA AntiCheat requires Secure Boot and yours is off, so the game will not launch. Enabling Secure Boot lets it start. Jump to your situation below or work through the methods in order.
Many EA titles that use EA AntiCheat, including Battlefield and recent EA Sports FC, now require Secure Boot, and if it is disabled the anti-cheat blocks the game from launching. Secure Boot is a BIOS feature that only allows trusted, signed software at startup, giving the kernel-level anti-cheat a trustworthy base. The fix is to enable Secure Boot in your UEFI firmware, which usually also means switching Windows from Legacy or CSM boot to UEFI and, if your system drive is MBR, converting it to GPT with mbr2gpt first. Confirm the result in Windows with msinfo32, where Secure Boot State should read On and BIOS Mode should read UEFI. Windows 11 PCs usually pass because Secure Boot is part of its requirements; the systems that fail are mostly Windows 10 installs and custom rigs where it was never enabled. Some EA titles also want TPM 2.0 enabled alongside it. Once Secure Boot is on, EA AntiCheat lets the game launch.
Secure Boot only allows trusted, signed code to load at startup. EA AntiCheat requires it on supported titles so its kernel-level protection has a verified boot environment. With Secure Boot off, the anti-cheat blocks the launch entirely.
Enabling Secure Boot in BIOS fixes it. Because Secure Boot needs UEFI boot on a GPT disk, the usual blockers are a Legacy or CSM configuration and an MBR system drive, which you convert with mbr2gpt before turning Secure Boot on.
“EA moving Battlefield and FC onto a Secure Boot requirement caught a lot of people out, especially Windows 10 users who never turned it on. The fix is to enable Secure Boot in the BIOS, but the gotcha is it only works in UEFI mode on a GPT disk. If msinfo32 says Legacy, you convert the drive with mbr2gpt, disable CSM, and then Secure Boot becomes available. Turn on TPM 2.0 as well if the title asks for it, verify in msinfo32, and you are in.”
msinfo32
mbr2gpt /validate mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullOS
EA AntiCheat requires Secure Boot on Battlefield, EA Sports FC and other titles. Enable Secure Boot in BIOS, and if it is greyed out switch Windows to UEFI by disabling CSM and convert an MBR disk to GPT with mbr2gpt. Confirm in msinfo32 that Secure Boot State is On and BIOS Mode is UEFI. Enable TPM 2.0 as well if the title requires it.
If Secure Boot State stays Unsupported after enabling it, your BIOS may need updating, or Secure Boot keys may need restoring to factory defaults in the BIOS security menu. You can also submit your error to us for a tailored fix.
