If you are playing on a 6-year-old laptop, you might be cooked. Many older motherboards don’t have TPM 2.0, or their Secure Boot implementation is broken. For you, Valorant is now a brick.
Welcome to the new era of PC gaming, where Riot Games has decided that your convenience is less important than their crusade against cheaters. Riot’s anti-cheat, Vanguard , used to be annoying enough. It runs on kernel level (the deepest, scariest part of your computer) and boots up the second you turn your PC on. But recently, Vanguard got an upgrade. valorant enable secure boot
It’s 11:00 PM. You just finished a long day of work or school. You grab your energy drink, boot up your RGB-lit battle station, and queue for some competitive Valorant. The map loads. Agents are locked in. The announcer says “Welcome to the Split...” If you are playing on a 6-year-old laptop,
But here is the hard truth: In the arms race between developers and hackers, the era of "plug and play" is over. Secure Boot is the new standard for competitive gaming. Call of Duty requires it. Fortnite requires it. Soon, everything will. Welcome to the new era of PC gaming,
Let me paint a picture for you.
You didn’t even know what "Secure Boot" was ten seconds ago. Now, it’s the only thing standing between you and your rank-up game.