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August 9th, 2021 03:00
13 R1, secure boot randomly turned itself off
I just got an Alienware 13 R1, it works great but when I first turned it on it used secure boot, then it randomly disabled itself when I rebooted it to see how fast it booted. Is this something to be worried about?
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August 9th, 2021 13:00
I don’t think you’re supposed to have secure boot turn off when restarting. What kind of OS you have installed and does it require secure boot to be on? And if it does need it to be on then I would recommend following what this guy said for enabling it on the notebook review forums.
If you set "Boot List" to UEFI, and then disable "Legacy Option ROMs", you will be able to enable Secure Boot (as well as expose some Windows 8 settings). However, if you are using Intel SRT (like I am), disabling the option ROM prevents the computer from booting. You would have to stop using SRT, and add the disks to the UEFI Boot List (might happen automatically after a boot, I'm not sure). It is presumed that Secure Boot would then work, but I am not sure if you have to do a fresh install of Windows 8 to enable it.