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GIGABYTE Motherboard Secure Boot Guide - 05

Lucas Harrison By Lucas Harrison
date Last updated: 18 Sep, 2025 clock 1 min

This Guide applies to the following motherboards:

  • Z790M AORUS ELITE AX ICE

Step 1: How to Enter BIOS Settings

If the system doesn't automatically enter BIOS settings, continuously press the Delete key during startup to access the BIOS interface. Then click Advanced Mode to proceed.

Step 2: How to Enable TPM

(Skip if TPM is already enabled)
In the top menu bar, switch to the Settings tab and click Miscellaneous.

Step 3: How to Enable TPM

(Skip if TPM is already enabled)
Click Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) and select Enabled to activate TPM 2.0 functionality.

Step 4: How to Enable Secure Boot

In the top menu bar, click Boot, then locate CSM Support in the Boot section and set it to Disabled.

Step 5: How to Enable Secure Boot

Scroll down and click Secure Boot, change the setting from Disabled to Enabled. Press F10 to save and exit BIOS. The computer will automatically restart, successfully enabling Secure Boot.

After completing the above settings, please open GearUP and recheck whether Secure Boot has been enabled.

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About The Author
Lucas Harrison Lucas Harrison

Lucas Harrison is GearUP’s PC game expert and a veteran media professional with many years of experience. He is well versed in the various network issues that affect PC games and has extensive insights into solving them, having proposed numerous suggestions for optimizing GearUP’s PC version. He currently serves as GearUP’s Content Creation Lead, primarily responsible for writing GearUP’s PC network optimization guides, which aim to help players understand the problems they’re facing and provide practical, effective solutions through clear, easy-to-follow guidance.

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