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I've tried following various tutorials. The closest one to displaying similar screens as I have was this: https://www.technorms.com/45538/disable-enable-secure-boot-asus-motherboard-uefi-bios-utility

It's advice was to:

  1. Open BIOS
  2. Go to Advanced -> Boot -> Secure\Boot -> Key Management
  3. Delete the PK Management Key and only that key

It then showed Secure Boot State switching to "Disabled." Unfortunately, mine switches to "Setup." Perhaps these two are the same thing and I actually do have Secure Boot disabled, but an issue unrelated to this question and its answer persists (which is why I have doubts).

Is "setup" the same as "disabled"? And if not, how do I get to "disabled"?

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    there is a youtube video about enabling it for asus tuf.. and one on disabling it for asus, looks same as the screen for asus tuf .. here youtube.com/watch?v=tnOHi0w77bU talks about clearing keys and then it disables it and says you can put them back as they are default... But anyhow, shows how to disable secure boot in that video. Not sure if it's exactly applicable to your one but try it
    – barlop
    Commented Jul 29, 2022 at 16:31
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    Hmmm. Same exact thing. Maybe they just changed the name from "disabled" to "setup"
    – Seph Reed
    Commented Jul 29, 2022 at 16:36
  • Maybe, You could test if that's so. Try looking to see what an OS says about whether secure boot is enabled or not e.g. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/user-help/… or techoverflow.net/2019/05/23/… (if using ubuntu to check you can run ubuntu off a usb stick).
    – barlop
    Commented Jul 29, 2022 at 17:37
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    Thank you. You were correct, and if you'd like to replace my answer I will accept yours.
    – Seph Reed
    Commented Jul 29, 2022 at 18:33
  • I followed what was mentioned in the question and description. It seems like BIOS took the changes and Secure Boot State does say "SETUP." However, my system keeps loading into UFEI MODE all the time never legacy.
    – ThN
    Commented Jan 31, 2023 at 17:26

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It turns out that "setup" does in fact equate to "disabled".

The steps above are functional, and one can verify this with:

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No. Here is the correct answer: Change OS Type to Other OS

See: https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1049829/

Note: Some newer Asus Bioses allow you to just toggle Secure Boot On and Off. Note: You can also try enabling CSM "Compatibility Support Module"

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  • The table on that website indicates that, Secure Boot being set to Setup, is equivalent to it being disabled. So the accepted answer is in fact the correct answer.
    – Ramhound
    Commented May 24 at 17:44

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