COLORFUL with UEFI SECURE BOOT

The following provides detailed steps for configuring UEFI secure boot on Colorful motherboards, including importing the Youngzsoft certificate v2 and setting secure boot options.

Bios configuration

1. Before starting to configure the BIOS, prepare the USB for Secure Boot (copy Youngzsoftv2.cer to a FAT32 USB).
2. Enter Bios by pressing Del. On EZ Mode set LAN to Enable and PXE to UEFI. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

3. Press F7 to switch to advanced mode. If the Advanced tab has the CSM Configuration option, make sure the Launch CSM option is disabled.
4. Next press F10 to save the settings, the PC will automatically reboot.

Enable secure boot

5. Navigate to “Boot”, set Boot Option #1 to “UEFI: PXE IPv4” and click on the Secure Boot. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

6. Set Attempt Secure Boot to “Enabled”. (Figure 3)

Figure 3

7. Set Secure Boot Mode to “Custom” and then click on the Key Management. (Figure 4)

Figure 4

8. Click on “Authorized Signatures (db)” and select Append. (Figure 5)

Figure 5

9. The Append will ask to load factory default db, select No. (Figure 6)

Figure 6

10. Next select the USB you prepared earlier as requested on the start of the manual. (Figure 7)

Figure 7

11. Next select the Youngzsoft certificate v2 file (Youngzsoftv2.cer). (Figure 8)

Figure 8

12. On input file format select “Public Key Certificate”. (Figure 9)

Figure 9

13. Leave the Certificate Owner GUID as default and click Ok. (Figure 10)

Figure 10

14. The Append will show Success, click Ok. (Figure 11)

Figure 11

15. Press F10 to save and exit changes. After reboot, Secure Boot will show as Active.

Admin panel configuration

16. Once the image is ready on the iCafeCloud admin panel in the Boot section, edit the client PC and select ipxe2026.pxe(UEFI) on the PXE field. (Figure 12)

Figure 12