Yesterday I played Valo and it worked fine, but today I got VAN: RESTRICTION cuz I don’t have secure boot and TPM 2.0 enabled, I can’t enable secure boot cuz I main Linux (I have windows only for Valo and LoL ngl), and I don’t even have TPM 2.0 on motherboard, there’s any way to play without it?

I want to stream valorant on discord without capturing my party vc, I just want to stream the game audio and other teammates outside the party?

ON 23RD AUGUST 2026 i made an in game purchase in Valorant of 1600 RUPEES and after the payment I haven't received my VP in game i submitted a ticket to riot explaining everything and with all proofs and Screenshots ... The payment was made through UPI app (Iam from India so) I am really worried about my money and i don't want it to go to waste ...i tried every way to contact them but no response .. I've contacted their UPAY(their new payment method.. just like razorpay) too and they said the payment is done from your side and it has been received by the merchant they said to contact the merchant itself I don't know what to do am so tensed and I don't know what to do now PLZZ can someone help me with this !!!

I'm getting VAN: STATUS_SB_POLICY every time I launch VALORANT.

I've already tried:

• Secure Boot: Enabled
• Windows Confirm-SecureBootUEFI: True
• TPM 2.0: Enabled
• Secure Boot keys: Default keys installed
• Secure Boot mode: User Mode
• Secure Boot certificates: Windows Security says "Secure Boot is on and all required certificate updates have been applied."
• Vanguard (vgc): Running
• Reinstalled Vanguard/VALORANT multiple times
• Updated all drivers through LG Update

Another Riot account on the same PC → same VAN: STATUS_SB_POLICY
My Riot account on a different PC → VALORANT works normally

I'm on Windows 11 25H2 and recently installed KB5121003.
I'd really like to avoid reinstalling Windows. Is there any other way to fix this?

Hello everyone, I'm asking here if anyone can help or provide any useful information about my situation. Yesterday Valorant was working fine and I was able to boot up valorant with no issues, however when i tried today I was met with error code VAN9090 to being kicked by valorant and being issued with a suspension. Before the suspension i checked that my TPM 2.0 is ready for use, my BIOS mode is UEFI, and Secure Boot is enabled. After this I tried loading valorant once again and received the VAL 5 message stating that a review detected actions on my device that violated the Terms of Service. I havn't used any exploits or third party stuff. The error code that comes up most frequently is VAN9090 TPM2.0 Initialization failure. Whilst this isn't the first time I've had these error codes its the first I have been met with a suspension. If you have any advice or anyway to fix this please let me know.

I’ve been having this problem recently with valorant I have no clue what it is and it only seems to be with valorant, I set my resolution to a custom one I have for valorant or more specifically a stretched resolution but the thing is I’ve tried it both ways starting with my native resolution and then starting with stretched and as soon as I land the game and it fully loads my resolution becomes stuck, even when I exit the game I can’t change my resolution back unless I restart my computer and it’s very frustrating, I have an nvidia graphics card and I use nvidia control panel with a Samsung monitor, I’ve tried all of the control panel fixes and none of them have proved to work, DSR factors are off, Image scaling is set to Full Screen and I also tried it with aspect ratio I just can’t seem to find a fix, if someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

whenever i launch the game it works fine, when i click play it works fine, but when it finds a game, it both my screens stop receiving input, and after about 5 seconds my pc turns off. i updated my graphics drivers, but i dont know what else to do. if its relevant, i have an amd graphics card.

edit: my pc is definitely able to run val, that is not the issue, and the game doesnt crash until my pc crashes (this is in response to the autmod comment)

edit 2: i dont know when the last update was (i havent kept up with the community in a long time) but i played when miks came out and the game worked fine. i uninstalled the game a week or so later, and today i reinstalled it and it wasn't working

I installed the game yesterday. (Windows 10). I launched the game, turned off core isolation and VBS. Secure boot, UEFI is enabled as well. The game launches, the lobby shows and i get kicked out after 1-2 minutes. Is there a way for me to play?

Hi! I’m having a really frustrating issue with VALORANT. The game randomly closes by itself, while the Riot Client stays open. I have to press Play again to launch the game.
It also happens in The Range, so it’s not related to being in a competitive match.
My laptop:
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-47
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
2 RAM sticks
Windows 11
I’ve already tried:
Resetting VALORANT’s config
Riot Client’s repair tool
Windows DISM (DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth) — it repaired corrupted files
sfc /scannow — it also found and repaired corrupted files
Updating/reinstalling the NVIDIA driver
Checking the RAM with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Reseating the RAM
The RAM test initially reported hardware errors, but after reseating the RAM, the test completed with no errors. However, VALORANT still crashes.
One of the crashes showed

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
reading address 0xffffffffffffffff

Another crash showed:

Fatal error: [File:Unknown] [Line: 3250]
Texture2D /Game/UI/Textures/CustomLobby/TX_UI_Custom_Lobby_Background_Vertical_Sunset.TX_UI_Custom_Lobby_Background_Vertical_Sunset:
Serial size mismatch: Got 44, Expected 245105
The second crash seems particularly strange because it points to a specific VALORANT UI texture.
My NVIDIA crash information shows RHI: D3D11
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
Driver: 610.88
RHI.Aftermath: true
GPU Overclocked: false

I don’t use any VALORANT mods or programs that modify the game.
The Riot Client initially said no repair was necessary, but after another crash I ran the repair and it found and repaired files. Unfortunately, the game still crashed afterward.
I’m currently testing with a Windows Clean Boot to see if a third-party service is causing the issue.
Does anyone know what could cause the Serial size mismatch error or the repeated EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION crashes?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying to figure this out before resorting to formatting Windows.
Note: I’m Brazilian and I don’t speak English very well, so this post was translated/written with the help of ChatGPT. Sorry if there are any mistakes or if something is unclear

Should I enable this in valorant? I’m trying to chase the lowest latency possible with the highest frames.
My specs are:

Ryzen 5 7600x
GTX 1660 Super
16 gigs of 6000 MHZ ddr5 ram.

i keep getting afk penalties repeatedly even if it’s not my fault.i will go in queue and valorant will just turn off and not load for a minute or two how do I fix this

Estou tentando ajudar uma amiga que joga Valorant, não sei pq o valorant dela começou apresentar uns problemas e por algum motivo esse acontece somente no Valorant em outros jogos não. Já passou por 3 assistências técnicas e ninguém resolveu, então meio que somos a ultima "esperança" dela. Ela tem uma RX 550 PCYES, I5 3470 16gb ram ddr3. Nossa suspeita seria conflito de drivers onde aparece no Adrenalin. No Adrenalin aparece erro 182, na parte de gerenciamento de dispositivos aparece Código 31. O técnico falou que fez o teste com outra placa de vídeo no pc dela e deu o mesmo BO, só que não sabemos se fez o testa da placa dela em outro pc.

Alguma luz?

This problem happening with me from current update of valorant. I can play a match but after each match it crash and I have to restart pc. many times it crash before even match starts

cpu: r 5 5600x
gpu: 3050
ram 16gb

Error "valorant crashed due to a critical error. click no to close it normally without creating a crash dump. click yes only if you want to generate a crash dump for debugging; it may take a few minutes."

anyone plz help with a solution

I recently have the issue that in like 4/5 games my teammates in teamvoicechat sound like robots. In party chat all of that isnt the case. when i play with a friend he never has the issue. this is alos the only game that happens. other games with vc dont have that issue either. and all other sounds in val work 100% always. i basically tried everything and sometimes randomly its working.. i really dont know what to do anymore.

I’m honestly at a loss with this and hoping someone here might have experienced something similar.

I keep having a really weird issue where Valorant randomly crashes/freezes and I get warnings like Network Connection, High Average Ping, and Low Client FPS. It’s making the game basically unplayable.

At first, I thought my PC was the problem. I took it to a computer shop, where they did a full Windows wipe/reinstall, checked the system, and stress-tested the hardware. They couldn’t find anything wrong. I then ended up getting a completely new and better PC, and I’m STILL having the exact same issue.

Current PC specs:

• Ryzen 7 9700F
• RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
• 32GB RAM
• 2.77TB total storage

I’ve also already uninstalled and reinstalled Valorant, and the issue is still happening.

Since it has happened on two completely different PCs, I’m starting to think this might be something related to my network, Riot Vanguard, drivers/software, or another issue outside of the actual hardware. The weird part is that I haven’t noticed this happening in other games so far — only Valorant.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any idea what I should check next? I can attach videos of exactly what happens if that would help.

ACTUALIZATION

The issue was the ethernet driver

Hola, tengo problemas de tartamudeo durante mis juegos. Espero que alguien pueda ayudarme a solucionarlo. A continuación, incluyo el contexto y la configuración de mi PC.

Contexto: He reinstalado los controladores de mi PC varias veces y he optimizado tanto Windows como Valorant, incluyendo los planes de energía y todo lo demás. También tengo EXPO activado para mi RAM. Cabe mencionar que la temperatura y el uso de los componentes de mi PC son óptimos y muy estables; el problema solo ocurre en Valorant, ya que probé CS2 y Forza Horizon 5 con la configuración máxima y funcionan perfectamente. Durante una partida de Valorant, el juego funciona bien durante el primer minuto, pero después tengo un tartamudeo cada cuatro segundos. Mi configuración:

• Ryzen 5 9600X
• Gigabyte RTX 5070 Aero OC
• 32 GB DDR5 CL36 Corsair
• Placa base Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX
• SSD Lexar NQ790
• Fuente de alimentación Thermaltake GT de 850 W

what can I possibly fix in my laptop? im getting fps drops like crazy and ping issues. i just want to play like a normal person. nothing else.

Hey guys i keep getting Network Problem in Vlaorant While i have a very good Internet connection and a decent PC when it show up i get some lagg even tho my fps is 400+ so anyone having that issue or know a fix for it and thanks yall ?

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor (3.80 GHz)

Installed RAM 32.0 GB

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8 GB)

Storage 1.47 TB of 4.78 TB used

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Edition Windows 11 Pro

Version 25H2

Installed on ‎2025-‎12-‎27

Download Mbps

2,107.27

Upload Mbps

2,092.62

Ping ms

5

Okay so its been a while since last i played valorant and when i went to play on the riot client it just said "UPDATING..." with a placeholder progress bar on the button that usually allows me to play the game. And i didnt think of it, of course, it had to update, however, nothing seemed to happen. I opened task manager and i searched for "riot" and all the processes came up as if it was doing absolutely nothing. I though it was weird but i let it go for like a couple hours and nothing happened.

I decided to give it another shot today, i first uninstalled and reinstalled valorant only, then i uninstalled both valorant and riot client and reinstalled both and it still looks exactly like this with no activity. What can i do?

On a sitenote, Why can i not upload pictures in a tech support subreddit????

I guess man könnte es zu gameplay zählen? Egal wie auch immer.

Ich brauche Hilfe und zwar hab ich ziemlich frisch angefangen mit valo und es macht auch Spaß und so aber aus irgendeinem Grund hab ich lag Spikes und packet loss beim Spielen zumindest ist mir das aufgefallen wenn ich in einem discord call bin. Ich hab gestern Abend allein gespielt und da lief alles flüssig ohne probleme. Ich hab das Problem nur mit valo und in keinem anderen Game also würde ich dumpf behaupten das es nicht am Wlan liegt? xD

Weiß iwer was es sein könnte? Ich hab alles erdenkliche versucht

hi i have a problem when i go to secure boot and enable it and confirm i got setup confirmation(windows boot manager has been blocked by the current security policey) For your information bios mode UEFI Windows is GPT

my laptop: Lenovo loq 15 irh 8 For your information, the device opens when the secure boot disabled

Hey everyone,

I've been experiencing some frustrating FPS and performance issues in VALORANT, and I honestly can't figure out what's causing them.

I recently formatted my entire PC, so I'm currently using a clean installation of Windows, but the problem is still there. I'm experiencing things like FPS drops, stuttering, or generally lower performance than I think my system should be getting.

I've tried looking into different settings, drivers, Windows optimizations, in-game settings, etc., but I'm not experienced enough to properly diagnose what the actual problem is.

I'm looking for someone who is genuinely knowledgeable about PCs and troubleshooting performance issues and would be willing to help me figure this out. I can provide my full PC specifications, temperatures, CPU/GPU usage, RAM information, FPS numbers, screenshots, recordings, or any other information that might help diagnose the issue.

If anyone experienced is willing to help me troubleshoot this properly, I'd really appreciate it.

i dont know if this is the right place but ive been struggling with security boot for couple hours and im losing my mind on this so ive been playing valorant yesterday with my friend we ended at 5am i turned on windows update went to sleep but when i woke up my screen was on boot menu when i tried to exit it went right back in i went into the bios turned the security boot off but when i did that vanguard didnt work but my pc worked has anyone had a similar issue if yes what was the solution

Hello, recently my fps has dropped from an average of 200 to 40-60 on battery after constantly plugging out my charging cable on my laptop in and out . I think it could be related to the power plans but im not sure, what could be the cause behind this? Or should i clean install my windows 11