Recent content by gasmando

Just a quick post, because I've mentioned this elsewhere in the forums. However, this was one of the threads I came to to learn about this topic. I dug for information on motherboards with ATA password support. Nothing. No reviews mention, and the mobo makers don't advertise this feature. Which...

I would disagree that the SATA Password in the BIOS isn't secure. This paper specifically addresses SSDs and ATA passwords, and the conclusion is that if you use an SATA password, it's uncrackable once the SSD is powered down...

Good news, everyone. ASRock just recently updated their BIOS to 1.07B, so their desktop mobos will support ATA passwords and SED/FDE with Samsung and Intel SSDs. Why this isn't advertised or mentioned in reviews or ads is beyond me, but there ya go. You can email the tech team overseas to get...

OK, I'd like to try and sum up this situation because I just went through it all after doing my first build. First off, full disk encryption (FDE) on self encrypting drives (SED) is a feature touted by Samsung 840/850 EVO SSDs and Intel SSDs. This is different from the old days with hard drive...