Desktop computers with Hard Drive Password option in BIOS?

[jrichrds]

Of the Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Asus desktop PCs I've used, only the Dell has the HDD Password option in BIOS. The rest only have the other 2 password options.

Have you come across any other desktop PCs or motherboards that have the HDD Password option in BIOS?

None of the motherboards I've purchased from Gigabyte, Asus, MSI. ECS have it.

 

[Elixer]

*edit
Let me clarify this a bit, having TCG/Opal allows the OS to directly manage the encryption key.
That means that there is no need for the BIOS requirement regarding the ATA Secure password command.
BIOS must still support TCG though.

 

[jrichrds]

You sure you are looking in the correct place?
Most all motherboards I have seen do indeed have it, especially the UEFI BIOS ones.

Yes, all retail motherboards I've purchased only have User and Supervisor password options, which don't affect HDD. Having HDD Password option in BIOS is easiest way to enable encryption in self-encrypting drives. This includes Gigabyte and MSI Haswell boards with UEFI BIOS.

 

[Elixer]

Yes, all retail motherboards I've purchased only have User and Supervisor password options, which don't affect HDD. Having HDD Password option in BIOS is easiest way to enable encryption in self-encrypting drives. This includes Gigabyte and MSI Haswell boards with UEFI BIOS.

Corrected my initial post to explain it better, hope it makes more sense.
Sorry for the confusion.

Yeah, some laptops and most server boards do have BIOS option for this, but this is getting more rare in the desktop space, I suppose they think that people will pay more for server boards with this option.

 

[jrichrds]

*edit
Let me clarify this a bit, having TCG/Opal allows the OS to directly manage the encryption key.
That means that there is no need for the BIOS requirement regarding the ATA Secure password command.
BIOS must still support TCG though.

Yes that's what I have to do now. But it's much easier to enable (and disable) SSD encryption with the BIOS HDD password option, independent of OS or 3rd party utility to load a pre-boot image.

So still wondering what other options I have besides Dell in the desktop space for BIOS with HDD password option. But this might not be the right place to be asking such a question, since it's not really a storage question.