Intel Motherboards : SED harddisk encryption support on recent boards?

Author: parsec
Subject: SED harddisk encryption support on recent boards?
Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 9:29pm

h311m4n wrote: Hello, I have been searching for motherboards that are compatible with encrypting SED drives. The information available for this is quite scarce. I did stumble upon a post on hardwareforum.com where I guy sent an inquiry about this to AsRock support for a Z170 Pro4S. AsRock support responded : 1. Please reboot the system then press[Delete] to enter the BIOS setup. 2. In BIOS main screen, please press[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F3]. 3. Afterward, press[F10] to save the setting and exit. 4. Reboot the system then enter the BIOS setup again, you can see the HDD security Configuration in Security tab. " Can someone confirm this procedure is possible on all recent boards? Is it specific to AsRock boards? Thanks in advance!

I tried the procedure you included above on a new ASRock board, and nothing new appeared in the Security screen.

I'll try again later with a different ASRock board, but I am not aware of any procedure like this, with the result you described.