https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:36:49 +0000 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:49:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10370 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10370&PID=58672&title=x470-taichi-support-of-m2-boot-hardware-encryption#58672 Author: xhue
Subject: 10370
Posted: 10 Dec 2018 at 4:49am

No BIOS currently supports NVMe for HW-encrypted eDrive, not ASUS and definitely not ASRock. SATA over M.2 is fine, just not NMVe.

Some BIOS allow you to use Class 0, i.e. HW-lock with BIOS password. I think ASRock implemented this in some boards.

You can always use SW encryption (Bitlocker) for the non-bootable partitions of your 960. The overhead is practically negligible.]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:49:53 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10370&PID=58672&title=x470-taichi-support-of-m2-boot-hardware-encryption#58672 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10370&PID=58664&title=x470-taichi-support-of-m2-boot-hardware-encryption#58664 Author: klaupold
Subject: 10370
Posted: 10 Dec 2018 at 2:54am

Hello,

I consider buying an ASRock X470 Taichi mainboard but it also depends on the support of hardware encrypted (eDrive) NVMe (M.2) boot drive SSD's with Bitlocker on Windows 10.
I would like to know if the boards support this?

I have currently a Samsung 960 EVO NVMe SSD with hardware encryption but on my actual main board it does not work as boot drive, only as secondary drive.
It is a matter of BIOS support.
The problem is broadly discussed here:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Memory-Storage/HOW-TO-MANAGE-ENCRYPTION-OF-960-PRO/m-p/431246

Thanks for any help.]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:54:50 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10370&PID=58664&title=x470-taichi-support-of-m2-boot-hardware-encryption#58664