https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:10:31 +0000 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:34:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=17289 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81604&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81604 Author: GreyWizard
Subject: 17289
Posted: 23 Nov 2020 at 2:34am

Ok thank you for that info!]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:34:37 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81604&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81604 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81540&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81540 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 17289
Posted: 20 Nov 2020 at 6:12pm

You will have to send a support ticket on this one:

https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp

This is a community forum so you likely won't get much help with BIOS customization
etc here. ASRock Tech Support does post here, fairly regularly in fact, but they don't read every post and thread.

Good luck and let us know if they are able to help you out.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:12:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81540&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81540 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81535&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81535 Author: GreyWizard
Subject: 17289
Posted: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:14pm

I should note I am running an Asrock X99M Extreme4 mobo with a special version of BIOS from Asrock Tech Support that gave me Higher Level Permissions to set the ATA Password and have true, Full Hardware Disk Encryption on an SSD and now M.2 drive.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:14:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81535&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81535 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81534&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81534 Author: GreyWizard
Subject: 17289
Posted: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:13pm

I should note I am running an Asrock X99M Extreme4 mobo with a special version of BIOS from Asrock Tech Support that gave me Permissions to set the ATA Password and have true, Full Hardware Disk Encryption]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:13:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81534&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81534 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81533&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81533 Author: GreyWizard
Subject: 17289
Posted: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:10pm

So I recently upgraded from a Samsung 850 Pro SSD running Win7 and I had a special BIOS from Asrock Tech Support that allowed me to set the ATA Password enabled with 32 characters for Full Disk Encryption along with the strongest PassPhrase possible.

Well I just upgraded to the Samsung 970 M.2 drive, which also has Full Disk Encryption, but it seems to only allow me to set an 8 character Admin Password?

As we know, we really need these ATA PassPhrases as long as possible.

How to I force or enable the Admin/ATA Password to be 32 characters?]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:10:39 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17289&PID=81533&title=ata-admin-password-is-only-allowing-8-characters#81533