All of the new Samsung EVO nVME drives feature drive-level, Class 0 encryption via setting an ATA Password.
This is a standard and feature that has been around for other drives for at least 10 years. But, I am surprised to find that there are few (if any?) motherboards that support it for nVME drives.
I tried emailing the "big 4" motherboard makers (MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, ASRock) and they all replied that they do not carry any board that supports this feature.
Does anyone know of any motherboard that supports it?
The closest I have found are the Supermicro gaming boards (yes, they actually do make gaming boards): https://www.supero.com/en/product-series
Their on-line manuals do include screens for setting ATA Passwords on drives in the BIOS. However, I can't tell from what they give whether or not there are limitations to that (ie. it only works on SATA drives, etc.). And I haven't been able to reach a person there to verify.
By any chance does someone have one of their gaming boards and know the answer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
PS: I already know about alternative methods of drive encryption. So, do not need to learn about TPM, etc. Those have drawbacks I don't like and feel that I should be able to simply find a way to use a feature that is already on the drives.
This is a standard and feature that has been around for other drives for at least 10 years. But, I am surprised to find that there are few (if any?) motherboards that support it for nVME drives.
I tried emailing the "big 4" motherboard makers (MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, ASRock) and they all replied that they do not carry any board that supports this feature.
Does anyone know of any motherboard that supports it?
The closest I have found are the Supermicro gaming boards (yes, they actually do make gaming boards): https://www.supero.com/en/product-series
Their on-line manuals do include screens for setting ATA Passwords on drives in the BIOS. However, I can't tell from what they give whether or not there are limitations to that (ie. it only works on SATA drives, etc.). And I haven't been able to reach a person there to verify.
By any chance does someone have one of their gaming boards and know the answer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
PS: I already know about alternative methods of drive encryption. So, do not need to learn about TPM, etc. Those have drawbacks I don't like and feel that I should be able to simply find a way to use a feature that is already on the drives.