GA-P35-DS3P (rev. 1.1) HDD password option

[Leonzio666]

Hi, I recently bought intel 520 ssd which supports hardware AES 128 encryption. Only problem is, my mobo won't support ATA password. Is there a way to mod the BIOS to support it (preferably more than 'standard' 8 letter password would be cool, too) ? I know about this thingy: http://www.fitzenreiter.de/ata/ata_eng.htm but it is a bit too complicated for a mere enthusiast like me.

This solution also sucks a bit, because it only supports IDE mode which is pretty weak way to use ssd of this grade (even though SATA II will bottleneck it anyway

Right now, I'm using the latest F12 BIOS:
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-...=2533#bios

Is such a mod doable ? If not, maybe someone could point to a mobo that would work well with that ssd (and fully support the password length of 32 characters, if my info on 520 is correct).

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Also, I'm sorry that i put this thread here instead of - Option Rom Modding Requests, my mistake.

[Leonzio666]

Done. Thanks for nothing. Works like a charm, now I got my 32 password AES encrypted ssd. cheers s'holes. Case closed.