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Chapter 3: BIOS setup

Chapter 3

3.12 Secure Erase

SSD speeds may lower over time as with any storage medium due to data processing.

Secure Erase completely and safely cleans your SSD, restoring it to factory performance

performance levels.

Check the ASUS support site for a full list of SSDs tested with Secure Erase. The drive may

become unstable if you run Secure Erase on an incompatible SSD.

Click to start

the SSD Secure

Erase

Displays the

available

SSDs

Secure Erase is only available in AHCI mode. Ensure to set the SATA mode to AHCI. Click

Advanced > SATA Conguration > AHCI.

To launch ROG SSD Secure Erase, click Tool > ROG SSD Secure Erase on the Advanced

mode menu.

Status denition:

Frozen The frozen state is the result of a BIOS protective measure. The BIOS guards

drives that do not have password protection by freezing them prior to booting.

If the drive is frozen, a power off or hard reset of your PC must be performed to

proceed with the Secure Erase.

Locked SSDs might be locked if the Secure Erase process is either incomplete or was

stopped. This may be due to a third party software that uses a different password

dened by ASUS. You have to unlock the SSD in the software before proceeding

with Secure Erase.

• The time to erase the contents of your SSD may take a while depending on its size.

Do not turn off the system during the process.

• Secure Erase is only supported on Intel SATA port. For more information about Intel

SATA ports, refer to section 1.2.9 of this manual.

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