User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
- Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
- 4.1 Knowing BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 My Favorites
- 4.4 Main menu
- 4.5 Ai Tweaker menu
- 4.6 Advanced menu
- 4.6.1 Platform Misc Configuration
- 4.6.2 CPU Configuration
- 4.6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 4.6.4 PCH Configuration
- 4.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 4.6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 4.6.7 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 4.6.8 USB Configuration
- 4.6.9 Network Stack Configuration
- 4.6.10 NVMe Configuration
- 4.6.11 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 4.6.12 APM Configuration
- 4.6.13 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 4.7 Monitor menu
- 4.8 Boot menu
- 4.9 Tool menu
- 4.10 Exit menu
- 4.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
- Appendix
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Displays the
available SSDs
Status denition:
• 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
dened by ASUS. You have to unlock the SSD in the software before proceeding with
Secure Erase.
4.9.2 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
levels.
To launch Secure Erase, click Tool > Secure Erase on the Advanced mode menu.
• 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 Motherboard layout in your user manual.