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Chapter 3: BIOS setup

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.

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

Advanced > SATA Configuration > AHCI.

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

mode menu.

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  

 

defined 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.

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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.