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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: fadsarmy on December 02, 2010, 01:47:38 am

Title: MA770-UD3 and Secure Erase SSD
Post by: fadsarmy on December 02, 2010, 01:47:38 am

I'm sure most of you know that ssd's need to be secure erases from time to time to improve performance. I spent all most a week trying to find a tool that would secure erase my Corsair F60. Gparted, Parted Magic, HDDERASE 4.0 all failed with this mobo.

Then I tried HDDERASE 3.3. You must connect it to sata4 connector and set bios to IDE for connectors 4/5 (on this mobo it is possible whilst leaving sata0-3 in AHCI mode if you want.
HDDERASE 3.3 link:

http://files.me.com/macrs4/2rtjwb (http://files.me.com/macrs4/2rtjwb)

Then boot from cd or make usb.

All should work.

 

Title: Re: MA770-UD3 and Secure Erase SSD
Post by: absic on December 02, 2010, 08:53:25 am

Thanks for the info much appreciated.

Title: Re: MA770-UD3 and Secure Erase SSD
Post by: jannie on December 02, 2010, 12:55:43 pm

yes very much appreciated

Title: Re: MA770-UD3 and Secure Erase SSD
Post by: Smitty on December 05, 2010, 07:42:13 am

Quote from: fadsarmy on December 02, 2010, 01:47:38 am

I'm sure most of you know that ssd's need to be secure erases from time to time to improve performance. I spent all most a week trying to find a tool that would secure erase my Corsair F60. Gparted, Parted Magic, HDDERASE 4.0 all failed with this mobo.

Then I tried HDDERASE 3.3. You must connect it to sata4 connector and set bios to IDE for connectors 4/5 (on this mobo it is possible whilst leaving sata0-3 in AHCI mode if you want.
HDDERASE 3.3 link:

http://files.me.com/macrs4/2rtjwb (http://files.me.com/macrs4/2rtjwb)

Then boot from cd or make usb.

All should work.

 

Does this work with other solid state drives, like Crucial's C300, and other motherboards, like the 890fxa-ud5?

Title: Re: MA770-UD3 and Secure Erase SSD
Post by: fadsarmy on December 05, 2010, 04:22:37 pm

The tools that are available are:

PartedMagic
GParted
HDDERASE 3.3
HDDERASE 4.4
Intel Toolbox if you have an Intel SSD

You have to experiment until you find one that your motherboard is compatiblw with one of them.