Question HDDs password protected ? before bios

[Genarus]

So I have a Asus hero z790 and just change the CPU and moved to a new case and thats it. Now i cannot access these two HDDs which have a lot of stuff that I cannot access now.

The bios is updated so it can run the new 14900k effectively.

On top of that the system is constantly relying on the CPU at start for video feed and it doesn't just go straight to Windows log in. Keeps saying fan controller connection for cpu cooler needs to move to fan header but have not had an issue...

 

[CountMike]

So I have a Asus hero z790 and just change the CPU and moved to a new case and thats it. Now i cannot access these two HDD which have allot of stuff i cannot access now.

The bios is updated so it can run the new 14900k effectively.

On top of that the system is constantly relying on the CPU at start for video feed and it doesn't just go straight to windows log in. Keeps saying fan controller connection for cpu cooler needs to move to fan header but have not had an issue...

CPU_FAN header should always sense a running fan or it would not pass the POST stage.

 

[Genarus]

CPU_FAN header should always sense a running fan or it would not pass the POST stage.

Yea it was on the AIO_pump but kept on complaining even though it was running fine. i swapped it to the CPU_FAN slot and it stopped complaing.

Still having issue where it does not go straight to OS boot. Might be related to the HDD asking for password though.

 

[CountMike]

Yea it was on the AIO_pump but kept on complaining even though it was running fine. i swapped it to the CPU_FAN slot and it stopped complaing.

Still having issue where it does not go straight to OS boot. Might be related to the HDD asking for password though.

Which AIO. Some do not report pump speed and/or are not adjustable.
Do you have a dedicated/discrete GPU ?
Which OS are you running ? While switching CPUs, your CMOS/BIOS is most probably reset so you have to check if ‚OS was installed in same way as BIOS is set to, UEFI or CSM,. TPM and /or Safe BOOT enabled or not. That's sepcially important for W11 and W10.

 

[Genarus]

Which AIO. Some do not report pump speed and/or are not adjustable.
Do you have a dedicated/discrete GPU ?
Which OS are you running ? While switching CPUs, your CMOS/BIOS is most probably reset so you have to check if ‚OS was installed in same way as BIOS is set to, UEFI or CSM,. TPM and /or Safe BOOT enabled or not. That's sepcially important for W11 and W10.

NZXT kraken elite
Yes have a RTX 4090 and was able to set that as primary video in bios (solved)
Windows 10 pro which stayed the same on the 1tb SSD been like that since last year and never had an issue. When I switch out the MOBO only had to unlock the HDD on the desktop and make them myn never had them request password before boot.

Mobo is a asus maximus hero z790 and also just updated the bios on it to properly use the 14900k because i swapped it from a 13900k.

What exactly should I be looking at in bios or what area related to this? Safe boot is not enabled.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What exactly should I be looking at in bios or what area related to this? Safe boot is not enabled.

Can you show screenshots of those password protect messages?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Do you have bitlocker enabled on your drives?

 

[Genarus]

Can you show screenshots of those password protect messages?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Do you have bitlocker enabled on your drives?

https://imgur.com/a/kVqnlDp

View: https://imgur.com/a/kVqnlDp


Bitlocker was not enabled when I checked and even the current drives that accessible are not bitlocked.

 

[SkyNetRising]

So I have a Asus hero z790 and just change the CPU and moved to a new case and thats it.
Now i cannot access these two HDDs which have a lot of stuff that I cannot access now.

Can you put old CPU back?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Clear the drive password in BIOS. Now this will not work if you don't know the password to start with. And, if it does work as it's supposed to it will render the drive blank when the password is removed.

 

[Genarus]

Can you put old CPU back?

I could but what would I do afterwards? I still need to change the CPU since the old one is broken sort of. Workable but has USB issues

Clear the drive password in BIOS. Now this will not work if you don't know the password to start with. And, if it does work as it's supposed to it will render the drive blank when the password is removed.

That's the thing there was never a password made for them in the 1st place. I just changed the cpu from 13900k to 14900k because the 13 was having USB audio issues. Was going to warranty that one.

The drives themselves have important information on them that I cannot afford to wipe them. Like i've been saying the HDD's did not do this last time when I changed the hardware and only had to change the ownership through a program last year and was able to full control them. But this time around they had password on them for unknown reason and cannot even see them on disk management.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Without the password those drives are permanently locked and the data is just as permanently inaccessible.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I could but what would I do afterwards?

Install old cpu. See, if that allows accessing your data.
Move data to a different HDD (not protected with a password).

I still need to change the CPU since the old one is broken sort of. Workable but has USB issues

CPU causing USB issues? That's not a thing.
I'd blame this on USB drivers, broken USB ports, broken USB devices, bad front panel USB cables or something like that.
But it wouldn't be anything caused by CPU.

 

[USAFRet]

I could but what would I do afterwards? I still need to change the CPU since the old one is broken sort of. Workable but has USB issues

This is when you get it running, and copy that data of to some other drive.
(which you should have done before you started down this path)

 

[Genarus]

Install old cpu. See, if that allows accessing your data.
Move data to a different HDD (not protected with a password).

CPU causing USB issues? That's not a thing.
I'd blame this on USB drivers, broken USB ports, broken USB devices, bad front panel USB cables or something like that.
But it wouldn't be anything caused by CPU.

Ill have to try that out then so guessing the cpu is tied into the HDD which i've never seen that before personally.

Yea the USB was causing audio issues and went through allot of T/S to find out it was the CPU. The ram was fine the USB ports were fine and it would do this to every headset. All USB drivers were wiped and clean installed and still had same issue. It went away after changing the CPU.

This is when you get it running, and copy that data of to some other drive.
(which you should have done before you started down this path)

I've never had a HDD password protect its self before in the past and never had this issue ever. I've transferred these HDD numerous times without issue so why would think this would happen? Is there something that has changed that they would be randomly password protected after just changing the CPU? I know worst case the HDD are screwed.

 

[USAFRet]

I've never had a HDD password protect its self before in the past and never had this issue ever. I've transferred these HDD numerous times without issue so why would think this would happen? Is there something that has changed that they would be randomly password protected after just changing the CPU? I know worst case the HDD are screwed.

I've never had it happen either. No idea what it might be.

But...any procedure like this NEEDS a good backup before you start. Many, many things can go wrong.
And if this is the only copy of critical data...bad things can turn immeasurably worse.