[SOLVED] Not able to set HDD Password on Framework 13 3rd Gen (Intel)

Framework Laptop 13
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I have a Framework 13-3rd Gen with Intel 13rd Gen, received yesterday.

I bought a self-encrypting drive (a Crucial P5 Plus) with the intention of setting it up with a HDD password and have everything encrypted in the hardware layer.

When I try to set up passwords at the UEFI, it doesn’t allow me to select anything else than the supervisor password.

Has anyone succeeded setting an HDD password with this configuration?

Here are some versions and outputs from the terminal:

sudo dmidecode | grep -A3 'Vendor:\|Product:' && sudo lshw -C cpu | grep -A3 'product:\|vendor:'
Place your right index finger on the fingerprint reader
	Vendor: INSYDE Corp.
	Version: 03.03
	Release Date: 04/07/2023
	Address: 0xE0000
       product: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       physical id: 4
       bus info: cpu@0
       version: 6.186.2
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OK, I’ve just found the way to do it – all you need to do is to go to the security device list option, a bit further down below. Then you can set a password per storage device, and you’ll be prompted the password as per your choices in those internal pages.

Setting “All HDD Password” in the main security page doesn’t work / not sure why.

No further answer needed!

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