Reposting: x3750 M4 SED Drives Stuck at boot with BIOS Drive Security

This post was originally posted on IBM’s developerWorks public forum (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=262ef99a-30bf-48bd-861c-e78eddc55c...) The following is a summary of the post issue and the response.
Issue:
I have an x3750 M4 system with M5210 Controller, 1GB Flash RADI 5 option installed, and 8 SED drives. The BIOS "Drive Security" is activated. The previously password does not work and the system gets in a loop prompting again for the pass phrase. When the cache, and thus the support for SED drives, is removed, the server boots fine.
Response:
The first step is to update the ServeRAID firmware. See RETAIN tip number H213237 “ServeRAID: UEFI use of SED pass phrase causes system restart - IBM System x” (https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/myportal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096178&brandind=5000008)
If that does not work, then the system board and ServeRAID require replacement. Please contact support for this option.

In case anyone wonders, my "solution" was to change to a WB Elements Desktop 3TB (only USB 2.0 is currently available for this model). I miss the speed of USB 3.0, but it's much nicer to not have to remember to unplug and plug in the hard drive each time I boot.
Still hoping to see a proper solution to this (since I don't have the WB My Book anymore, I can't test adaher's suggestion).

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