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BIOS Setup

Set Supervisor / User Password

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist
you in creating a password.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

USER PASSWORD

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

ESC: Quit

hifg: Select Item

F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values

F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility

F10:Sav e & Ex it

Change / Set / Disable Passw ord

Figure 11: Passw ord Setting

Type the password, up to six characters, and press . You will be asked to confirm the
password. Type the password again and press . You may also press to abort the
selection and not enter a password.
To disable password, just press when you are prompted to enter password. A message
"PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password
is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a SUPERVISOR PASS
WORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program
function. When enabled, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and
having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items.
If you select "Always" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be
prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup
Menu.
If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted
only when you try to enter Setup.

Enter new supervisor password: