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ASUS P7P55D Premium

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Chapter 3

3.8.3

Security

The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item

then press to display the configuration options.

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed

User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Passward

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

to change

password.

again to

disable password.

Change Supervisor Password

Select this item to set or change the supervisor password. The Supervisor Password item

on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item

shows Installed.

To set a Supervisor Password:
1.

Select the Change Supervisor Password item and press .

2.

From the password box, type a password composed of at least six letters and/or

numbers, then press .

3.

Confirm the password when prompted.

The message Password Installed appears after you successfully set your password.
To change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password.
To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press

. The message Password Uninstalled appears.

If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock

(RTC) RAM. See section 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors for information on how to erase the

RTC RAM.

After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to change

other security settings.