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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup

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

you to change other security settings.

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

Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section “1.9 Jumpers” for information

on how to erase the RTC RAM.

2.6.3 Security

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

Select an item then press to display the configuration options.

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 have 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 combination of at least six

(6) letters and/or numbers, then press .

3. Confirm the password when prompted. The message “Password

Installed” appears after you have successfully set your password.

The Supervisor Password item now shows Installed.

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.

Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled]

When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap

Interrupt 19. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Security Settings


Supervisor Password : Not Installed

User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

to change
password.
again to
disable password.