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User access level (full access, Change user password – Asus T2-R User Manual

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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

Security Settings

Supervisor Password Not Installed
User Password Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]

to change
password.
again to disable
password.

User Access Level (Full Access]

This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items.
Configuration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access]

No Access prevents user access to the Setup utility.

View Only allows access but does not allow change to any field.

Limited allows change to only selected fields, such as Date and Time.

Full Access allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup utility.

Change User Password

Select this item to set or change the user password. The User 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 User Password:

1.

Select the Change User Password item and press Enter.

2.

On the password box that appears, type a password composed of
letters and/or numbers, then press Enter. Your password should have
at least six characters.

3.

Confirm the password when prompted.

If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear clear it by erasing the
CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 4.3 “Jumper” for
information on how to erase the RTC RAM.