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ASUS P3C-L / P3C-S / P3C-LS User’s Manual 65
4. BIOS SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
Main Menu
Language [English]
This allows selection of the displayed language of the BIOS utility. Currently
only English is available.
Supervisor Password [Disabled], User Password [Disabled]
These fields allow you to set the system passwords. To set any of the passwords,
select the appropriate field and press .
Type in a password and press . You can type up to eight alphanumeric char-
acters. Symbols and other keys are ignored. To confirm the password, type the pass-
word again and press . The password is now set to [Enabled]. When [En-
abled], a Supervisor password is required to access the BIOS setup utility and all
security menu options while a User password is required to access the computer
system.
To clear either password, select the appropriate field and press . Press ter> again when a dialog box appears. This sets the password field to [Disabled].
A Note about Passwords
The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, it makes no difference whether
you enter a password using upper- or lowercase letters.
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a Supervisor
password and a User password. When either is disabled, anyone may access all BIOS
Setup program functions.
Forgot the password?
If you forgot the password, you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real
Time Clock (RTC) RAM. The RAM data containing the password information is pow-
ered by the onboard button cell battery. To erase the RTC RAM: (1) Unplug your
computer, (2) Short the solder points, (3) Turn ON your computer, (4) Hold down
during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences.
Halt On [All Errors]
This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Configuration
options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but Disk/Key-
board]
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
This field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during
bootup. You do not need to make changes to this field. This is a display only field.
Short solder points
to Clear CMOS
P3C-LS/L/S Clear RTC RAM
CLRTC
P3C-LS / L / S