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4. BIOS SETUP

4. BIOS SETUP

Other options for “Type:” are:

[CD-ROM] - for IDE CD-ROM drives

[LS-120] - for LS-120 compatible floppy disk drives

[ZIP-100] - for ZIP-100 compatible disk drives

[MO] - for IDE magneto optical disk drives

[Other ATAPI Device] - for IDE devices not listed here

After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub-menu, press
the key to exit back to the Main menu. When the Main menu ap-
pears, you will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk
drive that you just configured.

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.

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