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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

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 set a password, this item

shows Installed.

To set a Supervisor Password:
1.

Select the Change.Supervisor.Password item.

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 in setting a supervisor 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 1.9.Jumpers 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.

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 changes only to 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 set a password, this item shows Installed.

To set a User Password:
1.

Select the Change.User.Password item.

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 set your password successfully.

To change the user password, follow the same steps in setting a user password.

Clear.User.Password

Select this item to clear the user password.