User access level (full access, Change user password – Asus A8N-VM CSM User Manual

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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]

N o A c c e s s

N o A c c e s s prevents user access to the Setup utility.

V i e w O n l y

V i e w O n l y allows access but does not allow change to any field.

L i m i t e d

L i m i t e d allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and
Time.

F u l l A c c e s s

F u l l A c c e s s 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 N o t I n s t a l l e d

N o t I n s t a l l e d

N o t I n s t a l l e d. After you set

a password, this item shows I n s t a l l e d

I n s t a l l e d

I n s t a l l e d.

Select Screen
Select Item

Enter Change
F1

General Help

F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

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
disabled 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.