Asus Motherboard M2S-X - Manual (Page 76)

2-34 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup
After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow
you to change other security settings.
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.
Security Settings
Supervisor Password : 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.
User Access Level (Full Access]
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 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 have
set a password, this item shows Installed.
To set a User Password:
1. Select the Change User Password item and press .
2. On the password box that appears, type a password combination of at
least six (6) letters and/or numbers, then press .
3. Confirm the password when prompted. The message “Password
Installed” appears after you have successfully set your password.
The User Password item now shows Installed.