Acer TravelMate 4150, Service Manual

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Chapter 2 45
Hard Disk Password Function/ Password on boot function
This feature allows the user to set the password to prevent any unauthorized access to the internal hard disk.
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If the original HDD come from other machine with password protected, the system just show ” Enter HDD
password [ ]”
User is required to enter HDD password when system boot up.
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If user enter the wrong password, it will pop out message “Setup Warning, Invalid Passwrod”.....
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If the password is correct, system will continue to boot up into OS.
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"Password on boot"
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Password on boot is "Disabled", the system will NOT POP any password prompt windows during POST.
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If Password on boot is set to “Enabled” , the system will POP “Enter password” prompt windows during
POST. No matter the user key in "Supervisor Password" or "User Password", the system will be unlocked.
Valid Password Characters
Valid Password Characters:
Symbol Character Symbol Name
A-Z Alphabets A through Z (Not Case Sensitive)
0-9 Numerical Characters
- Dash
= Equal Sign
[ Left Bracket
] Right Bracket
. Period
, Comma
; Semi-Colon
/ Slash
\ Back-slash