American Megatrends Baby Voyager 80486, User Manual

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Chapter 4 - AMIBIOS Features
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Changing a Password
Select the
Change Password
option from the AMIBIOS Setup Main
Menu.
Enter the password and press <Enter>. The screen does not display
the characters entered. After the new password is entered, retype the
new password as prompted and press <Enter>.
If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears.
If the new password is entered without error, press <Esc> to return
to the AMIBIOS Setup MAin Menu. The password is stored in
CMOS RAM after AMIBIOS Setup completes. The next time the
system boots, you are prompted for the password if the password
function is present and has been enabled.
Password Options Control Prompt
When and if the prompt appears depends on the Password Option
settings in ADVANCED CMOS SETUP. If
Always
was set in
ADVANCED CMOS SETUP, the prompt appears when the system
is powered on. If
Setup
was set, the prompt appears when
AMIBIOS Setup is executed.
Remember the Password
Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed.
If you forget the password and password protection is enabled, the
only way to boot the system is to disable CMOS RAM by removing
the shorting block from J33 to drain CMOS RAM power, replacing
it, rebooting, and reconfiguring the system
.