American Megatrends Megathon, User Manual

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Chapter 2 AMIBIOS Setup 35
Security Setup,
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Two Levels of Password Protection AMIBIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. You
can set either a Supervisor or User password. If you do not want to use a
password, press <Enter> when the password prompt displays.
The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time
the system boots or when AMIBIOS Setup is executed, using either or both the
Supervisor password or User password.
The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password
security.
Set the Password Check option in Advanced Setup (see the Advanced Setup
section ) by choosing either Always (the password prompt appears every time
the system is powered on) or Setup (the password prompt appears only when
AMIBIOS Setup is executed). The password is encrypted and stored in NVRAM.
If you select password support, you are prompted for a 1 – 6 character password.
Type the password on the keyboard. The password does not appear on the
screen when typed. Make sure you write it down. If you forget it, you must drain
NVRAM and reconfigure.
Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed. If
you forget the password, you must erase the system configuration information in
NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory). See page 43 for information
about erasing system configuration information.
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