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Chapter 2: BIOS information
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.
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]
No Access
prevents user access to the Setup utility.
View Only
allows access but does not allow change to any field.
Limited
allows changes 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 set a password, this item shows
Installed
.
To set a User Password:
1.
Select the
Change User Password
item and press
<Enter>
.
2.
On the password box that appears, type a password composed of up to six letters
and/or numbers, then press
<Enter>
.
3.
Confirm the password when prompted.
The message “
Password Installed
” appears after you set your password successfully.
To change the user password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password.
2.6.3
Security
The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item
then press
<Enter>
to display the configuration options.
Change Supervisor Password
Select this item to set or change the supervisor password. The Supervisor Password item on
top of the screen shows the default
Not Installed
. After you set a password, this item shows
Installed
.
To set a Supervisor Password:
1.
Select the
Change Supervisor Password
item and press
<Enter>
.
2.
From the password box, type a password composed of up to six letters and/or
numbers, then press
<Enter>
.
3.
Confirm the password when prompted.
The message “Password Installed” appears after you successfully set your password.
To change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a supervisor
password.
To clear the supervisor password, select the
Change Supervisor Password
then press
<Enter>
twice. The message “Password Uninstalled” appears.
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