Chapter 2: BIOS information
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If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock
(RTC) RAM. See section
1.6 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.
2.
From the password box, type a password composed of at most 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 in setting a user password.
Clear User Password
Select this item to clear the user password.
Password Check [Setup]
When set to
[Setup]
, BIOS checks for user password when accessing the Setup utility. When
set to
[Always]
, BIOS checks for user password both when accessing Setup and booting the
system. Configuration options: [Setup] [Always]
The message
Password Installed
appears after you successfully set your password.
To change the supervisor password, follow the same steps 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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