AZZA U601 Series, User Manual

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The AZZA U601 Mainboard Series
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The “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD” is for you to control unauthorized access to
your BIOS CMOS Setup or Booting into the your PC system. The Supervisor
Password option is used together with the Security Option in section 3.5.
When "Setup" is selected in the Security Option:
If you want to change any BIOS setting, you will have to key-in the Supervisor
Password so that you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and change the
system setting.
When "System" is selected in Security Option:
Whenever you turn on the PC, it will request the user to enter the Password in
order to boot up your system. Without the correct password, the PC system
There is CMOS memory on the mainboard that can be used to store the sys-
tem settings. If you don't know how to use the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility
to select the settings, you may use this field to load the optimized defaults
which are defined in the system BIOS. Our engineer recommends the Opti-
mized Defaults. If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters
that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC.
If you lose your CMOS data or you don’t know how to complete the setup pro-
cedure, you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the
BIOS default table.
If the CMOS data is corrupted, or if you selected some CMOS settings and find
that the PC system becomes very unstable, you should try to load the opti-
mized default values first and then re-configure the BIOS.
3.12. Set Supervisor Password
CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 2001 Award Software
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Advanced BIOS Features
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Frequency/Voltage Control
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Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Values
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Advanced Chipset Features
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Integrated Peripherals Set User Password
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Power Management Setup Save & Exit Setup
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PNP/PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving
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Health Status
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F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Managing the PC BIOS