Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
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Load Fail-Safe Defaults
The Fail-Safe defaults are defaults set by the manufacturer and represent settings that
provide the minimum requirements for your system to operate.
If you selected this item and press <Enter>, you will be prompted with the following
question:
Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? _
Press ‘Y’, then ‘Enter’, to restore default settings (except Standard CMOS Features
settings) in CMOS and discard changes currently made. Press ‘N’, then ‘Enter’, to
continue making changes in the Setup Utility.
Load Optimized Defaults
The optimized defaults are chipset defaults that provide maximum system
performance.
If you selected this item and press <Enter>, you will be prompted with the following
question:
Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? _
Press ‘Y’, then ‘Enter’, to restore previous data (except Standard CMOS Setup
settings) and discard changes currently made. Press ‘N’, then ‘Enter’, to continue
making changes in the Setup Utility.
Supervisor Password
User Password
These items control BIOS and system security features. It allows you to set
passwords, change, or disable passwords for system and setup level.
If ‘Security Option’ of ‘Advanced BIOS Features’ sub-menu is set to ‘System’, you will
be required to enter either supervisor or user password during boot. If this item is set
to ‘Setup’, you will be required to enter password only if BIOS Setup Utility is invoked.
In this case, entering supervisor password allows you to alter settings in BIOS while
entering user password allows you to change user password only, other settings
cannot be modified.
To set or change a password, select the appropriate item and press <Enter>, you will
be prompted with the following:
Enter Password:
Type in your password and press <Enter>. Then, your confirmation will be required:
Confirm Password:
Type in the same password to confirm, then press <Enter>. Restart your system to
have your password recognized.
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