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X8DAL-3/X8DAL-i User's Manual
Supervisor Password
This item indicates if a Supervisor password has been entered for the system. "Not
Installed" means a Supervisor password has not been used.
User Password
This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system. "Not In-
stalled" means that a user password has not been used.
Change Supervisor Password
Select this feature and press <Enter> to access the submenu, and then type in a
new Supervisor Password.
User Access Level
(Available when Supervisor Password is set as above)
Available options are
Full Access
: grants full User read and write access to the
Setup Utility, View Only: allows access to the Setup Utility but the fi elds cannot be
changed, Limited: allows only limited fi elds to be changed such as Date and Time,
No Access: prevents User access to the Setup Utility.
Change User Password
Select this feature and press <Enter> to access the submenu , and then type in a
new User Password.
Clear User Password (Available only when User Password has been set)
This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered.
Password Check
This item allows you to check a password after it has been entered.
The options
are
Setup
and Always.
4-4 Security Settings
The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use both pass-
words, the Supervisor password must be set fi rst.
BIOS SETUP UTILTY
Main
Advanced
Security
Boot
Exit
: Move
Enter : Select
+/-/ : Value
F10 : Save
ESC : Exit
F1 : General Help
F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults
F9 : Optimized Defaults
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Security Settings
Supervisor Password : Installed
User Password
: Installed
Change Supervisor Password
User
Access
Level [Full
Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password
Check
[Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection
[Disabled]
Install or Change the
password.
