4115T Light Duty Industrial PC Chapter 3 – POS-478 CPU Control Board and BIOS Setup
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Table 3-10. Hardware Monitor Setup Options
Item
Description
Change Supervisor Password
You can set either supervisor or user password,
or both of them. The differences between are:
Supervisor password:
To enter and change the options of the setup
menus.
User password: To enter the setup menus only but do not have
the right to change the options. When you select
this function, the following message will appear at
the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.
Enter Password
Type the password, up to eight characters in
length, and press <Enter>. The password typed
now will clear any previously entered password
from CMOS memory. You will be asked to
confirm the password. Type the password again
and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to
abort the selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when
you are prompted to enter the password. A
message will confirm the password will be
disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.
Password Disabled
When a password has been enabled, you will be
prompted to enter it every time you try to enter
Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person
from changing any part of your system
configuration. Additionally, when a password is
enabled, you can also require the BIOS to
request a password every time your system is
rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use
of your computer.
You determine when the password is required
within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its
Security option (see Section 3). If the Security
option is set to “Always”, password will be
required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set
to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to
enter Setup.
