BIOS SETUP
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3.11 Supervisor/User Password
The “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility sets the password. The CPU card is
shipped with the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must first
enter the current password, then at the prompt enter your new password. The
password is case sensitive and you can use up to 8 alphanumeric characters, press
<Enter> after entering the password. At the next prompt, confirm the new password by
typing it and pressing <Enter> again.
To disable the password, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password
when the “Enter Password” dialog box appears. A message will appear confirming that
the password is disabled.
If you have set both supervisor and user password, only the supervisor password, only
the supervisor password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP PROGRAM.
Note:
If you forget your password, the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS
memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the S1 (open pad) for 5 seconds,
then removing the shunt.
3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection
If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its parameters and
enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically.
If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should be used for
your hard drive, do not accept them. Press the <N>key to reject the values and enter
the correct ones manually on the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive (nothing on it) that supports LBA mode,
more than one line will appear in the parameter box, choose the line that lists LBA for an
LBA drive.
Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you
install it, choose the mode “HDD Low Level Format” to format it.
3.13 HDD Low Level Format
Selecting this option and pressing the <Enter> key enable you to perform low level
format of hard disk drive.