Embedded Intel® Atom™ Processor N2800 with Intel® NM10 Express Chipset Development Kit User‘s Manual
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in BIOS SETUP and are prompted for during BIOS POST. For convenient support of S3
resume, the system BIOS will automatically unlock drives on resume from S3.
The User hard disk drive password, when installed, will be required upon each power-
cycle until the Master Key or User hard disk drive password is submitted.
The Master Key hard disk drive password, when installed, will not lock the drive. The
Master Key hard disk drive password exists as an unlock override in the event that the
User hard disk drive password is forgotten. Only the installation of the User hard disk
drive password will cause a hard disk to be locked upon a system power-cycle.
Table 45 shows the effects of setting the Hard Disk Drive Passwords.
Table 45. Master Key and User Hard Drive Password Functions
Password Set
Password During Boot
Neither
None
Master only
None
User only
User only
Master and User Set
Master or User
During every POST, if a User hard disk drive password is set, POST execution will
pause with the following prompt to force the user to enter the Master Key or User hard
disk drive password:
Enter Hard Disk Drive Password:
Upon successful entry of the Master Key or User hard disk drive password, the system
will continue with normal POST.
If the hard disk drive password is not correctly entered, the system will go back to the
above prompt. The user will have three attempts to correctly enter the hard disk
drive
password. After the third unsuccessful hard disk drive password attempt, the system
will halt with the message:
Hard Disk Drive Password Entry Error
A manual power cycle will be required to resume system operation.
NOTE
As implemented on the N2800 Embedded Board, Hard Disk Drive Password Security is
only supported on SATA port 0. The passwords are stored on the hard disk drive so if
the drive is relocated to another SATA port or computer that does not support Hard
Disk Drive Password Security feature, the drive will not be accessible.
4.10
BIOS Security Features
The BIOS includes security features that restrict access to the BIOS Setup program
and who can boot the computer. A supervisor password and a user password can be