User's Manual
Power and Power-Up Modes 6-11
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6.
Slide the battery latch into place to secure the battery pack.
Securing the battery cover
Starting the computer by password
If you registered a password as supervisor or user, you must enter it to
start the computer. If you forget your password, use the password service
diskette. For more information about how to set a password and make a
password service diskette, refer to the Password security section in
Chapter 7,
To start up the computer with the password, follow these steps:
1.
Turn on the computer as described in Chapter 3,
the following message appears:
Password =
At this point, the hotkeys
Fn
+
F1
to
F5
do not work. They will function
after you enter the password.
2.
Enter the password.
3.
Press
Enter
. The computer displays the message below while it starts up.
Valid password entered, system is now
starting up.
If you have set a password and the computer boots by the alarm Power
On function and Resume is on, the computer will start with the instant
security function enabled. The password = message is not displayed;
however, you must enter the password to use the computer.