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Passwords
Dell™ Vostro™ 430 Service Manual
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Your computer provides the following password features in System Setup to help secure your computer:
•Supervisor Password
•User Password
Supervisor Password
The supervisor password is a systems level password that controls access to the system setup program.
NOTE: If you assign and forget the supervisor password the password can only be removed using the PSWD jumper on the system board. For more information see, Clearing Forgotten Passwords.
Assigning a Supervisor Password
1.Enter System Setup.
2.Select Set Supervisor Password and press <Enter>.
3.Enter a password and press <Enter>.
4.To confirm the password, enter the password again and press <Enter>.
User Password
The user password is for users who only need to boot to an operating system on the computer. After you assign a user password, the computer prompts you for the user password during the boot process. If security is a concern, you should operate your computer with user password protection.
Assigning a User Password
NOTE: The user password is visible or accessible in System Setup only if a supervisor password has been set.
1.Enter System Setup.
2.Assign a Supervisor Password.
3.Select Set User Password and press <Enter>.
4.Enter a password at the prompt and press <Enter>.
5.To confirm the password, enter the password again and press <Enter>.
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
1.Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
2.Remove the Cover.
3.Locate the
4.Remove the
5.Wait for approximately five seconds to clear the password.
6.Remove the
7.Replace the Cover.