Acer 500L manual Set or Change Password

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Setup Password

Enter your new Setup Password twice. Setup Password may be up to 7 characters long.

Enter Password

[xxxxxxx]

Enter Password again

[xxxxxxx]

Set or Change Password

 

3.Type a password in the Enter Password field. The password may consist of up to seven characters.

Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the screen.

4.Press . Retype your password in the Enter Password again field to verify your first entry.

5.Highlight Set or Change Password and press .

6.Press to return to the System Security menu and then press

again to exit Setup. The Exit Setup screen appears:

Exit Setup

Settings have been changed.

Do you want to save to CMOS settings?

[Yes] [No]

7.Press Yes to save your settings and exit the Setup Utility. Your password will be saved to CMOS.

For the password to take effect you must set jumper JP3 to 1-2 (check password):

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Contents AcerAltos 500L Copyright Important Safety Instructions Page Page FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Getting Started Conventions Table of Contents Bios Utility Page Xii Standalone System System HousingFront Panel FeaturesRear Panel Internal Structure Opening the Housing Panels Left Panel Inch Floppy Drive Installing Disk DrivesInch Drives Hard Disk Drives Installing Expansion Cards System Housing Page System Board Major Components System Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations Jumpers and ConnectorsConnector Functions Jumper SettingsPower switch ESD Precautions Attaching the Processor Fan Sink Installing the Pentium II ProcessorSystem Board AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Installing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Removing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Memory Configurations Memory UpgradeInstalling a Dimm Removing a Dimm Reconfiguring the System Error Messages Software Error MessagesSystem Error Messages Mmmmssssooo Wxxxx System Board Correcting Error Conditions Bios Utility Setup Utility Entering SetupBios Utility System Information External Cache ProcessorProcessor Speed Internal Cache SizeIDE Secondary Channel Slave IDE Primary Channel MasterIDE Primary Channel Slave IDE Secondary Channel MasterSerial Port Parallel PortPS/2 Mouse Main Board ID Product InformationProduct Name System S/NSystem Bios Version DMI Bios VersionMain Board S/N Floppy Drives Disk DrivesLS-120 Drive Compatible As IDE DrivesIDE Primary Channel Master IDE Primary Channel Slave IDE Secondary Channel MasterIDE Secondary Channel Slave Enhanced IDE Features Hard Disk Block Mode Bios Utility Onboard Peripherals Serial Ports 1Base Address 3BCh 378h Operation ModeEPP Onboard Device SettingsUSB Host Controller Floppy Disk ControllerIDE Controller PS/2 Mouse ControllerSMBus Interrupt IRQ9 Power Management Power Management ModeIDE Hard Disk Standby Timer System Wake-up Event Power Switch 4 secSystem Sleep Timer Modem Ring IndicatorBoot Sequence Boot OptionsFast Boot Silent BootFirst Hard Disk Drive Memory Test Num Lock After BootConfiguration Table Boot from LANDesk Service AgentDate Date and TimeTime Setup Password To set or change a PasswordSystem Security Set or Change Password To remove your Setup Password To bypass Setup Password Power-on PasswordDisk Drive Control Power-on PasswordBios Utility Memory/Cache Options Advanced OptionsInternal Cache CPU Cache External CacheMemory at 15MB-16MB Reserved for Memory Parity Mode PCI IRQ SettingPnP/PCI Options VGA Palette Snoop PCI IRQ SharingPlug and Play OS Reset Resource AssignmentsCPU Frequency Graphics Aperture SizeBus Frequency CPU MultipleProcessor Speed Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change Exit Setup SCSI/VGA Combo Card Page LCD Module Event Log List