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Setting a Password
3. Enter the BIOS utility and select “System Security” .
4. Highlight the “Supervisor Password” parameter to set a Setup password, or “User Password” to set a
power-on password. Then press the left or right arrow key. The following creen appears:
5. Type a password. The password may consist of up to seven charact ers. Then press Enter.
6. Retype the password then press Enter.
7. After setting the password, highlight the “Set or Change Password” option.
8. Press Esc to return to the System Security screen. If you have set a Supervisor password (and/or User
password), the Supervisor Password (and/or User password) setting automatically changes to Present.
9. Press Esc to return to the Main menu.
10. Press Esc to exit the BIOS utility. A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the CMOS data.
11. Select “Yes” to save the changes and reboot the system.
If you have set a S upervisor password, th e next time you want to enter the BIOS utility, you m ust key-in your
Supervisor password.
If you have set a User password, you will be prompted to enter that password every tim e you boot your
system.
Supervisor Password
Enter your Password twice. Th e Password
may be up to 7 characters lon g.
Enter Password ...................... [!!!!!!!]
Enter Password again ................ [!!!!!!!]
Set or Change Password