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4 BIOS setup

Security

The Security menu allows you to safeguard and protect the system from unauthorized use by setting up access passwords.

Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

User Password is

Secures your system against

 

unauthorized use. Once you set this

 

password, you have to type it

 

whenever you boot the system. User

 

password is available only when a

 

Supervisor password is set.

Set

Clear

Supervisor

Prevents unauthorized access to the

Set

Password is

BIOS setup

Clear

 

 

 

Set User

Press Enter to set a User password.

 

Password

 

 

 

 

 

Set Supervisor

Press Enter to set a Supervisor

 

Password

password.

 

 

 

 

Password on

Enables or disables password entry

Disabled

Boot

during bootup

Enabled

 

 

 

Fixed Disk Boot

Write-protects the hard disk’s boot

Normal

Sector

sector to prevent virus infection

Write-protect

 

 

 

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