Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

4-5 Security Settings

AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use both passwords, the Supervisor password must be set first.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced Boot Security Exit

Security Settings

Supervisor Password:

Not Installed

User Password:

Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Password

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

Install or Change the Password.

 

 

 

 

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Change Field

Tab

Select Field

F1

General Help

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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Change Supervisor Password

Select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu, and then, type in the password.

Change User Password

Select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu, and then, type in the password.

Clear User Password

Select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu. You can use the sub menu to clear the user password.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen. Select "Dis- abled" to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection. Select "Enabled" to enable boot sector protection. When "Enabled", AMI BOIS displays a warn- ing when any program (or virus) issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive. The options are "Enabled" and "Disabled".

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American Megatrends X6DVA-EG Security Settings, Change Supervisor Password, Change User Password, Clear User Password

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