Asus A7N8X-E Time, Time, Date and, Date and, User Password, User Password, Security Option, Security Option, Supervisor Password, Supervisor Password

4.5Security Menu

The BIOS Setup program permits two different passwords to control access to the BIOS during system startup: a Supervisor password and a User password. Passwords are not case sensitive, meaning, passwords can be typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters. The table below describes the authority level when setting Supervisor or User Password.

Table 1: Supervisor/User Set Password

Security Option	Supervisor Password			User Password
System	•	A password is	•	A password is
		required when		required when
		booting and to		booting and to
		access the BIOS		access the BIOS
		setup.		setup.
	• All items can be		•	Only the Date and
		modified.		Time fields can be
				modified.
System	•	A password is	•	A password is
		required to access		required to access
		the BIOS setup.		the BIOS setup.
	• All items can be		•	Only the Date and
		modified.		Time fields can be
				modified.
Table 2: User Set Password only
Security Option	Supervisor Password			User Password
System	None		•	A password is
				required when
				booting and to
				access the BIOS
				setup.
			• All items can be
				modified.
System	None		•	A password is
				required to access
				the BIOS setup.
			• All items can be
				modified.

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