4.3Main menu

When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears. The Main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you to set the system date, time, language, and security settings.

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Main

Event Logs

Advanced Monitor Boot

Tool Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Information

 

 

Set the Date, Use Tab to

 

 

BIOS Version

0202 x64

 

switch between Data elements.

 

 

Build Date

02/25/2011

 

 

 

 

CPU Information

 

 

 

 

 

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz

 

 

 

 

Memory Information

 

 

 

 

 

Total Memory

1024 MB

 

 

 

 

System Date

[Wed 03/09/2011]

 

 

 

 

System Time

[15:07:28]

 

 

 

 

Access Level

Administrator

 

 

 

 

Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3.1System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]

Allows you to set the system date.

4.3.2System Time [xx:xx:xx]

Allows you to set the system time.

4.3.3Security

The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings.

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Main Event Logs Advanced Monitor Boot Tool Exit

 

Password Description

 

Set Setup Administrator

 

If ONLY the Administrator's password is set,

Password

 

 

 

then this only limits access to Setup and is

 

 

only asked for when entering Setup

 

 

If ONLY the User's password is set, then this

 

 

is a power on password and must be entered to

 

 

boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will

 

 

have Administrator rights

 

 

 

Administrator Password

Not Installed

 

 

User Password

Not Installed

 

 

Administrator Password

 

 

 

User Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• If you have forgotten your BIOS password, erase the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM to clear the BIOS password. See section 2.6 Jumpers for information on how to erase the RTC RAM.

The Administrator or User Password items on top of the screen show the default Not Installed. After you set a password, these items show Installed.

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