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suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself, if a key- board is attached to the computer.

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System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security fea- ture and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters.

The settings for System Password are:

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Not Enabled (the default)

Enabled (appears after password has been assigned)

‡Disabled By Jumper (appears only after the jumper plug has been removed from the PSWD jumper on the system board)

To assign and enable a password, press the left- or right- arrow key, type the pass- word, and press <Enter>. Then retype the password and press <Enter>. If the system beeps when you press a key, the key is illegal for password use. Press the <Esc> key to abort the password entry procedure.

To disable the system password, enter the password during system start-up but do not press <Enter> to continue the system start-up sequence. Instead, simultaneously press the <Ctrl> and <Enter> keys after typing the password.

To change the system password, disable the password (as described above), and then enter the System Setup program and assign a new password.

NOTE: See “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an exist- ing system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.

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Password Status provides an extra measure of system security by letting you set the system password to Locked.

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When Password Status is set to Unlocked, any user who already knows the system password can disable the password at system start-up by using <Ctrl><Enter>—thus (inadvertently or not) leaving the system without password protection.

When Password Status is set to￿Locked and a user tries to disable the password at system start-up, the following message is displayed:

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