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Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisor

–—

Clear

A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password

Password is:

 

 

 

is set and Clear when it is not.

 

 

 

 

User Password is:

–—

Clear

A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user

 

 

 

 

password is set, and Clear when it is not.

 

 

 

 

Set Supervisor

–—

[Enter]

Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Pass-

Password

 

 

 

word may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or

 

 

 

 

numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a

 

 

 

 

password press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter

 

 

 

 

New Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a

 

 

 

 

Supervisor Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

 

 

 

 

Set User

–—

[Enter]

This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,

Password

 

 

 

changes or cancels the User Password. A User Password may be up to

 

 

 

 

seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no sym-

 

 

 

 

bols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press

 

 

 

 

[Enter] key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password field

 

 

 

 

and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a User Password is set it

 

 

 

 

must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

 

 

 

 

Minimum User

–—

[0]

Supervisor can set password length (0 to 8) for user password. User cannot

Password Length:

 

 

 

set a password shorter than the minimum length.

 

 

 

 

 

Password on Boot:

Disabled

[Disabled]

When set to First Boot, a password (User or Supervisor) is required just

 

First Boot

 

once after the Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will

 

Every Boot

 

be read from a disk. When set to Every Boot, a password (User or Supervi-

 

 

 

 

sor) is required every time after the Power On Self Test (POST) before the

 

 

 

 

operating system will be read from a disk. When set to Disabled no pass-

 

 

 

 

word is required.

 

 

 

 

 

On Automatic

Disabled

[Disabled]

When disabled, password entry is not required when the system wakes up

Wake up:

Enabled

 

automatically. When enabled, password entry is required upon wake up.

 

 

 

 

 

Boot from

All

[All]

Supervisor only allows access to boot the computer to removable media

Removable

Supervisor

 

after the Supervisor Password is entered.

Media:

 

only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash Write:

Disabled

[Enabled]

When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory will be write protected.

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk

–—

–—

Configures hard disk security features

Security:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner

–—

–—

Sets Owner information.

Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exiting from the Security Menu

When you have finished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, you can either exit from setup utility or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from setup utility, press the [Esc] key to go to the Exit Menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor keys.

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