BIOS Setup

Set Supervisor / User Password

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist

you in creating a password.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24e

(C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved

 

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

 

 

 

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

 

 

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

 

 

 

HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

 

 

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

 

 

 

POWER MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter new supervisor password:

 

 

 

 

PNP / PCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD FAIL-SAFE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFAULTS

 

 

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

 

 

 

 

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS

 

 

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC: Quit

: Select Item

(Shift)F2 : Change Color

F5: Old Values

 

 

F6: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

F7: Load Optimized Defaults F8:Flash Utility

F10:Save & Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change / Set / Disable Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 11: Password Setting

Type the password, up to six characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a SUPERVISOR PASS WORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function. When enabled, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items.

If you select "Always" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu.

If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

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