vContain at least one alphabetic character and one numeric character
vSetup Utility program and hard disk drive passwords are not case sensitive
vNot be your name or your user name
vNot be a common word or a common name
vBe significantly different from your previous password
User Password
When a User Password is set, the computer cannot be used until a valid password is typed from the keyboard.
Administrator Password
When an Administrator Password is set, it deters unauthorized persons from changing configuration settings. If you are responsible for maintaining the settings of several computers, you might want to set an Administrator Password.
After you set an Administrator Password, a password prompt is displayed each time you try to access the Setup Utility program.
If both the user and administrator passwords are set, you can type either password. However, to change any configuration settings, you must use your administrator password.
Setting, changing, and deleting a password
To set, change, or delete a password, do the following:
Note: A password can be any combination of up to twelve alphabetic and numeric characters. For more information, see “Password considerations” on page 19.
1.Start the Setup Utility program (see Chapter 5, “Using the Setup Utility,” on page 19).
2.From the Setup Utility program menu, select Security → Set Passwords.
3.Read the information displayed on the right side of the screen.
Enabling or disabling a device
You can enable or disable user access to a device.
SATA Controller | When this feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to the |
| SATA controller (such as hard disk drives or the optical drive) are |
| disabled and will not be displayed in the system configuration. |
Floppy A | When this feature is set to Disabled, the diskette drive cannot be |
| accessed. |
To set the SATA Controller, do the following:
1.Start the Setup Utility program. See “Starting the Setup Utility program” on page 19.
2.From the Setup Utility program menu, select Devices → ATA Drives Setup → SATA Controller.
3.Select the desired settings and press Enter.
4.Return to the Setup Utility program menu and select Exit → Save Changes and Exit.
