Chapter 7: BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Security Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILTY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main

Advanced Event Logs IPMI

Boot

Security

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password Description

 

 

 

 

Set Setup Administrator

 

 

 

If ONLY the administrator’s password is set,

 

Pasword.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The password must be 3 to 20 characters long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access Level

Administrat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrator Password

 

 

 

 

 :

Select Screen

 

 

 

User Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Sector Virus Protection

[Disabled]

 

Enter:

Select

 

 

 

+/- :

Change Opt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1 :

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2 :

Previous Values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F3 :

Optimized Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4 :

Save & Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC :

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version x.xx.xxxx. Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•If the Administrator password is defined ONLY - this controls access to the BIOS setup ONLY.

•If the User's password is defined ONLY - this password will need to be entered during each system startup or boot, and will also have Administrator rights in the setup.

•Passwords must be at least 3 and up to 20 characters long.

Administrator Password

Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing Administrator password.

User Password:

Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing User password.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

When Enabled, the BIOS displays a warning when any program (or virus) issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

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