Acer Veriton 3000 Veriton 3000 Service Guide - Page 70

Changing or Removing the Password If you want to change one of your passwords, do the following: 1. Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security". 2. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter (for Supervisor password) or the "User Password" parameter (a Supervisor Password must be set first before you can change the User password). The Password menu appears. 3. From the Password menu, highlight the "Set or Change Password" option. 4. Enter a new password. 5. Press Esc to return to the System Security screen. 6. Press Esc to return to the main menu. 7. Press Esc to exit the BIOS utility. A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the CMOS data. 8. Select "Yes" to save the changes. To remove the password, simply select the "Supervisor Password" parameter (for Supervisor password) or the "User Password" parameter (a Supervisor Password must be set first before you can change the User password) from the System Security menu and set it to "None". Bypassing the Password If you forgot your password, you can bypass the password security feature thru hardware configuration. Follow these steps to bypass the password: 1. Turn off and unplug the system. 2. Open the system housing. Take off battery and short it. 3. Place on RTC battery, reboot the system and enter setup menu, to load default setting. You can either change the existing password or remove it by selecting None. Refer to "Changing or Removing the Password" on page 38 for the procedure. 38 Chapter 2