MSI CX720 User Manual - Page 96

Security Menu

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BIOS Setup 4-9 Security Menu Š Setup Administrator Password When this item is selected, a message box shall appear on the screen as below: Enter New Password Type a maximum of twenty-digit password and press [Enter]. The password entered now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory. You may also press [ESC] to abandon new password setting. When the Administrator Password is set, new items User Password and Password Check will be added in the menu. Select User Password to give or to abandon password setting. Note that Administrator Password field allows users to enter and change the settings of the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, while User Password field only allows users to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. The Password Check item is used to specify the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. Settings are described below:

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4-9
BIOS Setup
Security Menu
Setup Administrator Password
When this item is selected, a message box shall appear on the screen as
below:
Type a maximum of twenty-digit password and press
[Enter]
.
The
password entered now will replace any previously set password from
CMOS memory. You may also press
[ESC]
to abandon new password
setting.
When the Administrator Password is set, new items
User Password
and
Password Check
will be added in the menu.
Select
User Password
to give or to abandon password setting.
Note that
Administrator Password
field allows users to enter and change
the settings of the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, while
User Password
field only
allows users to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.
The
Password Check
item is used to specify the type of BIOS password
protection that is implemented.
Settings are described below:
Enter New Password