MSI X460DX User Manual - Page 101

Security menu

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BIOS Setup 4-10 Security menu Š 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. 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: Setup The password is required only when users try to access to BIOS SETUP UTILITY.

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4-10
BIOS Setup
Security menu
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.
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:
Setup
The password is required only when users try to access to
BIOS SETUP UTILITY.