Asus P6-M4A3000E User Manual - Page 55

Change User Password

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To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press twice. The message Password uninstalled appears. If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 3.3 Jumpers for information on how to erase the RTC RAM. After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to change other security settings. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password : Installed : Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Full Access] [Setup] to change password. again to disabled password. User Access Level [Full Access] This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Configuration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access] [No Access] - prevents user access to the Setup utility. [View Only] - allows access but does not allow change to any field. [Limited] - allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and Time. [Full Access] - allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup utility. Change User Password Select this item to set or change the user password. The User Password item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item shows Installed. To set a User Password: 1. Select the Change User Password item and press . 2. In the password box, key in a password containing up to six letters or numbers, or both, then press . 3. Confirm the password when prompted. The message Password Installed appears after you set your password successfully. To change the user password, follow the same steps in setting a user password. ASUS P6-M4A3000E 4-23

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ASUS P6-M4A3000E
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To clear the supervisor password, select the
Change Supervisor Password
then
press
<Enter>
twice. The message
Password uninstalled
appears.
If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real
Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section
3.3 Jumpers
for information on how to
erase the RTC RAM.
After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to
change other security settings.
Security Settings
Supervisor Password
: Installed
User Password
: Installed
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level
[Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check
[Setup]
<Enter> to change
password.
<Enter> again to
disabled password.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Boot
User Access Level [Full Access]
This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items.
Configuration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access]
[No Access] -
prevents user access to the Setup utility.
[View Only] -
allows access but does not allow change to any field.
[Limited] -
allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and Time.
[Full Access] -
allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup utility.
Change User Password
Select this item to set or change the user password. The
User Password
item on
top of the screen shows the default
Not Installed
. After you set a password, this
item shows
Installed
.
To set a User Password:
1.
Select the
Change User Password
item and press
<Enter>
.
2.
In the password box, key in a password containing up to six letters or
numbers, or both, then press
<Enter>
.
3.
Confirm the password when prompted.
The message
Password Installed
appears after you set your password
successfully.
To change the user password, follow the same steps in setting a user password.