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Chapter 2: System utilities
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Caution: When you are prompted to enter a password, you have three
tries before the system halts. Don’t forget your password. If you
forget your password, you may have to return your notebook to your
dealer to reset it.
Setting a Password
Note: You must set a Supervisor password before you can set a User
password.
To set the Supervisor password:
1 Press ↑ or ↓ to highlight Set Supervisor Password, then press ENTER. The
Set
Supervisor Password
box opens.
2 Type a password in the Enter New Password field. The password length cannot
exceed eight alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9). The password is not case
sensitive.
3 Retype the password in the Confirm New Password field.
Caution: Be very careful when typing your password because the
characters do not appear on the screen.
4 Press ENTER. After setting the password, the value of Supervisor Password changes
to Set.
Parameter Description Option
Supervisor Password Is Shows the setting of the Supervisor
password
Clear or Set
User Password Is Shows the setting of the User password. Clear or Set
HDD Password Is Shows the setting of the hard disk
password.
Clear or Set
Set Supervisor Password Press Enter to set the supervisor password.
When set, this password protects the BIOS
Setup Utility from unauthorized access. The
user cannot enter the Setup Utility without
entering this password.
Set User Password Press Enter to set the user password. When
a user password is set, this password
protects the BIOS Setup Utility from
unauthorized changes. The user can enter
the Setup Utility only and does not have
the right to change the value of any
parameters.
If Password on Boot is enabled, the user
must enter the user password each time the
notebook is turned on or wakes from Sleep.
Set HDD Password Press Enter to set the HDD password.
Password on Boot Defines whether a password is required or
not while the events defined in this group
happened. The sub-options all require the
Supervisor password for changes and
should be grayed out if the User password
was used to enter the Setup Utility.
Disabled or Enabled