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Security Menu
The system supports three levels of password protection. The password support consists of a Supervisor
Password, User Password, and Hard Disk Password. All the passwords are stored in a non-volatile storage device
(EEPROM).
• All the passwords will obey the following rules:
• All the passwords can be set or cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.
• The password entry consists of eight alphanumeric characters. At least one character must be
assigned.
• The valid keys are listed in the table below:
Symbol Character Symbol Name
A-Z letters A to Z (not case sensitive)
0-9 numerical characters
- dash
= equal sign
[ left bracket
] right bracket
. period
, comma
; semi-colon
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Info. Main Advanced Boot
Item Specific Help
Supervisor Password Is: Clear
User Password Is: Clear
[Enter]
Set Supervisor Password
Password on boot:
[Disabled]
Supervisor Password
controls access to the
setup utility.
F1 Help
↑↓
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit
←→
Select Menu Enter Select
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Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
Set User Passord
[Enter]
Clear
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Set HDD Password
[Enter]
Exit
Security
HDD Password Is:
HDD Master ID: