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Pegasus PCI Motherboard User’s Guide
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Changing a Password
Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security section of the WINBIOS
Setup main menu. Enter the password and press <Enter>. The screen does
not display the characters entered. After the new password is entered, retype
the new password as prompted and press <Enter>.
If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears. If the
new password is entered without error, press <Esc>. The password is stored
in NVRAM after WINBIOS completes. The next time the system boots, a
password prompt appears if the password function is present and enabled.
Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed. If
you forget the password, you must erase the system configuration information
in NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory).
Anti-Virus
When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup
main menu, AMIBIOS issues a warning when any program (or virus) issues a
Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk
drive. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. If enabled, the following appears
when a write is attempted to the boot sector. You may have to type N several
times to prevent the boot sector write.
Boot Sector Write!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _
The following appears after any attempt to format any cylinder, head, or
sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service:
Format!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? _