Epson 486SX Personal Computer User Manual


 
2.
Insert the Reference diskette in drive A and turn on the
computer. You do not see the key prompt.
3.
When the Operation Menu appears, highlight Setup and
press (Enter. Then see “Setting the Power-on Password” in
Chapter 2 and follow the instructions to enter a new
password. However, when you see the prompt to enter a
password, press
m
immediately. This clears the existing
password.
Be sure to save the password setting and highlight
** EXIT AND SAVE ** when you leave Setup.
4.
Remove the Reference diskette and turn off the computer.
Then follow the instructions under “Changing the Jumper
Settings” in Chapter 6 to enable the password function by
setting jumper JP5 to position B.
5.
If you do not have a hard disk, insert the system diskette
in drive A. Turn on the computer again. You do not see the
key prompt and the computer loads the operating system.
Later, if you want to create a power-on password, run Setup
and enter a password. The jumper is already in the correct
position.
Disabling the password function
If you do not want to use a power-on password anymore, you
can disable the password function. However, your current
password is stored. If you want to be able to easily set a new
password later, follow the instructions in “Disabling an existing
password,” above.
To disable the password function, follow the instructions under
“Changing the Jumper Settings” in Chapter 6 to change the
setting of jumper JP5 to position A.
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Troubleshooting