User`s guide

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Security Setup9.6
Select the Security tab from the setup menu to enter the Security setup screen.
Security Settings9.6.1
Feature Options Description
Supervisor Password Installed
Not Installed
Reports if there is a supervisor password set.
User Password Installed
Not Installed
Reports if there is a user password set.
Change Supervisor Password enter password Species the supervisor password.
User Access Level No Access
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Sets BIOS setup utility access rights for user level.
Boot Selection Popup Menu Access Anybody
Setup User
Setup Supervisor
No Access
Select who can access the boot selection popup menu when setup passwords are installed.
Change User Password enter password Species the user password.
Password Check Setup
Always
Setup: Check password while invoking setup
Always: Check password also on each boot.
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
Enabled
Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection.
The BIOS displays 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.
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
INT13 hard disk drive service:
Format!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)?
HDD Security Freeze Lock Disabled
Enabled
If enabled, the BIOS will send the Security Freeze Lock command to each attached hard disk supporting the security
command set. This will prevent anybody from setting or changing a hard disk password after POST.
Ask HDD Password on Every Boot No
Yes
Select whether the hard disk unlock password has to be entered on each boot. Only applicable if a hard disk user
password is installed (see Hard Disk Security).
BIOS Update & Write Protection Disabled
Enabled
Only visible if a supervisor password is installed. If enabled the BIOS update and modication utilities will ask for the
supervisor password before allowing any write accesses to the BIOS ash ROM chip.
END-Key Loads CMOS Defaults Yes
No
If set to Yes, the user can force the loading of CMOS defaults by pressing the END key during POST.