Asus P6-M4A3000E - Manual (Page 55)

ASUS P6-M4A3000E 4-23
To clear the supervisor password, select the Change.Supervisor.Password then
press <Enter>.twice. The message Password.uninstalled appears.
If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real
Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 3.3.Jumpers for information on how to
erase the RTC RAM.
After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to
change other security settings.
Security Settings
Supervisor Password : Installed
User Password : Installed
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
<Enter> to change
password.
<Enter> again to
disabled password.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Boot
User Access Level [Full Access]
This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items.
Configuration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access]
[No.Access].- prevents user access to the Setup utility.
[View Only] - allows access but does not allow change to any field.
[Limited] - allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and Time.
[Full.Access].- allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup utility.
Change.User.Password
Select this item to set or change the user password. The User.Password item on
top of the screen shows the default Not.Installed. After you set a password, this
item shows Installed.
To set a User Password:
1. Select the Change.User.Password item and press <Enter>.
2. In the password box, key in a password containing up to six letters or
numbers, or both, then press <Enter>.
3. Confirm the password when prompted.
The message Password.Installed appears after you set your password
successfully.
To change the user password, follow the same steps in setting a user password.