User access level (full access, Change user password – Asus Motherboard M2S-X User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup

After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow

you to change other security settings.

If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS

Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section “1.9 Jumpers” for information

on how to erase the RTC RAM.

Security Settings


Supervisor Password : Installed

User Password : Not 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.

User Access Level (Full Access]

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 change 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 have

set a password, this item shows Installed.
To set a User Password:

1. Select the Change User Password item and press <Enter>.
2. On the password box that appears, type a password combination of at

least six (6) letters and/or numbers, then press <Enter>.

3. Confirm the password when prompted. The message “Password

Installed” appears after you have successfully set your password.

The User Password item now shows Installed.

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