GIGABYTE G-MAX N501 - Manual (Page 67)

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N501 User’s Manual
6.5 The Security Menu
Your notebook computer G-MAX N501's advanced system of security allows
you to set a password to prevent unauthorized access to system resources,
data, and the BIOS Setup program. This section covers each parameter of the
Security Menu. Selecting Security from the menu bar displays the following
menu:
Each field of the Security Menu is covered in detail below.
• A Note about Passwords
The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Security menu.
The passwords control access to the BIOS and certain Security menu options
during system startup.
The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, a password can be
entered using either upper or lower case letters; it makes no difference.
Passwords should be composed of characters A-Z, 0-9 and ten characters in
length.
The administrator password must be set before the user password can be set.
• Set User Password / Set Supervisor Password
These fields allow you to set the System Password. The System Password
allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus. To set the Supervisor password,
highlight this field and press [Enter].