Acer 5210 - Manual (Page 55)

46 Chapter 2
Security
The system supports three levels of password protection. The password support consists of a
Supervisor Password, User Password, and Hard Disk Password. All the passwords are stored in a
non-volatile storage device (EEPROM).
• Password Policy:
All the passwords will obey the following rules:
• All the passwords can be set or cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.
• The password entry consists of eight alphanumeric characters. At least one character must be
assigned.
• The valid keys are listed in the table below:
Symbol Character Symbol Name
A-Z letters A to Z (not case sensitive)
0-9 numerical characters
- dash
= equal sign
[ left bracket
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Info. Main Advanced Boot
Item Specific Help
Supervisor Password Is: Clear
User Password Is: Clear
[Enter] Set Supervisor Password
Password on Boot: [Disabled]
Supervisor Password
controls accesses of the
setup utility.
to boot up when Password on
boot is enabled.
F1 Help ↑ ↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4 Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
Set User Passord [Enter]
Clear
Set HDD Password [Enter]
Exit Security
HDD Password Is:
It can be used