Epson 386SX - Manual (Page 174)

3. When the Operation Menu appears, highlight
Setup
and press Enter. Then see “Setting the Power-on Password”
in Chapter 2 and follow the instructions as if you are going
to enter a new password. However, when you see the
password prompt, press Enter immediately. This clears out
the existing password.
Make sure you save your password setting and that you
highlight
* * EXIT AND SAVE * *
when you leave
the Setup program.
4. Turn off the computer and follow the instructions under
“Changing Jumper Settings” in Chapter 5 to disable the
password skip function by setting jumper J2 to position 2-3.
5. Turn on the computer again. You do not see the key prompt
) and the computer loads MS-DOS.
Later, if you want to create a power-on password, run Setup and
enter a password. The jumper is already in the correct position.
Disabling the password function
If you do not want to use a power-on password anymore, you
can disable the password function. However, if you want to use
the password function later, your old password is still stored as
the current password. If you want to be able to easily set a
password later, follow the instructions in “Disabling an Existing
Password” above.
To disable the password function, follow the instructions under
“Changing Jumper Settings” in Chapter 5 to change the setting
of jumper J2 on the main system board to position 1-2.
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