User's Manual

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If both the administrator and user passwords are set, you can enter any of
them for starting up the system and/or entering BIOS Setup. However, the
user password only allows you to view/change the settings of certain items.
A password setting is applied right after it is confirmed. To cancel a password,
leave the password empty by pressing the Enter key.
Set Supervisor/User Password sets the supervisor/user password. You can set
the supervisor/user password to be required for starting up the system and/or
entering BIOS Setup.
Strong Password enables or disables strong password. When enabled, the
password you set must contain at least one upper-case letter, one lower-case
letter, and one digit.
Password Configuration sets the minimum password length. Enter the number
in the input field and select
[Yes]. The number should be between 4 and 64.
Password on Boot allows you to enable or disable the entering of password for
booting up your system.
Secure Boot Configuration You can access this item only after setting the
Supervisor Password.
Secure Boot enables or disables Secure Boot. Secure Boot is a feature that
helps prevent unauthorized firmware, operating systems, or UEFI drivers from
running at boot time.
Delete all Security Boot Keys deletes all secure boot variables.
Restore Factory Defaults resets secure boot variables to manufacturing
defaults.
Set SSD 1/ SSD 2 User Password sets the password for locking the hard disk drive
(i.e. SSD on your computer model). After setting a password, the hard disk
drive can only be unlocked by the password no matter where it is installed.
NOTE: The item Set SSD 2 User Password appears only when your model has the
SSD 2.
Security Freeze Lock enables or disables the Security Freeze Lock function.
This function is only applicable to SATA drives in AHCI mode. It prevents
attacks on the SATA drive by freezing the security state of the drive at POST
and also when the system resumes from S3.
TPM Setup Menu sets various TPM parameters.
TPM Support enables or disables TPM support. TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
is a component on your computers mainboard that is specifically designed to