User's Guide

Optional Devices
Chapter Four - 27
BIOS Setup
Setting Password
1. Once you set HDD passwords successfully, you must enter user password to boot in
the future. The master password provides an alternative entry in case the user
password is lost.
2. Clearing the master password in BIOS setup will also clear the current user password.
Master password is used as a backup key, it’s better not to be changed frequently.
3. You can set your master password and user password with a length between 1 and 32
characters. If you want to clear current password, type nothing when creating a new
password.
4. After you set a password, “Pwd Status” will change from “NOT INSTALLED” to
“INSTALLED” and the “security enabled” status will change to “YES”.
5. Your setting will take effect after reboot.
Resetting Password
1. After typing an invalid user password three times, a message will show “HDD is
locked”. Pressing “Enter” will leave the screen message.
2. Press “F2” immediately to enter the BIOS setup where the lost users password could
be cleared with the master password.
3. Once the HDD is locked, users have no right to access. You can only enter again by
the correct user password or clear it by the master password.
4. A warm boot will cause HDD Security Frozen in the selection. Only a cold boot can lift
the HDD Security frozen and allow further operations in the BIOS setup. (After a cold
boot, users can try to enter again with the correct user password or just reset it with the
master password)
Note:
 If the master password is lost or it is not set earlier than the user
password, losing the user password would make accessing
impossible. So please set the master password at first and keep it
carefully.