Hard Disk Drive Passwords - Intel DQ67EP Product Manual

Intel Desktop Board DQ67EP Product Guide
• If both the supervisor and user passwords are set, you must enter either the
supervisor password or the user password to access Setup. Setup options are then
available for viewing and changing depending on whether the supervisor or user
password was entered.
• Setting a user password restricts who can boot the computer. The password
prompt is displayed before the computer is booted. If only the supervisor
password is set, the computer boots without asking for a password. If both
passwords are set, you can enter either password to boot the computer.
For instructions on resetting the password, go to Clearing Passwords on page 59.

Hard Disk Drive Passwords

NOTE
On this board, the Hard Disk Drive Password Security feature is only supported on
SATA port 0. Since the passwords are stored on the hard disk drive, if the drive is
relocated to another SATA port or computer that does not support the Hard Disk Drive
Password Security feature, the drive will not be accessible.
The board's Hard Disk Drive Password Security feature blocks read and write accesses
to the hard disk drive until the correct password is entered. Hard disk drive passwords
are set in BIOS Setup and are prompted for during the POST. For convenient support
of ACPI S3 resume, the system BIOS automatically unlocks drives on resume from S3.
The User hard disk drive password, when set, will be required upon each power cycle
until the Master Key or User hard disk drive password is entered.
The Master Key hard disk drive password, when set, will not lock the hard disk drive.
The Master Key hard disk drive password is an unlock override that can be used in the
event that the User hard disk drive password has been forgotten. Only the installation
of the User hard disk drive password will cause a hard disk drive to be locked upon a
system power cycle.
Table 4 shows the effects of setting the hard disk drive passwords.
Table 4. Master Key and User Hard Disk Drive Password Functions
Password Set
Neither
Master only
User only
Master and User
22
Password During Boot
None
None
User only
Master or User