40Choosing N returns you to the Main menu withoutloading the default settings.The default setup values may not be the best settingfor your mainboard, but these values are consideredreliable settings, especially if you have limitedloading of add-on cards and memory size (forexample, a system that contains only a VGA/soundcard and two DIMMs).To attain the best system performance, you maymanually set the parameters in the Advanced ChipsetFeatures submenu to get the proprietary settings.Make sure that you know and understand thefunctions of every item in this submenu beforechanging any configuration setting.Set Supervisor PasswordThe Set Supervisor Password function of the Mainmenu allows you the option to set a password thatwill be required for a user to enter the Setup utilityand modify configuration settings.To set the Supervisor password:1. Select Set Supervisor Password from the Mainmenu.2. On the "Enter Password" message window, type apassword then press Enter. The password may consistof up to six alphanumeric characters. When you typethe characters, they appear as asterisks.3. You will be prompted to confirm the password.Retype the password then press Enter. After thepassword entry, the screen automatically reverts tothe Main menu.When a password is enabled, you can also have theBIOS request a password each time the system isbooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of yourcomputer. The parameter to determine when thepassword prompt is required in the Password Checkoption. If the Password check option is set to