CMOS Guardian has 3 separate star commands for the user to use.
*Guard [<On|Off>]
*Newguard
*GuardOpt [<options>]
you should remember that none of the commands are case-sensitive.
*Guard
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This command is used to turn CMOS Guardian on or off, and to sho the current status of CMOS Guardian (whether it is on or off).
Turning CMOS Guardian ON
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To make CMOS Guardian active, this star command should be issued
*Guard ON
You will then get this message in reply
'CMOS Guardian is now active'
and CMOS Guardian is then in operation.
Turning CMOS Guardian OFF
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To disable CMOSGuardian, this star command should be issued
*Guard OFF
You will then get the message
'Password: '
and the cursor will flash at the end. You should then type in the password, this also is not case sensitive and then press return. Remember, each key that you type in will appear as a dash on the screen. Remember, the DEFAULT PASSWORD is 'david'.
You will then get the message
'CMOS Guardian is now disabled'
and CMOS Guardian is then no longer in operation.
Finding out whether CMOS Guardian is ON or OFF
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To find out whether or not CMOS Guardian is active, you should enter the following star command;
*Guard
you will then get one of two messages
'CMOS Guardian is active.'
or
'CMOS Guardian is disabled.'
to tell you whether it is on or off.
*NewGuard
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This command is used if you wish to change the password once CMOS Guardian is loaded.
Changing the password
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To chnge the password you must first make sure that the CMOS Guardian is disabled (see above). The you should type in the following star commands
*NewGuard
you will then get the message
'Please type in the new password (min 2, max 10 chars):'
and a flashing caret, type in the new password (again not case-sensitive) and press return, remembering that each letter you enter will appear as a dash. Ypu will then get the message
'Please type in the password again for safety:'
and another flashing caret, you must enter the same password again, this is to check that you did not make a mistake on the first attempt. If the two passwords are the same then you will get the message
'Password accepted.'
and the password will have been changed, otherwise you will get the message
'Different passwords.'
and the old password will still apply, and you will have to try again. Remember that the longest possible password is 10 characters and the shortest is 2.
*GuardOpt
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This command is used to alter which of the four options is turned on.
Changing the options
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Each of the options is labelled as follows;
d deleting
o copying
c configuring
t time & date
to turn any particular one on (the protection that is) you should first make sure that CMOS Guardian is disabled, then type
*Guardopt d
would prevent deletion, you can enter them in any order you wish for example
*Guardopt cdO
would still prevent, deletion, copying and configuration altering. Any of the options that aren't included after the command will be allowed. To set all options to allowed, simply enter
*Guardopt x
if you merely type
*Guardopt
without any added parameters, then it will display tje current status of each of the options, this is allowed whether CMOS Guardian is active or not.