Computer Setup (F10); Bios Rom - HP xw4300 Service And Technical Reference Manual

3.1

Computer Setup (F10)

This section contains the following information to help you use Computer Setup.
• Section 3.1.1 "BIOS ROM"
Section 3.1.2 "Using Computer Setup (F10)"
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• Section 3.1.3 "Computer Setup Menu"
The Computer Setup (F10) utilities enable you to:
• Change current settings from the factory default settings and set, view, change, or verify the system configuration,
including settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage, communications, and input devices.
• Determine if all of the devices installed on the workstation are recognized by the system and functioning properly.
• Determine information about the operating environment of the workstation.
• Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
• Flash system ROM.
• Establish and manage passwords and other security features.
• Establish and manage energy-saving timeouts (not supported for Linux platforms).
• Modify or restore factory default settings.
• Set the system date and time.
• Modify the boot order of bootable devices, such as hard drives, diskette drives, optical drives, or LS-120 drives.
• Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full
Boot. You can set your system to:
• always Quick Boot (default)
• periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days)
• always Full Boot
• Enable or disable Network Server Mode, which enables the workstation to boot the operating system when the
power-on password is enabled with or without a keyboard or mouse attached. When attached to the system, the
keyboard and mouse remain locked until the power-on password is entered.
• Select POST Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display status of POST messages. POST Messages
Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory count, product name, and other non-error text
messages. If a POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode selected. To manually switch to
POST Messages Enabled during POST, press any key (except F1 through F12).
• Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each time the system is turned on or restarted.
• Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by your company to this workstation.
• Enable power-on password prompting during system restarts (warm boots) as well as during power-on.
• Secure the integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so
that the I/O functionality cannot be used until they are unsecured.
• Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
• Enable or disable removable media write ability (when supported by hardware).
• Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration information on diskette and restoring it on one or
more workstations.
• Execute self-tests on specified SATA hard drives (when supported by the drive).

3.1.1 BIOS ROM

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of the computer is a collection of machine language programs stored as firmware
in read-only memory (ROM). The BIOS ROM includes such functions as POST, PCI device initialization, Plug 'n Play (PnP)
support, power management activities, and the Setup utility. The firmware contained in the BIOS ROM supports the
following systems and specifications:
• Microsoft WHQL
• Alert-On-LAN (AOL) and Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
• ACPI 1.0 and OnNow
• SMBIOS 2.3.5
• PC98/99/00 and NetPC
• PXE boot ROM for the integrated LAN controller
• BIOS Boot Specification 1.01
• Enhanced Disk Drive Specification 3.0
• "El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification 1.0
• ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification 1.0
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