Computer Setup-Advanced - HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite Maintenance & Service Manual

Computer Setup—Advanced
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.
Table 3-6 Computer Setup—Advanced
Option
Power-On Options
BIOS Power-On
Bus Options
Device Options
Management Devices
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Allows you to set:
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POST messages (enable/disable). 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.
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After Power Loss (off/on/previous state): Setting this option to:
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Off—causes the computer to remain powered off when power is restored.
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On—causes the computer to power on automatically as soon as power is restored.
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Previous state—causes the computer to power on automatically as soon as power is
restored, if it was on when power was lost.
NOTE: If you turn off power to the computer using the switch on a power strip, you will not be
able to use the suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.
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POST Delay (None, 5, 10 15, or 20 seconds). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified
delay to the POST process. This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on some PCI
cards that spin up very slowly, so slowly that they are not ready to boot by the time POST is
finished. The POST delay also gives you more time to select
Setup.
Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify.
On some models, allows you to enable or disable:
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PCI SERR# Generation.
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PCI VGA Palette Snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration
space; only needed when more than one graphics controller is installed.
Allows you to set:
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Num Lock State at Power-On (off/on). Default is on.
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Hyper-threading (enable/disable). Default is enabled.
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Internal Speaker (some models) (does not affect external speakers). Default is enabled.
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NIC PXE Option ROM Download (enable/disable). The BIOS contains an embedded NIC
option ROM to allow the unit to boot through the network to a PXE server. This is typically
used to download a corporate image to a hard drive. The NIC option ROM takes up memory
space below 1MB commonly referred to as DOS Compatibility Hole (DCH) space. This
space is limited. This F10 option will allow users to disable the downloading of this
embedded NIC option ROM thus giving more DCH space for additional PCI cards which may
need option ROM space. The default will be to have the NIC PXE option-ROM-enabled.
The Management Devices menu will only be displayed in the Advanced menu when the BIOS
detects multiple management options.
This option is for installed NIC cards that support ASF or DASH. Use the Management Devices
menu to select if the BIOS management operations will be through the embedded solution or one
of the installed NIC cards.
F10 to enter Computer (F10)