Bios Rom; Using The Computer Setup (F10) Utility - HP Xw4400 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Reference Manual

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Enable power-on password prompting during system restarts (warm boots) and power-on.
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Hide or make available the integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports,
audio, or embedded NIC. Any hidden devices are inaccessible and increase overall system
security.
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Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
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Enable or disable removable media write ability (when supported by hardware).
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Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration information on diskette and restoring
it on one or more workstations.
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Execute self-tests on specified SATA and SAS hard drives (when supported by the drive).

BIOS ROM

The BIOS of the computer is a collection of machine language programs stored as firmware in ROM.
The BIOS ROM includes such functions as POST, PCI device initialization, plug-in-play support, power
management activities, and the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. The firmware contained in the BIOS ROM
supports the following systems and specifications:
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Microsoft WHQL
● Alert-On-LAN (AOL) and Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
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ACPI 1.0 and OnNow
● SMBIOS 2.3.5
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PC98/99/00 and NetPC
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PXE boot ROM for the integrated LAN controller
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BIOS Boot Specification 1.01
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Enhanced Disk Drive Specification 3.0
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"El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification 1.0
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ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification 1.0
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MPS Specification 1.4 (for booting Linux SMP)
The BIOS ROM is a 1-MB Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) part. The runtime portion of the BIOS resides
in a 128-K block from E0000h to FFFFFh.

Using the Computer Setup (F10) Utility

You can only open the Computer Setup (F10) Utility by powering on the workstation or restarting the
workstation. To access the Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. Press the
right corner of the screen.
NOTE:
on, and press
you miss the opportunity to press F10.
3. Select your language from the list and press the
menu, five headings are displayed: File, Storage, Security, Power, and Advanced.
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F10 key as soon as your display is active and you see F10=Setup appear in the lower
If you do not press F10
F10 again to access the utility, or press the
at the appropriate time, try again. Turn the workstation off, then
Enter key. In the Computer Setup (F10) Utility
Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys before boot if
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