HP Hewlett Packard Personal Computer dx2250 User Manual

Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide - dx2250  
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About This Book  
This guide provides instructions on how to use Computer Setup. This tool is used to reconfigure and  
modify computer default settings when new hardware is installed and for maintenance purposes.  
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bodily harm or loss of life.  
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damage to equipment or loss of information.  
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Computer Setup (F10) Utility  
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities  
Use Computer Setup (F10) Utility to do the following:  
Change factory default settings.  
Set the system date and time.  
Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including settings for processor, graphics,  
memory, audio, storage, communications, and input devices.  
Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives, diskette drives, optical drives, or  
USB flash media devices.  
Restrict a device from booting the unit.  
Run hard drive self-tests.  
View CPU and system temperatures.  
Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by the company to this computer.  
Establish a supervisor password that controls access to Computer Setup (F10) Utility and the  
settings described in this section.  
Secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or embedded  
NIC, so that they cannot be used until they are unsecured.  
Enable or disable removable media boot ability.  
Enable or disable legacy diskette write ability (when supported by hardware).  
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities  
Computer Setup can be accessed only by turning the computer on or restarting the system. To access  
the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following steps:  
1. Turn on or restart the computer.  
2. As soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 when the monitor light turns green to enter  
Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.  
NOTE: If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and  
again press F10 when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.  
3. The Computer Setup Utility screen is divided into menu headings and actions.  
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Eight menu headings appear on the Computer Setup Utility screen:  
System Information  
Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Advanced Chipset Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Management Setup  
PC Health Status  
Five action choices are listed on the Computer Setup Utility screen:  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Save & Exit Setup  
Exit Without Saving  
Use the arrow keys to select the appropriate heading, then press Enter. Use the arrow (up and  
down) keys to select the option you want, then press Enter. To return to the previous screen,  
press Esc.  
4. To apply and save changes, press F10 or select Save & Exit Setup on the Computer Setup Utility  
screen and press Enter.  
If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select Exit Without Saving and press  
Enter.  
CAUTION: Do NOT turn the computer power OFF while the ROM is saving the Computer Setup  
(F10) changes because the CMOS could become corrupted. It is safe to turn off the computer  
only after exiting the F10 Setup screen.  
Table 1 Computer Setup (F10) Utility Main Menu  
Heading  
Table  
System Information  
Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Advanced Chipset Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Management Setup  
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Table 1 Computer Setup (F10) Utility Main Menu (continued)  
PC Health Status  
(Action Choices)  
Computer Setup—System Information  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 2 Computer Setup—System Information  
Option  
Description  
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(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
Product Name  
SKU Number  
Processor Type  
Processor Speed  
Cache Size  
Memory Size  
System ROM  
Integrated MAC  
UUID  
System Serial #  
Asset Tracking  
Number  
Enter Asset Tag No.  
Enter asset tag number assigned by the company (maximum 18 characters).  
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Computer Setup—Standard CMOS Features  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 3 Computer Setup—Standard CMOS Features  
Option  
Description  
Date (mm:dd:yy)  
Time (hh:mm:ss)  
PATA Controller  
PATA Ch 0 Master  
PATA Ch 0 Slave  
Allows you to set system date.  
Allows you to set system time.  
Disables/enables PATA Controller.  
For each, if PATA HDD is used, allows you to:  
run HDD self-test for selected channel:  
SMART Status Check  
HDD Short Self-Test  
HDD Extended Self-Test  
set PATA Ch 0 Master/Slave device details on selected channel to:  
None  
Auto  
Manual  
set access mode on selected channel to:  
CHS (Cylinder-Head-Sector)  
LBA (Logical Block Addressing)  
Large  
Auto  
view:  
Firmware Version  
Capacity  
Cylinder  
Head  
Precomp  
Landing Zone  
Sector  
SATA Controller  
SATA Mode  
Disables/enables onboard SATA controller.  
Allows you to set the onboard SATA mode to:  
Native IDE  
Legacy IDE  
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Table 3 Computer Setup—Standard CMOS Features (continued)  
SATA Ch 1 Master  
SATA Ch 1 Slave  
SATA Ch 2 Master  
SATA Ch 2 Slave  
For each, allows you to:  
run HDD self-test for selected channel:  
SMART Status Check  
HDD Short Self-Test  
HDD Extended Self-Test  
set extended IDE drive on selected channel to:  
None  
Auto  
set access mode on selected channel to:  
Large  
Auto  
view:  
Firmware Version  
Capacity  
Cylinder  
Head  
Precomp  
Landing Zone  
Sector  
Floppy Controller  
Drive A  
Disables/enables the floppy disk controller.  
Allows you to set Drive A to:  
None  
1.44M, 3.5 in.  
Halt On  
Allows you to set POST error behavior to:  
All Errors  
No Errors  
All but Keyboard  
All but Diskette  
All but Diskette/Keyboard  
POST Delay  
Allows you to set a POST delay to:  
0 seconds  
5 seconds  
10 seconds  
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30 seconds  
Computer Setup—Advanced BIOS Features  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 4 Computer Setup—Advanced BIOS Features  
Option  
Description  
Device Boot Disabling Allows you to restrict a device from booting the unit. You can disable as a bootable device:  
None  
USB  
Internal ODD  
Internal FDD  
USB + ODD + FDD  
F9 Boot Menu  
Disables/enables F9 Boot Menu.  
Factory Recovery Boot Disables/enables the ability to boot to the Recovery partition at startup. Enabling this feature will add  
the <F11>Recovery prompt to the startup window.  
F11 Prompt  
Disables/enables the <F11>Recovery prompt at startup. However, if this feature is disabled and  
the Factory Recovery Boot is enabled, pressing F11 will still boot the computer to the Recovery  
partition.  
Hard Disk Boot Seq.  
Allows you to specify the order of attached hard drive devices (such as USB HDD storage, USB2  
Drive Key, or USB flash media). The first drive in the order has priority in the boot sequence and is  
recognized as drive C (if any devices are attached).  
Optical Drive Boot  
Seq.  
Allows you to specify the order in which attached optical drives (including USB ODD) are checked  
for a bootable operating system image.  
Network Boot Seq.  
Allows you to specify the order in which network devices (including UP NIC cards) are checked for  
a bootable operating system image.  
First Boot Device  
Second Boot Device  
Third Boot Device  
Fourth Boot Device  
Allows you to specify which devices will boot first, second, third, and fourth or to disable any of the  
four:  
Removable  
Hard Disk  
CDROM  
Network  
Disabled  
NOTE: MS-DOS drive lettering assignments may not apply after a non-MS-DOS operating  
system has started.  
Boot Up NumLock  
Status  
Allows you to set the default NumLock status to off or on.  
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Table 4 Computer Setup—Advanced BIOS Features (continued)  
Security Option  
Allows you to set the security option to Setup or System so that the password is required every time  
the system boots or only when entering Computer Setup.  
Disables/enables BIOS Write Protect function.  
Disables/enables AMD NX Function.  
BIOS Write Protect  
AMD NX Function  
Computer Setup—Advanced Chipset Features  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 5 Computer Setup—Advanced Chipset Features  
Option  
Description  
UMA Frame Buffer  
Select the UMA (Unified Memory Architecture) frame buffer size:  
32MB  
64MB  
128MB  
256MB  
Recommended (system allocates memory automatically)  
Init Display First  
Allows you to select the primary display device:  
(VGA Setting)  
PCI Slot  
OnChipVGA  
PCIEx  
SURROUNDVIEW  
(VGA Setting)  
Disables/enables SURROUNDVIEW (available when an ATI PCIEx video card is installed).  
Auto Detect PCI Clk  
(VGA Setting)  
Disables/enables PCI clock auto-detection.  
Spread Spectrum  
(VGA Setting)  
Disables/enables Spread Spectrum.  
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Computer Setup—Integrated Peripherals  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 6 Computer Setup—Integrated Peripherals  
Option  
Heading  
Onboard HD Audio  
Disables/enables onboard HD audio.  
Disables/enables USB controller.  
OnChip USB  
Controller  
USB Legacy Support  
Onboard LAN  
Disables/enables USB legacy support function (USB keyboard, USB mouse, and USB flash media).  
Disables/enables onboard LAN controller.  
Onboard LAN Boot  
ROM  
Disables/enables the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.  
Onboard Serial Port  
Allows you to select a setting for the onboard serial port:  
Disabled  
3F8/IRQ4  
2F8/IRQ3  
3E8/IRQ4  
2E8/IRQ3  
Onboard Parallel Port  
Allows you to select a setting for the onboard parallel port:  
Disabled  
378/IRQ7  
278/IRQ5  
3BC/IRQ7  
Parallel Port Mode  
Allows you to select parallel port mode:  
SPP  
EPP  
ECP  
ECP+EPP  
Normal  
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Computer Setup—Power Management Setup  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 7 Computer Setup—Power Management Setup  
Option  
Heading  
After AC Power Loss  
Allows you to select system power loss behavior:  
On  
Off  
Last State  
External Modem S5  
Wake-Up  
Disables/enables wake-up modem from S5.  
Wake on PCI Device  
from S5  
Disables/enables PCI S5 on power on.  
AMD Cool'n'Quiet  
HPET Support  
Disables/enables the AMD Cool'n'Quiet feature.  
Disables/enables HPET (high precision event timer). This feature can be disabled if it causes a  
resource conflict in the OS.  
RTC Alarm Resume  
Date (of Month)  
Disables/enables RTC (real-time clock) alarm.  
If RTC Alarm Resume is enabled, allows you to select the day of the month for resumption of RTC  
alarm. (Set to 0 for every day.)  
Resume Time  
(hh:mm:ss)  
If RTC Alarm Resume is enabled, allows you to select what time the RTC alarm will resume.  
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Computer Setup—PC Health Status  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 8 Computer Setup—PC Health Status  
Option  
Description  
System Fan Fail Check Disables/enables system fan detection during POST.  
Smart Fan Function  
Disables/enables smart fan functionality.  
(view only)  
Current CPU  
Temperature  
Current System  
Temperature  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
Current CPU Fan  
Speed  
Current System Fan  
Speed  
Vcore  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
(view only)  
+12V  
VCC5  
+3.3V  
VBAT (V)  
3VSB (V)  
Computer Setup—(Action Choices)  
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware  
configuration.  
Table 9 Computer Setup—(Action Choices)  
Option  
Description  
Load Optimized  
Defaults  
Allows you to reset Computer Setup to factory defaults.  
Set Supervisor  
Password  
Allows you to establish a password to control access to Computer Setup.  
Set User Password  
Allows you to establish a password to control access to the computer. (Supervisor password must  
be set before you can set a User password.)  
Save & Exit Setup  
Allows you to save current settings and exit Computer Setup.  
Allows you to exit Computer Setup without saving changes.  
Exit Without Saving  
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Recovering the Configuration Settings  
Recovering the configuration settings established in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility requires that you  
first back up the settings before a recovery is needed.  
The CMOS Save/Load utility can be found at http://www.hp.com under the Software & Driver Downloads  
for your specific model. Download the firmware files into a folder on a removable storage device. It is  
recommended that you save any modified computer configuration settings to a diskette, a USB flash  
media device, or a diskette-like device (a storage device set to emulate a diskette drive) and save the  
diskette or device for possible future use.  
Backing Up the CMOS  
1. Make sure the computer to be backed up is turned on. Connect the removable storage to the  
computer.  
2. Boot to DOS.  
3. Type N:\folder\BIOS.exe SAVE:ABC001.DAT(where Nis the drive letter of the removable  
storage) to save the CMOS setting to the removable storage device.  
Restoring the CMOS  
1. Make sure the target computer is turned on. Connect the removable storage to the target computer.  
2. Boot to DOS.  
3. Type N:\folder\BIOS.exe LOAD:ABC001.DAT(where Nis the drive letter of the removable  
storage) to load the custom CMOS setting onto the target system.  
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