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Feature Function Default setting,
if applicable
Reboot
required
Language Selects between 14 languages
Note: Affects the BIOS, not the OS
English Yes
• SATA Device Mode Enables and selects SATA Mode for internal drives AHCI; For Smart
Response
Technology
models, RAID, IDE
Yes
• Wake on USB Allows the system to resume from sleep when a USB input device is
triggered (such as mouse movement or keyboard key-press)
Enabled Yes
• USB Charging Port Allows an external device to charge until a specified battery charge
level is reached
Enabled, 10% Yes
• Secondary Battery
Fast Charge
Stops charging the primary battery at 90% and begins charging a
secondary battery to optimize the charge cycle
Enabled Yes
• Virtualization
Technology
Enables VT on Intel-based systems – a feature that is often used to
run virtual machines
Disabled Yes
• Virtualization
Technology for
Directed I/O
Grants virtual machines direct access to peripheral devices on select
Intel platforms
Disabled Yes
• TXT Technology Enables Trusted Execution Technology on select Intel platforms, a
feature that defends against software-based attacks on sensitive
information stored on the system
Disabled Yes
• Multi Core CPU Enables dual/quad processor cores Enabled Yes
• Intel HT Technology Enables Hyper-Threading on select Intel-based systems Enabled Yes
• NumLock on at boot Enables Number Lock at boot Disabled Yes
• Hybrid Graphics Enable / Disable or allow BIOS to automatically enable / disable
Hybrid Graphics based on OS (when set to Auto).
When set to Auto, Hybrid Graphics is disabled for certain Linux OS.
When set to Disable, only the integrated graphics adapter is used on
selected platform. On Workstation, only the discrete graphics
adapter is used.
When set to Enable, both the integrated and discrete graphics
adapters are used.
Enabled
(Auto on
Workstation)
Yes
• Hybrid Graphics
Enhanced Display
Feature
Enable additional display capability to allow pre-OS applications to
be visible on any one of the available display at boot.
When disabled, pre-OS applications can only be visible on certain
displays (Internal Panel, VGA, System Display Port on selected
platforms) at boot. Digital displays attached to dock will not support
pre-OS applications.
Enabled Yes
• Max SATA Speed Selects the maximum SATA port speed between SATA II (3.0 Gbps) or
SATA III (6.0 Gbps)
3.0 Gbps / 6.0
Gbps
Yes
• Ctrl I Prompt Enables the Ctrl +I Prompt, which allows the user to enter the RAID
Configuration Utility
Disabled Yes
• HP HV Secure Boot Enables HP Dynamic Protection, which allows a thin hypervisor layer
to run concurrently and share the system hardware
Disabled Yes
• HP HV Secure Version
Control
E
NABLES
BIOS
TO CHECK THE SPECIFIC VERSION OF THE
HP
D
YNAMIC
P
ROTECTION
PACKAGE AGAINST THE ALLOWED VERSION STORED IN
BIOS
Note: The platform only boots to the default boot loader
configuration file that is distributed with the target package.
Disabled Yes
• HP HV Secure Boot
Configuration
Lockdown
Enables the hypervisor to verify its current configuration against a
saved setting
Disabled Yes