HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-5 2016 -2019 Technical Whitepaper

HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
June 2019
919946-004
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P.
5 Advanced Menu 43
5.9 Port Options Menu
The following table describes various setting options for Ports.
Table 26 Port Options Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 USB Ports
Setting
Enable or disable all USB ports (legacy ports and type-C
ports). Does not include Thunderbolt ports.
Checked
Notebook Only
(before 2018)
 (Left) (Right)
(Front) (Rear)
(Top) (Bottom)
USB Ports
Setting
Enable or disable all USB ports on one side of the system
(legacy and Type-C).
Checked
 (Left) (Right)
(Front) (Rear)
USB Port (1) (2)
(3)
Setting
Enable or disable a specific USB port.
NOTE: When looking at the ports (and in horizontal
orientation for desktops), count ports from bottom to top,
then left to right.
Checked
Desktop Only
 Docking USB
Ports
Setting
When unchecked, disables USB ports connected through the
docking connector.
Checked
Notebook Only
 USB Legacy
Port Charging
Setting
When checked, enables the USB Type-A charging port to
charge devices during hibernation or shutdown.
Checked
Disable Charging
Port in sleep/off
if battery below
(%)
Setting
Prevent charging port from providing power to external
devices if the system itself is below a certain battery
threshold. Possible settings are 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70,
80, 90, 100.
10
Notebook Only
 (Front) (Rear)
USB Type-C
Downstream
Charging
Setting
When unchecked, system will not power Type-C devices in
the off states.
Checked
Desktop Only
 Thunderbolt
Type-C Ports
Setting
When checked, enables integrated Thunderbolt
TM
ports.
NOTE: Older systems included additional Thunderbolt
settings in this menu. Starting in 2019 these options have
moved to a separate Thunderbolt Options menu.
Checked
Select products
only
 Accessory USB
Port
Setting
When checked, enables the accessory USB port.
Checked
Desktop
Workstations
Only
 Option Port (1)
(2) – HDMI 1.4
Mode
Setting
When checked, enables additional bandwidth for
DisplayPort® over Type-C to support higher graphics
resolutions.
Unchecked
Select products
only
 Media Card
Reader
Setting
When checked, enables the integrated media card reader.
Checked
Notebook & AiO
Only
 Media Card
Reader/SD_RDR
USB
Setting
When checked, enables the media card reader connector
(labeled SD_RDR typically) on a desktop.
Checked
Desktop Only
SATA (0) (1) (2)
(3) (4) (5)
Setting
When checked, allows the system to access a device
attached to the SATA port.
Checked
Desktop Only