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 2019 HP Development Company, L.P. 
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5.6 Secure Boot Configuration Menu ................................................................................................................... 34 
5.7 System Options Menu ................................................................................................................................... 35 
5.8 Built-in Device Options Menu ......................................................................................................................... 39 
5.9 Port Options Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 43 
5.10 Option ROM Launch Policy Menu ................................................................................................................. 45 
5.11 Power Management Options Menu ............................................................................................................. 45 
5.12 Remote Management Options Menu (Intel Only) ......................................................................................... 46 
5.13 MAC Address Pass Through (Notebook Only) .............................................................................................. 47 
5.14 Thunderbolt Options ................................................................................................................................... 48 
5.15 Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Settings............................................................................................ 50 
6 UEFI Drivers ......................................................................................................................... 51 
7 Features Not in F10 Menu ................................................................................................... 52 
8 Computer Notifications ....................................................................................................... 53 
8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 53 
8.2 Blink and Beep Codes .................................................................................................................................... 53 
8.3 Popup Messages ........................................................................................................................................... 54 
9 Appendix 1 .......................................................................................................................... 55 
9.1 What is UEFI? ................................................................................................................................................. 55 
9.2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 55 
9.3 Benefits of UEFI ............................................................................................................................................. 55 
9.4 Overview of UEFI Boot Process...................................................................................................................... 55 
9.5 The UEFI Forum ............................................................................................................................................. 56 
10 Appendix 2 ........................................................................................................................ 57 
10.1 Updating System Firmware with the HP Firmware Update and Recovery Application (Windows Operating 
Systems only) ............................................................................................................................................. 57 
10.2 Using HP Firmware Update and Recovery ................................................................................................... 57 
10.3 USB Recovery Key Creation ......................................................................................................................... 59 
10.4 HpFirmwareUpdRec Log File ....................................................................................................................... 60 
10.5 Custom Logo Support ................................................................................................................................. 61 










