HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup

HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
July 2020
919946-004
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P.
8 Advanced Menu (2019 and older) 81
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
Dynamic Platform
and Thermal
Framework (DPTF)
Setting
Manages power and thermal conditions to keep
system from overheating.
Checked
Intel Notebook
Only
Sanitization Mode
Countdown Timer
Setting
Duration of sanitization mode:
15 – 300 (by 15) in seconds (max 255 for some)
120
Select products
only
Pre-Sanitization
Mode Countdown
Timer
Setting
Delay before sanitization mode starts:
0 – 10 (by 1) in seconds
3
Select products
only
USB Type-C®
Connector System
Software Interface
(UCSI)
Setting
When checked, allows UCSI to be exposed to the
operating system (ACPI table)
Checked
Systems with USB
Type-C® ports
 HP Application
Driver
Setting
Provides ACPI structure to enable HP common
software application framework. The driver is provided
in the latest HP support software which can be
downloaded from the web.
Unchecked
(through 2018)
Checked (2019)
Device Manager
shows alert if this is
enabled without
the HP application
driver installed.
 AMD DASH
Setting
AMD Remote system management capability.
Unchecked
AMD Only
 Hardware
enabled Spectre
Variant 2
Mitigation
Setting
This setting enables Single Thread Indirect Branch
Predictor (STIBP) functionality in AMD processors.
Unchecked
AMD Only
 Enable High
Resolution mode
when connected to
a USB-C® DP alt
mode dock
Setting
Allocate more bandwidth to a USB-C® dock to support
the highest resolutions on a DisplayPort monitor
attached to it,
Unchecked
Notebook Only
Top Cover Function
Setting
Uncheck to disable the top cover functionality for HP
Elite Slice.
Checked
HP Elite Slice Only