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) 87 
Feature 
Type 
Description 
Default 
Notes 
 Serial Port (A, 
B, C, D, C/D, E/F) 
Setting 
When checked, enables the specified serial ports. 
Checked 
Desktop Only 
I/O Address (A) 
(B) (C)  (D) 
Setting 
The following settings are possible: 
•  Auto 
•  3F8 
•  2F8 
•  3E8 
•  2E8 
NOTE: You can set I/O Address only for legacy ports and is 
useful only in Legacy mode. Some serial ports are USB 
based and cannot assign these resources. 
Auto 
Desktop Only 
Interrupt (A) (B) 
(C) (D) 
Setting 
The following settings are possible: 
•  Auto 
•  IRQ 3 
•  IRQ 4 
•  IRQ 5 
•  IRQ 10 
NOTE: Interrupts are only settable for legacy ports and are 
useful only in Legacy mode. Some serial ports are USB 
based and cannot assign these resources. 
Auto 
Desktop Only 
Serial Port 
Voltage (A) (B) 
(C) (D) (E) (F) 
Setting 
Powered Serial port voltage selection on RPOS units that 
include this feature.  Possible settings are: 
•  0 Volts 
•  5 Volts 
•  12 Volts 
0 Volts 
Retail Point of 
Sale Systems 
Only 
 Smart Card 
Setting 
When checked, enables integrated Smart Card slot. 
Checked 
Notebook Only 
 Smart Card 
Power Savings 
Setting 
When checked, enables the power-saving feature of the 
Smart Card reader, thus not maintaining a session when the 
card is removed. 
Checked 
Notebook Only 
Cash Drawer Port 
Setting 
On select Retail Point of Sale systems, this controls whether 
the cash drawer port can be activated or not. 
Enable 
Retail Point of 
Sale Systems 
Only 
Restrict USB 
Devices 
Setting 
When some devices are restricted, the system disables the 
ports at boot-up where a restricted device is installed. That 
port is disabled until the next boot. Port configuration is not 
changed on insertion. The following settings are possible: 
•  Allow all USB Devices 
•  Allow only keyboard and mouse 
•  Allow all but storage devices and hubs 
Allow all USB 
Devices 
Desktop Only 










