F10 Setup overview for 2012 HP Business Notebooks and Desktops 2012 Business PC Models - Technical white paper

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Feature
Function
Default Setting,
if applicable
 Legacy Boot Order
Specifies the legacy boot order
NB Upgrade Bay,
NB Hard Drive,
NB Hard Drive 2
(on select
models), USB
Floppy, USB CD-
ROM, USB Hard
Drive, NB
Ethernet, SD
Card, Dock
Upgrade Bay,
eSATA
 Define Customized Boot Option
Specifies the customized boot option path
Boots from this path only when Customized Boot is enabled
N/A
Device Configurations
 USB Legacy Support
Enables mouse/keyboard support
Enabled
 Parallel port mode
Specifies parallel port mode
ECP
 Fan Always on while on AC
Leaves the fan on while running on AC power
Enabled
 Data Execution Prevention
Enables DEP on Intel-based systems
Enabled
 SATA Device Mode
Enables SATA for internal drives
AHCI; For Smart
Response
Technology
models, RAID,
IDE
 Wake on USB
Allows the system to be resumed from Sleep when a USB
input device is triggered
Enabled
 USB Charging Port
Allows an external device to charge until a specified battery
charge level is reached
Enabled, 10%
 Secondary Battery Fast Charge
Stops charging the primary battery at 90% and begins
charging a secondary battery to optimize the charge cycle
Enabled
 Virtualization Technology
Enables VT on Intel-based systems
Disabled
 Virtualization Technology for
Directed I/O
Grants virtual machines direct access to peripheral devices on
select Intel platforms
Disabled
 TXT Technology
Enables Trusted Execution Technology on select Intel
platforms
Disabled
 Multi Core CPU
Enables dual/quad processor cores
Enabled
 Intel HT Technology
Enables HT on select Intel-based systems
Enabled
 NumLock on at boot
Enables NumLock at boot
Disabled
 Max SATA Speed
Selects the maximum SATA port speed
3.0 Gbps / 6.0
Gbps
 Ctrl I Prompt
Enables the Ctrl +I Prompt, which allows the user to enter the
RAID Configuration Utility
Disabled
 HP Hypervisor
Enables the HP Hypervisor, which allows multiple operating
systems to run concurrently and share the hardware
Disabled
 HP Hypervisor Version Control
Enables BIOS to check the specific version of the HP
Hypervisor package to the allowed version stored in BIOS.
The platform boots only to the default boot loader
configuration file that is distributed with the target HP
Hypervisor package.
Disabled
 HP Hypervisor Configuration
Lockdown
Enables the Hypervisor to verify its current configuration
against a saved setting
Disabled