Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide—dc5700 Models HP Compaq Business PC
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About This Book This guide provides instructions on how to use Computer Setup. This tool is used to reconfigure and modify computer default settings when new hardware is installed and for maintenance purposes. WARNING! Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life. CAUTION: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information.
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Table of contents Computer Setup (F10) Utility Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................. 2 Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities .................................................................................. 3 Computer Setup—File ......................................................................................................... 3 Computer Setup—Storage ................................................
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Computer Setup (F10) Utilities Use Computer Setup (F10) Utility to do the following: 2 ● Change factory default settings. ● Set the system date and time. ● Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage, communications, and input devices. ● Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives, diskette drives, optical drives, or USB flash media devices.
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities Computer Setup can be accessed only by turning the computer on or restarting the system. To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on or restart the computer. 2. As soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 when the monitor light turns green to enter Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
Table 2 Computer Setup—File (continued) System Information Lists: ● Product name ● SKU number (some models) ● Processor type/speed/stepping ● Cache size (L1/L2) (dual core processors have this listed twice) ● Installed memory size/speed, number of channels (single or dual) (if applicable) ● Integrated MAC address for embedded, enabled NIC (if applicable) ● System BIOS (includes family name and version) ● Chassis serial number ● Asset tracking number About Displays copyright notice.
Table 3 Computer Setup—Storage (continued) When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options may be presented. Diskette Type (Legacy Diskettes only) Identifies the highest capacity media type accepted by the diskette drive. Options are 3.5" 1.44 MB and 5.25" 1.2 MB. Drive Emulation Allows you to select a drive emulation type for a certain storage device. (For example, a Zip drive can be made bootable by selecting diskette emulation.
Table 3 Computer Setup—Storage (continued) drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User. Default Values IDE/SATA Allows you to specify the default values for the Multisector Transfers, Transfer Mode, and Translation Mode for ATA devices.
Table 3 Computer Setup—Storage (continued) Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Secondary channel of the second SATA controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE. NOTE: DPS Self-Test Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel. Allows you to execute self-tests on ATA hard drives capable of performing the Drive Protection System (DPS) self-tests.
Table 4 Computer Setup—Security (continued) Password Options Allows you to: (This selection appears only if a power-on password or setup password is set.
Table 4 Computer Setup—Security (continued) NOTE: This selection will only appear when at least one drive that supports the DriveLock feature is attached to the system. See the Desktop Management Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics CD for more information. OS Security (some models) Setup Security Level NOTE: An OS Security selection is in effect only if the processor and operating system being used comprehend and utilize the security feature.
Table 5 Computer Setup—Power (continued) ● USB Wake on Device Insertion (some models)—Allows system to wake from Standby on USB device insertion. ● Unique Sleep Blink Rates—This feature is designed to give the user a visual indication of the sleep state the system is in. Each sleep state has a unique blink pattern: ● S0 = Solid green LED. ● S3 = 3 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds (green LED), i.e., repeated cycles of 3 blinks and a pause.
Table 6 Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued) Recovery software installed and configured with a recovery partition on the boot hard drive. Pressing F11 causes the system to boot to the recovery partition and launch HP Backup and Recovery. The F11 = Recovery prompt can be hidden with the F11 prompt (hidden/displayed) option (see above). ● Option ROM prompt (enable/disable) Enabling this feature will cause the system to display a message before loading option ROMs.
Table 6 Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued) Bus Options Device Options 12 On some models, allows you to enable or disable: ● PCI SERR# generation. ● PCI VGA palette snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration space; only needed when more than one graphics controller is installed. Allows you to set: ● Printer mode (Bi-Directional, EPP + ECP, Output Only). ● Num Lock state at power-on (off/on). ● S5 Wake on LAN (enable/disable).
Recovering the Configuration Settings This method of recovery requires that you first perform the Save to Removable Media command with the Computer Setup (F10) Utility before Restore is needed. (See Save to Removable Media on page 4 in the Computer Setup—File table.
