Maintenance and Service Guide

Service Manual Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 3-33
BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup utility provides access to the notebook’s basic configuration settings It is independent
of the operating system
Running the BIOS Setup Utility
1. Close all applications, then restart the notebook: select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart.
(If necessary, you can press
ctrl+alt+del to restart.)
2. When the HP logo appears, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
3. The pointing devices are not active in BIOS Setup, so you will need to use the keyboard to navigate.
Press the
left and right arrow keys to move among menus.
Press the
up and down arrow keys to move among parameters in a menu.
Press
F5 or F6 to move through values for the current parameter, or press enter to change
a setting.
4. After you select the options you want, press F10 or use the Exit menu to exit BIOS Setup.
If the settings cause a conflict between devices during reboot, the system prompts you to run
BIOS Setup, and marks the conflicting settings.
NOTE: The listings in the following table are for the initial BIOS release and might differ somewhat for
other models