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 
DriveLock Security 
Allows configuration of DriveLock Master and User 
passwords 
N/A 
Power Menu 
OS Power Management 
 Runtime Power Management 
Enables Runtime Power Management 
Enabled 
 Idle Power Savings 
Increases OS Idle Power Savings 
Extended 
 Unique Sleep State Blink Rates 
Assigns a unique LED blink pattern to S3, S4 
Disabled 
Hardware Power Management 
 SATA Power Management 
Permits the SATA bus to enter low power states when idle 
Enabled 
 S5 Maximum Power Savings 
Minimizes power consumption of system while in S5 state. 
Also disables Wake on LAN functionality from S5 state. 
Disabled 
Thermal 
Adjusts minimum fan speed in Idle Mode 
0 
ADVANCED MENU 
Power-On Options 
 POST Mode 
Selects between fast startup (QuickBoot) or self testing 
during power-on 
QuickBoot 
 POST Messages 
Displays messages during Power-On Self Test (POST) 
Disabled 
 Press the ESC key for Startup Menu 
Displays the “Press Esc for startup menu” prompt 
Enabled 
 Option ROM Prompt 
Displays the Option ROM prompt 
Enabled 
 After Power Loss 
Specifies system state after power loss 
Off 
 POST Delay (in seconds) 
Specifies the amount of delay to add during POST 
None 
 Remote Wakeup Boot Source 
Specifies boot device after a remote wakeup event 
Remote Server 
 Factory Recovery Boot Support 
Enables BIOS support for HP Backup and Recovery tools 
Disabled 
 Bypass F1 Prompt on Configuration 
Changes 
Allows system to boot without user input after 
configuration change (e.g. memory size change 
Disabled 
BIOS Power-On 
Specifies date and time when system automatically wakes 
from off 
Disabled 
Onboard Devices 
Adjusts settings for integrated IO ports 
Serial Port A 
IO=3F8h; IRQ=4 
Serial Port B 
IO=2F8h; IRQ=3 
Bus Options 
 PCE SERR# Generation 
Enables PCI Device to Generate SERR# 
Enabled 
 PCI VGA Palette Snooping 
Enables VGA Palette Registers Snooping 
Disabled 
Device Options 
 Printer Mode 
Specifies parallel port mode 
EPP+ECP 
 NumLock State at Power-On 
Enables NumLock at boot 
Off 
 Integrated Video 
Controls whether or not the integrated video controller is 
enabled 
Disabled 
 Internal Speaker 
Controls whether or not the internal speaker is enabled 
Enabled 
 NIC Option ROM Download 
Controls whether or not NIC option ROM is downloaded 
and executed. Some systems may need to disable this 
feature to save NIC Option ROM address space for use by 
other devices. 
Enabled 










