HP Business Notebook and Desktop PC F10 setup overview
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Feature  Function  Default setting,  
if applicable 
Reboot 
required 
  USB Charging Port 
Allows an external device to charge until a specified battery charge 
level is reached 
Enabled, 10%  Yes 
  Secondary Battery Fast Charge 
Stops charging the primary battery at 90% and begins charging a 
secondary battery to optimize the charge cycle 
Enabled  Yes 
  Virtualization Technology 
Enables VT on Intel-based systems – a feature that is often used to run 
virtual machines  
Disabled  Yes 
  Virtualization Technology for 
Directed I/O 
Grants virtual machines direct access to peripheral devices on select 
Intel platforms 
Disabled  Yes 
  TXT Technology 
Enables Trusted Execution Technology on select Intel platforms, a 
feature that defends against software-based attacks on sensitive 
information stored on the system 
Disabled  Yes 
  Multi Core CPU 
Enables dual/quad processor cores  Enabled  Yes 
  Intel HT Technology 
Enables Hyper-Threading on select Intel-based systems  Enabled  Yes 
  NumLock on at boot 
Enables Number Lock at boot  Disabled  Yes 
  Hybrid Graphics 
Enable / Disable or allow BIOS to automatically enable / disable Hybrid 
Graphics based on OS (when set to Auto). 
When set to Auto, Hybrid Graphics is disabled for certain Linux OS. 
When set to Disable, only the integrated graphics adapter is used on 
selected platform. On Workstation, only the discrete graphics adapter 
is used. 
When set to Enable, both the integrated and discrete graphics adapters 
are used. 
Enabled 
(Auto on 
Workstation) 
Yes 
  Hybrid Graphics Enhanced 
Display Feature 
Enable additional display capability to allow pre-OS applications to be 
visible on any one of the available display at boot. 
When disabled, pre-OS applications can only be visible on certain 
displays (Internal Panel, VGA, System Display Port on selected 
platforms) at boot. Digital displays attached to dock will not support 
pre-OS applications. 
Enabled  Yes 
  Max SATA Speed 
Selects the maximum SATA port speed between SATA II (3.0 Gbps) or 
SATA III (6.0 Gbps) 
3.0 Gbps / 6.0 
Gbps 
Yes 
  Ctrl I Prompt 
Enables the Ctrl +I Prompt, which allows the user to enter the RAID 
Configuration Utility 
Disabled  Yes 
  HP HV Secure Boot 
Enables the HP Hypervisor, which allows multiple operating systems to 
run concurrently and share the system hardware 
Disabled  Yes 
  HP HV Secure Version Control 
Enables BIOS to check the specific version of the HP 
Hypervisor package against the allowed version stored in 
BIOS 
Note: The platform only boots to the default boot loader configuration 
file that is distributed with the target HP Hypervisor package. 
Disabled  Yes 
  HP HV Secure Boot 
Configuration Lockdown 
Enables the hypervisor to verify its current configuration against a 
saved setting 
Disabled  Yes 
  Intel Rapid Start Technology 
Enables Intel Rapid Start Technology, which improves 
battery life and system resume time above current Standby 
and Hibernate levels. 
Note: This feature only works when an SSD is detected. Currently, it is 
only supported in mSATA SSD-based solutions. 
Disabled  Yes 
  Entry on S3 RTC wake 
Enables RTC wake to trigger the transition from S3 to Intel Rapid Start 
Technology 
Disabled  Yes 
  S3 Wake Timer 
Specifies the length of time the system remains in S3 before an RTC 
wake event is triggered 
5 minutes  Yes 
  Entry on S3 Critical Battery 
wake event 
Enables critical battery 
event
 support on Intel Rapid Start Technology; 
wakes the system to provide an alert that the battery-level is low 
Disabled  Yes 
  Express Card Link Speed 
Sets speed for Express Card Link. Generation 1 will set the Link Speed 
to max 2.5 Gbit/s and Generation 2 will set the Link Speed to a 
maximum of 5.0 Gbit/s 
Generation 2  Yes 










