HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Business Notebook and Desktop 2015 Models - Technical whitepaper

May 2016
857394-002
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
© Copyright 2016 HP Development Company, L.P.
5 Advanced Menu 34
5.6 System Options Menu
Table 21 System Options Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Configure
Storage
Controller for
RAID
Setting
When checked, configures SATA Controller for RAID mode
2014 Desktop: Storage -> Storage Options -> SATA
Emulation
Unchecked
Desktop Only
PCIE GEN
Support Speed
Setting
Allows you to restrict the maximum speed of the PCI
Express devices to previous generations. The following
settings are possible:
 Auto
 Gen 1
 Gen 2
 Gen 3
2014 Notebook and Desktop: New
Auto
 POST Prompt
for RAID
Configuration
Setting
When checked, prompts for RAID Configuration utility
2014 Desktop: Storage -> Storage Options
-> Ctrl-I Suppression
Checked
Desktop Only
 Turbo Boost
Setting
When checked, enables Intel® Turbo Boost Technology to
improve performance when operation conditions allow
2014 Notebook: New
2024 Desktop: Advanced -> Device Options -> Turbo
Mode
Checked
Intel Only
 Hyper-
threading (Intel®
HT)
Setting
When checked, enables Hyper-threading capability on Intel
processors
Intel HT Technology (HT) is designed to improve
performance of multi-threaded software products and
requires a computer system with a processor supporting
HT and an HT-enabled chipset, BIOS and OS. Please
contact your software provider to determine compatibility.
Not all customers or software applications will benefit
from the use of HT.
See http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading for more
information.
2014 Notebook: Advanced -> Device Configurations ->
Intel® HT Technology
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Device Options -> Hyper-
threading (Intel® HT)
Checked
Intel CPU with
Hyper-threading
Only
(Core i7)
 Multi-
processor
Setting
When checked, enables BIOS to report multiple processor
cores to the OS
2014 Notebook: Advanced -> Device Configurations ->
Multi Core CPU
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Device Options -> Multi-
Processor
Checked