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Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
Compaq D315
Document Part Number: 287934-002
July 2002
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.
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Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
Compaq D315
Second Edition (July 2002)
Document Part Number:
287934-002
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Contents
Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using Computer Setup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Set Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Save to Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Restore from Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Set Defaults and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ignore Changes and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Save Changes and Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Storage Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
IDE DPS Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Boot Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Password Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Device Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network Service Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Master Boot Record Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Advanced* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power-On Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Onboard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PCI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bus Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Device Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Computer Setup (F10) Utilities
Use Computer Setup (F10) Utility to do the following:
■ 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 LS-120 drives.
■ Configure Quiet Drive options (for drives that support this
feature).
■ Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not
run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full Boot. You can set
your system to:
❏ always Quick Boot (default);
❏ periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days); or
❏ always Full Boot.
■ Enable or disable Network Server Mode, which allows the
computer to boot the operating system when the power-on
password is enabled, with or without a keyboard or mouse
attached. When attached to the system, the keyboard and mouse
remain locked until the power-on password is entered.
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■ Select Post Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display
status of Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages. Post Messages
Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory
count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a
POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode
selected. To manually switch to Post Messages Enabled during
POST, press any key (except F1 through F12).
■ Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each
time the system is turned on or restarted.
■ Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by
your company to this computer.
■ Enable the power-on password prompt during system restarts
(warm boots) as well as during power-on.
■ Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer
Setup (F10) Utility and the settings described in this section.
■ To secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB,
or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be
used until they are unsecured.
■ Enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security.
■ Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
■ Enable or disable removable media write ability (when supported
by hardware).
■ Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically
fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
■ Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration
information on diskette and restoring it on one or more
computers.
■ Execute self-tests on a specified IDE hard drive (when supported
by drive).
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Using Computer Setup Utilities
To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following
steps:
1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click
Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer.
2. When the F10 = Setup message is displayed in the lower-right
corner of the screen, press the
If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you
✎
must restart the computer again to access the utility.
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F10 key.
3. Select your language from the list and press the
4. A choice of four headings appears in the Computer Setup Utilities
menu: File, Storage, Security, and Advanced.
5. Use the arrow (left and right) keys to select the appropriate
heading. Use the arrow (up and down) keys to select the option
you want, then press the
Setup Utilities menu, press the
6. To apply and save changes, select File > Save Changes and Exit.
❏ If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select
Ignore Changes and Exit.
❏ To reset to factory settings, select Set Defaults and Exit. This
option will restore the original factory system defaults.
Enter key. To return to the Computer
Esc key.
Enter key.
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Computer Setup
Heading Option Description
File System Information Lists:
• Product name
• Processor type/speed/stepping
• Cache size (L1/L2)
• Installed memory size
• Integrated MAC address for embedded,
enabled NIC (if applicable)
• System ROM (includes family name
and version)
• Chassis serial number
• Asset tracking number
About Displays copyright notice.
Set Time and Date Allows you to set system time and date.
Save to Diskette Saves system configuration, including
CMOS, to a formatted 1.44-MB diskette in file
CPQsetup.txt.
Restore from Diskette Restores system configuration from a
diskette.
Set Defaults and Exit Restores factory default settings, which
includes clearing any established passwords.
Ignore Changes and
Exit
Exits Computer Setup without applying or
saving any changes.
Save Changes and Exit Saves changes to system configuration and
exits Computer Setup.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Storage Device Configuration Lists all installed storage devices. When a
device is selected, detailed information and
options are displayed. The following options
may be presented:
Diskette Type
Identifies the highest capacity media type
accepted by the diskette drive.
Legacy Diskette Drives
Options are 3.5" 1.44 MB, 5.25" 1.2 MB, and
Not Installed.
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.)
ATAPI Zip drive None (treated as Other).
Diskette (treated as
diskette drive).
Disk (treated as hard
drive).
IDE Devices
Drive Type Emulation Options
Hard Disk No emulation options
available.
Diskette No emulation options
available.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Storage
(continued)
Device Configuration
(continued)
IDE Devices (continued)
CD-ROM No emulation options
available.
LS-120 No emulation options
available.
Transfer Mode (IDE devices only)
Specifies the active data transfer mode.
Options (subject to device capabilities)
are PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced DMA,
Ultra DMA 0, and Max UDMA.
Translation Mode (IDE disks only)
Lets you select the translation mode to be
used for the device. This enables the BIOS
to access disks partitioned and formatted
on other systems and may be necessary
for users of older versions of UNIX
(e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are
Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and None.
CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation
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mode selected automatically by the BIOS
should not be changed. If the selected
translation mode is not compatible with
the translation mode that was active
when the disk was partitioned and
formatted, the data on the disk will be
inaccessible.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Storage
(continued)
Device Configuration
(continued)
Translation Parameters (IDE Disks only)
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests
(from the operating system or an application)
into terms the hard 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.
Multisector Transfers (IDE ATA
devices only)
Specifies how many sectors are transferred
per multi-sector PIO operation. Options
(subject to device capabilities) are Disabled,
8, and 16.
Quiet Drive (This feature is supported on
select models only)
• Performance—Allows the drive to operate
at maximum performance.
• Quiet—Reduces noise from the drive
during operation. When set to Quiet, the
drive will not operate at maximum
performance.
If the drive does not support Quiet mode,
✎
the Quiet Drive option will not be
displayed.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Storage
(continued)
Storage Options Removable Media Boot
Enables/disables ability to boot the system
from removable media.
Removable Media Write
Enables/disables ability to write data to
removable media.
This feature applies only to legacy
✎
diskette, IDE LS-120 Superdisk,
IDE LS-260 Superdisk, and
IDE PD-optical drives.
After saving changes to Removable
✎
Media Write, the computer will restart.
Turn the computer off, then on, manually.
Primary IDE Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the primary
IDE controller.
Secondary IDE Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the
secondary IDE controller.
BIOS IDE DMA Transfers
Allows you to enable or disable BIOS IDE
DMA transfers.
Diskette MBR Validation
Allows you to enable or disable strict
validation of the diskette Master Boot
Record (MBR).
If you use a bootable diskette image that
✎
you know to be valid, and it does not boot
with Diskette MBR Validation enabled,
you may need to disable this option in
order to use the diskette.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
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Storage
(continued)
Storage Options
(continued)
IDE DPS Self-Test Allows you to execute self-tests on IDE hard
Boot Order Allows you to specify the order in which
IDE Read Prefetching
Allows you to enable or disable IDE Read
prefetching.
drives capable of performing the Drive
Protection System (DPS) self-tests.
This selection will only appear when at
✎
least one drive capable of performing the
IDE DPS self-tests is attached to the
system.
attached peripheral devices (such as a
diskette drive, hard drive, optical drive, or
network interface card) are checked for a
bootable operating system image. Each
device on the list may be individually
excluded from or included for consideration
as a bootable operating system source.
MS-DOS drive lettering assignments
✎
may not apply after a non-MS-DOS
operating system has started.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Security Setup Password Allows you to set and enable setup
(administrator) password.
If the setup password is set, it is required
✎
to change Computer Setup options, flash
the ROM, and make changes to certain
plug and play settings under Windows.
Also, this password must be set in
order to use some Compaq remote
security tools.
See the Desktop Management Guide for
more information.
Power-On Password Allows you to set and enable power-on
password.
See the Desktop Management Guide for
more information.
Password Options
(This selection will
appear only if a
power-on password
is set.)
Device Security Enables/disables Serial ports A and B,
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
Allows you to:
• Enable/disable network server mode.
• Specify whether the password is required
for warm boot (CTRL+ALT+DEL).
This selection is available only when
✎
Network Server Mode is disabled.
See the Desktop Management Guide for
more information.
parallel port, USB ports, system audio,
network controllers (some models), and
SCSI controllers.
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Heading Option Description
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Security
(continued)
Network Service Boot Enables/disables the computer’s ability to
boot from an operating system installed on
a network server. (Feature available on NIC
models only; the network controller must
reside on the PCI bus or be embedded on
the system board.)
System IDs Allows you to set:
• Asset tag (16-byte identifier) and
ownership Tag (80-byte identifier
displayed during POST).
See the Desktop Management Guide for
more information.
• Chassis serial number or Universal
Unique Identifier (UUID) number if the
current number is invalid. (These ID
numbers are normally set in the factory
and are used to uniquely identify the
system.)
• Keyboard locale setting (for example,
English or German) for System ID entry.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Security
(continued)
Master Boot Record
Security
Allows you to enable or disable Master Boot
Record (MBR) Security.
When enabled, the BIOS rejects all requests
to write to the MBR on the current bootable
disk. Each time the computer is powered
on or rebooted, the BIOS compares the
MBR of the current bootable disk to the
previously-saved MBR. If changes are
detected, you are given the option of saving
the MBR on the current bootable disk,
restoring the previously-saved MBR, or
disabling MBR Security. You must know the
setup password, if one is set.
Disable MBR Security before
✎
intentionally changing the formatting or
partitioning of the current bootable disk.
Several disk utilities (such as FDISK and
FORMAT) attempt to update the MBR.
If MBR Security is enabled and disk
accesses are being serviced by the
BIOS, write requests to the MBR are
rejected, causing the utilities to report
errors. If MBR Security is enabled and
disk accesses are being serviced by the
operating system, any MBR change will
be detected by the BIOS during the next
reboot, and an MBR Security warning
message will be displayed.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Advanced* Power-On Options Allows you to set:
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*These options should be used by
advanced users only.
• POST mode (QuickBoot, FullBoot, or
FullBoot every 1-30 days).
• POST messages (enable/disable).
• Safe POST (enable/disable). Enabling
this feature allows the ROM to monitor
add-in cards during boot. If an add-in card
does not work or initialize correctly, then
on the next boot all cards will be skipped
during POST. (This feature is supported
on select models only.)
• F10 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this
feature will display the text “F10 = Setup”
during POST. Disabling this feature
prevents the text from being displayed.
However, pressing the F10 key will still
access the Setup screen.
• F12 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling
this feature will display the text
“F12 = Network Service Boot” during
POST. Disabling this feature prevents the
text from being displayed. However,
pressing the F12 key will still force the
system to attempt booting from the
network.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Advanced*
(continued)
Power-On Options
(continued)
*These options should be used by
advanced users only.
• Option ROM prompt (enable/disable).
Enabling this feature will cause the
system to display a message before
loading options ROMs. (This feature is
supported on select models only.)
• Remote wakeup boot source (remote
server/local hard drive).
• After Power Loss (off/on). After power
loss, if you connect your computer to an
electric power strip and would like to turn
on power to the computer using the switch
on the power strip, set this option to “on.”
If you turn off power to your computer
✎
using the switch on a power strip, you will
not be able to use the suspend/sleep
feature or the Remote Management
features.
• UUID (Universal Unique Identifier)
(enable/disable). Every Compaq
computer has a unique identifier (serial
number, date/time of manufacture, etc).
Enabling this feature allows software
(drivers, network, etc.) to read the
computer’s unique number.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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• POST Delay (in seconds)
(enable/disable). Enabling this feature will
add a user specified delay to the POST
process. This delay is sometimes needed
for hard disks on some PCI cards that
spin up very slowly; so slowly that they
are not ready to boot by the time POST is
finished.
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Heading Option Description
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Advanced*
(continued)
Power-On Options
(continued)
*These options should be used by
advanced users only.
Onboard Devices Allows you to set resources for or disable
PCI Devices • Lists currently installed PCI devices and
• I/O APIC Mode (enable/disable). Enabling
this feature will allow Microsoft Windows
Operating Systems to run optimally. This
feature must be disabled for certain
non-Microsoft Operating Systems to work
properly.
• ACPI and USB Buffer @ Top of Memory
(enable/disable). Enabling this feature
places ACPI and USB memory buffers at
the top of memory. The advantage is that
some amount of memory below 1 MB is
freed up for use by option ROMs. The
disadvantage is that a popular memory
manager, HIMEM.SYS, does not work
properly when ACPI and USB buffers are
at the top of memory AND the system has
64 MB or less of RAM.
onboard system devices (diskette controller,
serial port, or parallel port).
their IRQ settings.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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• Allows you to reconfigure IRQ settings for
these devices or to disable them entirely.
These settings have no effect under an
APIC-based operating system.
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Heading Option Description
Advanced*
Bus Options On select models, allows you to enable or
(continued)
*These options should be used by
advanced users only.
Device Options Allows you to set:
disable:
• PCI bus mastering, which allows a PCI
device to take control of the PCI bus.
• 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.
• PCI SERR# Generation.
• Printer mode (bi-directional, EPP & ECP,
output only).
• Num Lock state at power-on (off/on).
• PME (power management event) wakeup
events (enable/disable).
• Processor cache (enable/disable).
• ACPI S3 support (enable/disable). S3 is
an ACPI (advanced configuration and
power interface) sleep state that some
add-in hardware options may not support.
This feature is supported on select
models only.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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• ACPI S3 Video REPOST
(enable/disable). This feature reruns
the video option ROM on a boot from the
S3 state.
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Heading Option Description
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Advanced*
(continued)
Device Options
(continued)
*These options should be used by
advanced users only.
Allows you to set:
• ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset
(enable/disable). Resets the hard disk
on a boot from the S3 sleep state.
• ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup
(enable/disable). Allows the mouse to
wake the system from the S3 sleep state.
• Integrated video (enable/disable).
• AGP Aperture Size (options vary by
platform). Allows you to specify the
amount of system memory reserved
for use by your graphics controller.
• Frame Buffer Size. Selections are auto
(default), 8MB (min), 16MB, or 32MB
(max). Auto selects the framebuffer size
according to the amount of installed
memory. If there is 128MB memory
installed (or less) then the framebuffer
size is 16MB. If more than 128MB is
installed the framebuffer size is 32MB
(max size). Note that as the size of the
framebuffer increases, the amount of
system memory available to the OS
decreases. The framebuffer is not used
when an external AGP is installed or
when the integrated video is disabled
(example: external PCI video card is
installed) so the framebuffer size in F10
does not apply in those cases but you will
still be able to see the options.
• Monitor Tracking (enable/disable). Allows
ROM to save monitor asset information.
• S2K Halt Disconnect (enable/disable).
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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