Hewlett-Packard 4320, 2740, 2540, 4420, 4520 User Manual

2009 HP BUSINESS
NOTEBOOK PC F10 SETUP
OVERVIEW

Table of Contents:

Background ............................................................................................................................. 2

Overview .................................................................................................................................. 2

Supported Models ............................................................................................................. 2

New Features...................................................................................................................... 2

Features ............................................................................................................................... 2

For more information ........................................................................................................... 11

Background

For decades, HP has provided unique customer value through our internally developed BIOS. This
has allowed HP to provide a high degree of integration between the firmware and HP Professional
Innovations such as HP ProtectTools, HP Wireless Assistant and HP QuickLook. Options for many
of these features are configured through F10 Setup, the BIOS configuration user interface
provided with HP PCs.

In mid-2008, HP introduced an updated version of F10 Setup on new models. This enhanced F10
Setup provi des users with an intuit ive graphical user interface whic h l everages from the design
used with the HP ProtectTools BIOS Configuration module.

Overview

Since 1999, HP Compaq business notebooks have utilized a text based F10 Setup which provided
users with access to a broad set of functions and configuration options, but required keyboard
navigatio n. In 2008, a new F10 Se t up user interface has been developed using the Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) framework, which provides a flexible pre operating system environment.
While there are significant improvements to the user interface, features and functionality are not
impacted by this change.

Supported Models

All 2009 s, b, p and w business notebook and tablet models

• 8740

• 8540

• 8440

• 6550

• 6450

• 6440

• 4720

• 4520

• 4420

• 4320

• 2740

• 2540

New Features

• Microphone diasble

• Intel Anti Theft

• HP QuickWeb

Features

HP F10 Setup provides access to the impressive set of features support by HPs ROM BIOS (Read
Only Memory Basic Input/Ouput System). The BIOS is the set of routines that enable a computer

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to load the operating system and communicate with the various devices, such as storage drives,
keyboard, display, slots, and ports.

HP F10 Setup features are separated in several groups or categories:
File – Provides access to genera l options such as view system informatio n, set date and time, exit

F10 Setup with and without saving changes to settings and Syste m Diagnostics.
Security – Provides access to security related options such as power on and DriveLock passwords,

integrated security device confi guration, Disk Sanitizer, Intel Anti Theft and asset tag
configuration.

System Confi gur ati o n – Provides access to boot options, integrated device configuration, port
options, AMT options (on select models), and F10 Setup feature access options.

HP F10 Setup for business notebooks had extensive language support. The new graphical user
interface can be displayed in Engl ish, Frenc h, German, Spanish, I t alian, Dutch, Danish, Japanese ,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish or Finnish. Switching languages is simple using the Language
selection options available from the System Configuration page.

For a detail list of F10 Setup options, please refer to Table 1.

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Table 1. Key features for F10 Setup on select 2009 HP business notebook PCs

FILE MENU

System Information

Provides key system information,

N/A

Set System Date and Time

Allows configuration of the date and

Set Date (MM/DD/YYYY)

System Diagnostics

Provides access to diagnostic

• System Information

Provides system information, such as

Escape to Cancel

Start-Up Test

Performs diagnostics check on

Escape to Cancel

Run-In Test

Performs a continuous diagno stics

Escape to Cancel

Hard Disk Test

Performs hard drive diagnostics

Escape to Cancel

Restore Defaults

Restores F10 settings to factory

N/A

Reset BIOS sec urity to

Resets all the BIOS a nd Protect Tool

Ignore Changes and Exit

Exit F10 Setup without saving any

Yes, No or Cancel
Save Changes and Exit

Exit F10 Setup and save a l l changes

Yes, No or Cancel

SECURITY MENU

Administrator Tools

Setup BIOS Administrator

Establish a power on password with

N/A

Feature Function

such as serial number, model
number, CPU type, and memory
configuration.

time.

features, such as start-up test, run-in
test and a hard disk test.

serial number, model number, CPU
type, and memory configuration.

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memory and ha rd disk.

•

check on me mory and har d disk.

Options (Default in Bold where
applicable)

Set Time (HH:MM)

•

factory default

Password

check.

defaults.

Users, clears fingerprint tokens and
reset the TPM

changes made during the current
session.

made during the current session.

Administrator privileges

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