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Computer Setup (F10) Utility
Guide
HP Point of Sale System rp5000
Document Part Number: 337857-001
August 2003
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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HP Point of Sale System rp5000
First Edition (August 2003)
Document Part Number: 337857-001
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controller Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Boot Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Password Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Device Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Save Master Boot Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Restore Master Boot Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network Service Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Master Boot Record Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Contents
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Energy Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Timeouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Energy Saver Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power-On Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Onboard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PCI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bus Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Device Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Computer Setup (F10) Utilities
Use the 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 HP Drive Keys.
■ Configure the boot priority of IDE hard drive controllers.
■ 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.
■ 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
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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
■ 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 the 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).
F1 through F12).
■ 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.
■ Configure various energy-saving features including energy saver
mode, system and hard drive timeouts, power button mode, and
power LED behavior.
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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.
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2. Press the
If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time and the
✎
Windows operating system begins, you must restart the computer
again and press F10 again to access the utility.
3. Select your language from the list and press the
4. A choice of five headings appears in the Computer Setup Utilities
menu: File, Storage, Security, Power, 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
❏ To reset to factory settings, select Set Defaults and Exit.
CAUTION: Do NOT turn the computer power OFF while the ROM is
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saving your F10 Computer Setup changes because the CMOS could
become corrupted. It is only safe to turn off power to the computer after
you exit the F10 Setup screen.
F10 key as soon as the computer begins to boot.
Enter key. To return to the Computer
Esc key.
Ignore Changes and Exit.
This option will restore the original factory system defaults.
Enter key.
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Heading Option Description
File System Information Lists:
•Product name
• Processor type/speed/stepping
• Cache size (L1/L2)
• Installed memory size
• System ROM (includes family name
and version)
• Chassis serial number
• Asset tracking number
• Integrated MAC address for embedded,
enabled NIC
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. Save/Restore for the HP Drive
Key is supported.
Restore from Diskette Restores system configuration from a diskette.
Save/Restore for the HP Drive Key is
supported.
Set Defaults and Exit Restores factory default settings, which
includes clearing any established passwords.
Ignore Changes and Exit
Save Changes and Exit Saves changes to system configuration and
Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on your hardware
✎
configuration.
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Exits Computer Setup without applying or
saving any changes.
exits Computer Setup.
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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.
Save/Restore for the HP Drive Key is
supported.
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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Storage
(continued)
Device Configuration
(continued)
IDE Devices (continued)
Drive Type Emulation Options
CD-ROM 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)
Storage Options Removable Media Boot
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.
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
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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.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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Storage
(continued)
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
Storage Options
(continued)
Controller Order
(This feature is
supported on select
models only.)
Secondary IDE Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the secondary
IDE controller.
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.
Allows you to specify the order of attached
hard drive controllers. The first hard drive
controller in the order will have priority in the
boot sequence and will be recognized as
drive C (if any devices are attached).
This selection will not appear if all of the
✎
hard drives are attached to the embedded
IDE controllers.
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Storage
(continued)
Security Setup Password Allows you to set and enable setup
Boot Order Allows you to specify the order in which
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.
To boot one time from a device other than
the default device specified in Boot Order,
restart the computer and press F9 when the
computer begins to boot. When POST is
completed, a list of bootable devices is
displayed. Use the arrow keys to select a
device and press the Enter key.
(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 HP remote security
tools.
See the Troubleshooting Guide for more
information.
Power-On Password Allows you to set and enable power-on
password.
See the Troubleshooting Guide for more
information.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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Security
(continued)
Password Options
(This selection will
appear only if a
power-on password
is set.)
Device Security Enables/disables Serial ports A, B, C, and D,
Save Master Boot Record
Restore Master Boot Record
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, and
network controllers (some models).
Saves a backup copy of the Master Boot
Record of the current bootable disk.
Only appears if MBR Security is enabled.
✎
Restores the backup Master Boot Record to the
current bootable disk.
Only appears if all of the following
✎
conditions are true:
• MBR Security is enabled.
• A backup copy of the MBR has been
previously saved.
• The current bootable disk is the same disk
from which the backup copy of the MBR
was saved.
CAUTION: Restoring a previously saved
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MBR after a disk utility or the operating
system has modified the MBR may cause
the data on the disk to become
inaccessible. Only restore a previously
saved MBR if you are confident that the
current bootable disk’s MBR has been
corrupted or infected with a virus.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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Security
(continued)
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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.
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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
Power Energy Saver Allows you to set the energy saver mode
(advanced, disable, or minimal).
In the minimal energy saver mode setting,
✎
the hard drive and system do not go into
energy saver mode, but the setting allows
you to press the power button to suspend
the system.
This option does not affect power
management for the ACPI-enabled
operating systems.
Timeouts Allows you to disable or manually select
timeout values for the system and/or all
attached IDE hard drives.
This option does not affect power
✎
management for the ACPI-enabled
operating systems. This selection will only
appear when energy saver mode is set to
advanced.
Energy Saver Options Allows you to set:
• Power button configuration (on/off or
sleep/wake) under APM-enabled
operating systems.
• Power LED blink in suspend mode
(enable/disable).
Energy Saver Options will appear only
✎
if the energy saver mode is enabled.
This option does not apply under
ACPI-enabled operating systems.
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:
*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.)
• F9 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this
feature will display the text “F9 = Boot
Menu” during POST. Disabling this feature
prevents the text from being displayed.
However, pressing the F9 key will still
access the Boot Menu screen.
• 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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Advanced*
(continued)
*These options should be used by advanced
users only.
Power- On Options
(continued)
• 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 HP 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.
• 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.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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Heading Option Description
Advanced*
(continued)
*These options should be used by advanced
users only.
Power- On Options
(continued)
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/USB Buffer @ Top of Memory
(enable/disable). Enabling this feature
places 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 USB buffers are at top of
memory AND the system has 64 MB or
less of RAM.
onboard system devices (serial ports A, B, C,
or D, diskette controller, or parallel port).
their IRQ settings.
• 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.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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*These options should be used by advanced
users only.
Bus Options On select models, allows you to enable or
Device Options Allows you to set:
disable:
• PCI bus mastering, which allows a PCI
device to take control of the PCI bus.
• PCI SERR# generation.
• 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.
• 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.
• ACPI S3 Video REPOST (enable/disable).
This feature reruns the video option ROM
on a boot from the S3 state.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
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*These options should be used by advanced
users only.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
✎
configuration.
Device Options
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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.
• AGP Aperture Size (options vary
depending on platform). Allows you to
specify the amount of system memory
reserved for use by your graphics
controller.
• Monitor Tracking (enable/disable).
Allows ROM to save monitor asset
information.
• NIC PXE Option Download
(enable/disable). Allows you to enable or
disable downloading of option ROMS.
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