HP ProOne 400 G1 All-in-One PC - BIOS Setup

System information

Lists:

• Product name
• Manufacturer
• SKU number
• Processor type/speed/stepping
• Installed memory size/speed, number of channels
• Integrated MAC address for embedded, enabled NIC (if applicable)
• Chassis serial number
• Asset tracking number
• System Board ID
• System Board CT Number
• BIOS (includes family name and version)

About

Displays copyright notice

Set Time and Date

Allows to set system time and date.

Flash System ROM

Allows to update the system ROM with a BIOS image file located on removable media.

Replicated Setup

• Save to Removable Media:
  Saves system configuration to a formatted USB flash media device.
• Restore from Removable Media:
  Restores system configuration from a USB flash media device.

Default Setup

• Save Current Settings as Default:
  Saves the current system configuration settings as the default.
• Restore Factory Settings as Default:
  Restores the factory system configuration settings as the default.

Apply Defaults and Exit

Applies the currently selected default settings and clears 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 or default settings and exits Computer Setup.

Device Configuration

Lists all installed BIOS-controlled storage devices.

When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options may be presented:

• Hard Disk: Size, model, firmware version, serial number, connector color, SMART.
• CD-ROM: Model, firmware version, serial number, connector color (not included for USB CDROM).
• Diskette: Model and firmware version.

note:

Displays for USB diskette drives.

Storage Options

SATA Emulation

Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are accessed by the operating system. There are two supported options: IDE, AHCI (default).

  caution:

SATA emulation changes may prevent access to existing hard drive data and degrade or corrupt established volumes.

• IDE - This is the most backwards-compatible setting of the three options. Operating systems usually do not require additional driver support in IDE mode.
• AHCI (default option) - Allows operating systems with AHCI device drivers loaded to take advantage of more advanced features of the SATA controller.

Removable Media Boot:

Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. Default is enabled.

Boot Order

Allows to:

• EFI Boot sources:
  Specify the order in which EFI boot sources (such as a internal hard drive, USB hard drive, USB optical drive, or internal optical drive) 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. EFI boot sources always have precedence over legacy boot sources.
• Legacy Boot sources:
  Specify the order in which legacy boot sources (such as a network interface card, internal hard drive, USB optical drive, or internal optical drive) 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.

Specify the order of attached hard drives. The first hard drive in the order will have priority in the boot sequence and will be recognized as drive C (if any devices are attached).

note:

To drag a device to a preferred place, press Enter. To remove the device from consideration as a bootable device, press F5. You can use F5 to disable individual boot items, as well as disable EFI boot and/or legacy boot.

note:

MS-DOS drive lettering assignments may not apply after a non-MS-DOS operating system has started.

Shortcut to temporarily override boot order:

To boot one time from a device other than the default device specified in Boot Order, restart the computer and press Esc (to access the boot menu) and then F9 (Boot Order), or only F9 (skipping the boot menu) when the monitor light turns green. After POST is completed, a list of bootable devices is displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the preferred bootable device and press Enter. The computer then boots from the selected non-default device for this one time.

Setup Password

Allows to set and enable a setup (administrator) password.

note:

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

Power-On Password

Allows to set and enable a power-on password. The power-on password prompt appears after a power cycle or reboot. If the user does not enter the correct power-on password, the unit will not boot.

Password Options(This selection appears only if a power-on password or setup password is set.)

Allows to enable/disable:

• Lock Legacy Resources (determines whether or not Windows Device Manager is allowed to change resource settings for serial and parallel ports).
• Setup Browse Mode (appears if a setup password is set) (allows viewing, but not changing, the F10 Setup Options without entering setup password). Default is enabled.
• Password prompt on F9, F11 & F12 (requires setup password to use these boot functions). Default is enabled.
• Network Server Mode. Default is disabled.
• Stringent Password (enabling the stringent password disables the ability to reset the password by moving the jumper on the system board). Default is disabled.

  caution:

If you enable the stringent security feature and you forget the setup password or the power-on password, the computer is inaccessible and can no longer be used.

If you lose or forget the password, the system board must be replaced. This scenario is not covered under warranty.

To prevent the computer from becoming permanently unusable, record your configured setup password or power-on password in a safe place away from your computer. Without these passwords, the computer cannot be unlocked.

Device Security

Allows to set Device Available/Device Hidden (default is Device Available) for:

• System audio
• Network controller

  note:

  You must disable AMT before trying to hide the network controller.

• SATA ports (varies by model)

USB Security

Allows to set Enabled/Disabled (default is Enabled) for:

• Front USB Ports
• Rear USB Ports
• Accessory USB Ports

Slot Security

Allows to disable any PCI Express slot. Default is enabled.

Network 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 be either a PCI expansion card or embedded on the system board.) Default is enabled.

System IDs

Allows to set:

• Asset tag (18-byte identifier), a property identification number assigned by the company to the computer.
• Ownership tag (80-byte identifier) displayed during POST.
• Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) number. The UUID can only be updated if the current chassis serial number is invalid. (These ID numbers are normally set in the factory and are used to uniquely identify the system.)
• Keyboard Layout (language).

Master Boot Record Security

Enables/disables Master Boot Record (MBR) security.

The MBR contains information needed to successfully boot from a disk and to access the data stored on the disk. Master Boot Record Security may prevent unintentional or malicious changes to the MBR, such as those caused by some viruses or by the incorrect use of certain disk utilities. It also allows you to recover the "last known good" MBR, should changes to the MBR be detected when the system is restarted.

When MBR Security is enabled, the BIOS prevents any changes being made to the MBR of the current bootable disk while in MS-DOS or Windows Safe Mode.

note:

Most operating systems control access to the MBR of the current bootable disk; the BIOS cannot prevent changes that may occur while the operating system is running.

Restores the backup Master Boot Record to the current bootable disk. Default is disabled.

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 was saved

  caution:

Restoring a previously saved MBR after a disk utility or 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.

System Security (these options are hardware dependent)

Data Execution Prevention (enable/disable) - Helps prevent operating system security breaches. Default is enabled.

Virtualization Technology (VTx) (enable/disable) - Controls the virtualization features of the processor. Changing this setting requires turning the computer off and then back on. Default is disabled.

Virtualization Technology Directed I/O (VTd) (enable/disable) - Controls virtualization DMA remapping features of the chipset. Changing this setting requires turning the computer off and then back on. Default is disabled.

Button Retask Password Protection (enable/disable) - Controls whether or not the Setup password must be provided to WMI methods used to re-task the function of the side panel buttons.

DriveLock Security

Allows you to assign or modify a master or user password for hard drives. When this feature is enabled, the user is prompted to provide one of the DriveLock passwords during POST. If neither is successfully entered, the hard drive will remain inaccessible until one of the passwords is successfully provided during a subsequent cold-boot sequence.

note:

This selection will only appear when at least one drive that supports the DriveLock feature is attached to the system.

Secure Boot Configuration

This is a feature of Windows 8.

• Legacy Support: Enable/Disable. Allows to turn off all legacy support on the computer, including booting to DOS, running legacy graphics cards, booting to legacy devices, and so on. If set to disable, legacy boot options in Storage > Boot Order are not displayed. Default is enabled.
• Secure Boot: Enable/Disable. Allows to make sure an operating system is legitimate before booting to it, making Windows resistant to malicious modification from preboot to full OS booting, preventing firmware attacks. UEFI and Windows Secure Boot only allow code signed by pre-approved digital certificates to run during the firmware and OS boot process. Default is disabled, except for Windows 8 systems which have this setting enabled. Secure Boot enabled also sets Legacy Support to disabled.
• Key Management: This option manages the custom key settings.

  • Clear Secure Boot Keys: Do not Clear/Clear. Allows to delete any previously loaded custom boot keys. Default is Do not Clear.
  • Key Ownership: HP Keys/Custom Keys. Selecting Custom Mode allows to modify the contents of the secure boot signature databases and the platform key (PK) that verifies kernels during system start up, allowing you to use alternative operating systems. Selecting HP Keys causes the computer boot using the preloaded HP-specific boot keys. Default is HP Keys.
• Fast Boot: Enable/Disable. Fast boot disables the ability to interrupt boot, such as pressing f keys to access items before the operating system loads. Default is disabled.

note:

If Windows 8 detects a serious error, it will interrupt the boot process automatically and display advanced boot options.

From Windows 8, press Shift and select Restart to access the screen that lets you boot to a device or troubleshoot your computer.

OS Power Management

• Idle Power Savings - Extended/Normal. Allows certain operating systems to decrease the processors power consumption when the processor is idle. Default is extended.
• Runtime Power Management - Enable/Disable. Allows certain operating systems to reduce processor voltage and frequency when the current software load does not require the full capabilities of the processor. Default is enabled.
• Unique Sleep State Blink Rates - Enable/Disable. This feature is designed to provide a visual indication of what sleep state the system is in. Each sleep state has a unique blink pattern. Default is disabled.

  • S0 (On) = Solid white LED.
  • S3 (Stand By)= 3 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds (green LED) - repeated cycles of 3 blinks and a pause.
  • S4 (Hibernation)= 4 blinks at 1Hz (50% duty cycle) followed by a pause of 2 seconds (green LED) - repeated cycles of 4 blinks and a pause.
  • S5 (Soft Off) = LED is off.

note:

For Windows 8 systems with Fast Boot support, a normal shutdown goes to the S4 state, not the S5 state.

Hardware Power Management

SATA Power Management – Enables or disables SATA bus and/or device power management. Default is enabled.

S5 Maximum Power Savings – Turns off power to all nonessential hardware when system is off to meet EUP Lot 6 requirement of less than 0.5 Watt power usage. Default is disabled.

PCI Express Power Management – Sets Active State Power Management (ASPM) of the bus. ASPM lets set lower power modes that activate when the bus is not being used. Default is enabled.

Thermal

Fan idle mode - This bar graph controls the minimum permitted fan speed.

note:

This setting only changes the minimum fan speed. The fans are still automatically controlled.

Power-On Options

Allows to set:

• POST mode (QuickBoot, Clear Memory, FullBoot, or FullBoot Every x Days).

  • QuickBoot (default) = Do not clear memory or perform a memory test.
  • FullBoot = Memory test (count) on cold boot. Clears memory on all boots.
  • Clear Memory = No memory count on cold boot. Clears memory on all boots.
  • FullBoot Every x Days = Memory count on 1st cold boot on or after the xth day. No more memory counts until 1st cold boot on or after x days. Clears memory on all boots.
• POST messages (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will cause the system to display POST error messages, which are error messages displayed on the monitor during the Power On Self Test if the BIOS encounters some kind of problem while starting the PC. A POST error message will only display on screen if the computer is capable of booting this far. If the POST detects an error before this point, a beep code is generated instead. Default is disabled.
• Press the ESC key for Startup Menu (Enable/Disable). This feature controls the display of the text “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” during POST. This text does not display on Windows 8 systems with Fast Boot support. Other text also will not display (for example, Ownership Tag). Default is enabled.
• Option ROM Prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will cause the system to display a message before loading option ROMs. Default is enabled.
• After Power Loss (off/on/previous state). Default is Power off. Setting this option to:
  • Power Off - causes the computer to remain powered off when power is restored.
  • Power On - causes the computer to power On automatically as soon as power is restored.
  • Previous state - causes the computer to power On automatically as soon as power is restored, if it was On when power was lost.

    note:

    If you turn off power to the computer using the switch on a power strip, you will not be able to use the suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.

• POST Delay (in seconds). 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. The POST delay also gives you more time to select F10 to enter Computer (F10) Setup. Default is None.
• Remote Wakeup Boot Source (remote server/local hard drive). Default is Local hard drive.
• Factory Recovery Boot Support (Enable/Disable). Provides the ability for the BIOS to redirect the boot to the recovery partition on the user hard drive, if present. Some versions of the recovery software honor the F11 key press even when this feature is disabled by the BIOS. Default is disabled.
• Bypass F1 Prompt on Configuration Changes (Enable/Disable). Allows to set the computer not to confirm when changes were made. Default is disabled.
  POST Memory Manager Runtime Allocation (Enable/Disable). Default is disabled.

BIOS Power-On

Allows to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time specified.

Onboard Devices

Allows you to set resources for or disable Legacy devices.

Select the Legacy device's IRQ, DMA, and I/O Range. The settings may not take effect for all operating systems. To hide a device from the operating system, see Security > Device Security.

Bus Options

Allows to enable or disable:

• PCI SERR# Generation. Default is enabled.
• 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. Default is disabled.

Device Options

Allows to set:

• Turbo Mode (enable/disable). Allows you to enable and disable the Intel Turbo Mode feature, which allows one core of the system to run at a higher than standard frequency and power if other cores are idle. Default is enabled.
• Num Lock State at Power-On (off/on). Default is off.
• Internal Speaker (does not affect external speakers). Default is enabled.
  Multi-Processor (enable/disable). Use this option to disable multi-processor support under the OS. Default is enabled.
• USB Charging Port (enable/disable). Default is enabled.
• USB 3.0 BIOS Driver Support (enabled/disabled). Default is disabled.
• Hyper threading (enable/disable). Use this option to disable processor hyper-threading.

VGA Configuration

Displayed only if there is an add-in video card in the system. Allows you to specify which VGA controller will be the “boot” or primary VGA controller.

Option ROM Launch Policy

(Windows 8 only). Windows 8 installs as a UEFI operating system (as opposed to ‘legacy’), and ships with the ‘Legacy Support’ setting off in the BIOS. When ‘Legacy Support’ is off, the Option ROM Launch Policies are set to ‘UEFI Only’. These policies control whether the Legacy Option ROM or the UEFI driver is loaded for the following features:

• PXE Option ROMs (UEFI Only/Do Not Launch). Specifies whether the legacy option ROM or the UEFI driver in the BIOS is used to provide PXE services.
• Storage Option ROMs (UEFI Only/Do Not Launch). Specifies whether the legacy option ROM or the UEFI driver in the BIOS is used to provide RAID setup and support.
• Video Option ROMs (UEFI Only/Do Not Launch). Specifies whether the legacy VBIOS or the UEFI driver in the BIOS is used to provide graphics setup and support.
• NetClone Option ROMs (Legacy Only/Do Not Launch). Only available on models with the NetClone operating system.

PCIe Family Controller

Provides information about the PCIe controller, including:

• Driver Name
• Driver Version
• Drive Release Date
• Device Name
• PCI Slot
• MAC Address