HP Kayak XU800 Series, Technical Reference Manual

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5 HP BIOS
HP/NBA BIOS Summary
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Integrated USB Interface.
Enable or disable the integrated USB
(Universal Serial Bus) interface. Setting this option to
Auto
lets the BIOS
or PnP operating system configure the device. However, disabling this op-
tion leaves the devices disabled by the BIOS, but a PnP operating system
can still configure it.
•
Integrated Audio Interface.
Enables or disables the audio interface. Set-
ting this option to
Auto
lets the BIOS or PnP operating system configure
the device. Disabling this option frees resources used by the device.
•
Integrated I/O Ports. Enables or disables the on-board parallel and
serial ports at the specified address.
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Integrated SCSI. Enables or disables the Option ROM scan, Bus Master
and Bus Latency Timer.
Security
Sub-menus are presented for changing the characteristics and values of the
System Administrator Password, User Password, Power-on Password, boot
device security and Hardware Protection. The Security Menu contains the
following sub-menus:
•
Administrator Password
. This password prevents unauthorized access
to the computer’s configuration. It can also be used to start the computer
when power-on password is set to
Auto
.
•
User Password . This password can only be set when an administrator
password has been set. The User Password prevents unauthorized use of
the computer and is used to start the computer when power-on password
is set to
Auto
.
•
Power-on Password
. If enabled, a password will be requested on boot.
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Start from Floppy , Start from CD-ROM and Start from HDD. These de-
vices can be disabled to prevent unauthorized use to start the computer.
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Hardware Protection . The following devices can have their accesses
unlocked/locked: floppy disk drives and hard disk boot sector.