HP Xw6200 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM, Technical Reference Manual

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COMPUTER SETUP (F10)
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Chapter 3
Boot Order
Allows you to configure the boot, diskette drive, and hard drive orders by physically reordering the
menu entries. Each device on the list can be individually excluded from or included for
consideration as a bootable operating system source.
NOTE: MS-DOS drive lettering assignments might 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
workstation and press F9 when the
F10=Setup
message appears on the screen. 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 workstation then boots from the selected non-default device
for this one time.
Controller Order
Allows you to specify the order of the 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).
NOTE: The selection will not appear if all hard drives are attached to the embedded IDE
controllers.
Security Setup
Password
Allows you to set and enable 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 you to set and enable power-on password.
Smart Cover Allows you to disable cover removal sensor or to notify user if sensor has been activated.
System IDs Allows you to set:
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Asset tag (16-byte identifier) and ownership tag (80-byte identifier displayed during POST).
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Chassis serial number or 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.)
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Keyboard locale setting (for example, English or German) for System ID entry.
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Monitor tracking
Master Boot
Record
Security Enables you to enable or disable 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.
NOTE 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.
Table 3-1 Computer Setup Menu Descriptions
Heading Option Description