Specifications

Heading Option Description
FullBoot—Memory test (count) on cold boot. Clears memory on all boots.
FullBoot Every x Days—Memory count on first cold boot on or after the Xth day and no
more memory counts until that boot occurs. Clears memory on all boots.
POST Messages (Enable/Disable)
F9 Prompt:
Displayed—Displays the F9=Boot Menu text during POST.
Hidden—Prevents display of the F9=Boot Menu text during POST. (You can still access
the menu by pressing F9. See Storage > Boot Order for more information.)
F10 Prompt:
Displayed—Displays the F10=Setup text during POST.
Hidden—Prevents display of the F10=Setup text POST. (You can still access the setup
screen by pressing F10.)
F11 Prompt:
Displayed—Displays the F11=Recovery menu during POST.
Hidden—Prevents display of the F11=Recovery text during POST. (You can still
attempt to boot to the HP Backup and Recovery partition by pressing F11. See Factory
Recovery Boot Support for more information.)
F12 Prompt:
Displayed—Displays the F12=Network text during POST.
Hidden—Prevents display of the F11=Recovery text during POST. (You can still
attempt to boot to from the network by pressing F12.)
Factory Recovery Boot Support (Enable/Disable). Enabling this feature displays an additional
prompt, F11=Recovery, during POST on systems with HP Backup and Recovery software
installed and configured with a recovery partition on the boot hard drive. Pressing F11 causes
the system to boot to the recovery partition and launch HP Backup and Recovery. You can
hide the F11=Recovery prompt by using the F11 prompt option described above.
Option ROM
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prompt (some models) (Enable/Disable)—Enabling this feature causes the
computer to display a message before loading option ROMs.
Remote Wakeup Boot Source—Lets you set the remote wakeup boot source to:
Local Hard Drive
Remote Server
After Power Loss—Lets you set options for computer behavior after a power loss.
Off—Computer remains powered off when power is restored.
On—Computer automatically powers on when power is restored. (This lets you power
on the computer using a power strip switch, if the computer is connected to an electric
power strip.)
Previous state—Computer powers on automatically when power is restored only if
computer was on when power was lost.
Table 4-1 Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu descriptions (continued)
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