4 BIOS overview

BIOS summary

 

• IDE HDD auto-detection, including support for IDE drives > 8.4GB

 

• ATAPI CD-ROM auto-detection

 

• PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard detection

 

 

NOTE

A USB floppy is installed as a standard drive by the BIOS (drive A: or E:). A

 

USB floppy is installed as drive A: (for Windows 2000) or drive E: (Windows

 

98), depending on the number of external drives attached.

 

HP setup screen

 

 

The Setup page contains the following fields:

 

•

System Time

 

•

System Date

 

•

Boot Policy

 

• F12 Hot Key to Boot on LAN

 

•

CD-ROM

 

•

Set Supervisor Password

 

•

Set User Password

 

•

Integrated Audio Interface

 

•

Integrated USB Interface

 

•

Serial Port

 

•

Parallel Port

 

•

Mode

 

• Processor Serial Number1

 

The menu items contained in this page are largely security features. The

 

purpose of this page is to facilitate the prevention of Unauthorized users from

 

using or booting from selected drives and network connections for example:

 

• Boot Policy: Allows you to select the devices and the order of the devices

 

 

 

from which the BIOS attempts to boot the operating system. During POST,

 

 

 

if the BIOS is unsuccessful at booting from one device, it will then try the

 

 

 

next one on the list until an operating system is found.

 

• F12 Hot Key to Boot On LAN: Allows the user to enable or disable this

 

 

 

feature.

 

• CD-ROM, Integrated Audio Interface, Integrated USB Interface, Serial

 

 

 

Port and Parallel Port: These menu items enable you to unlock/lock these

 

 

 

integrated Data Communications Ports

 

• Supervisor Password. This password prevents unauthorized access to the

 

1.

This menu item is hidden when the Celeron processor is detected.

 

 

 

 

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