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4 BIOS Overview
BIOS Summary
Boot Menu
The QuickBoot Mode option allows the system to skip certain tests while
booting. This decreases the time needed to boot the system
.
The Boot-time Diagnostics screen enables the user to display either the HP
logo or diagnostic’s screen during POST.
Boot Device Priority allows you to select 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.
Hard Disk Drives allows you to choose the hard drive you want to boot from
.
Removable Devices allows you to choose which drive letters you want to
assign to removable devices
.
Power Menu
The Power menu has the following fields:
• State After Power Failure. This field allows you to select the state that the
PC will place itself into after a power failure. For example, if you set this
field to Off, the PC will not start up after a power failure. Setting this value
to Auto means that the PC will return to the state it was in before the power
failure took place.
• Advanced Power Management (APM) fields. These fields allow you to set
APM features, such as the timeout before the PC goes into suspend mode,
and whether the PC will wake up (or power on) from modem or network
card activity.
• Advanced Configuration and Power Management(ACPI) field. It allows
you to enable or disable the Suspend to RAM feature available with ACPI
operating systems (such as Windows 2000).