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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. 31

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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 Number
1
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.