Table 5-3 Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued)
Option Heading
Verbose Boot Messages (enable/disable). Default is enabled.
Verbose boot shows additional logging information during the boot. mainly for debugging if something
goes wrong during bootup.
Watchdog Timer (enable/disable). Default is enabled.
Allows you to set amount of time for a operating system and BIOS watchdog alert to be sent if the timers
are not deactivated. BIOS watchdog is deactivated by BIOS and would indicate that a halt occurred during
execution if the alert is sent to the management console. An operating system alert is deactivated by the
operating system image and would indicate that a hang occurred during its initialization.
● OS Watchdog Timer (min.) – (5/10/15/20/25). Default is 5 min.
● BIOS Watchdog Timer (min.) – (5/10/15/20/25). Default is 5 min.
CIRA Timeout (min.) (1/2/3/4/Never)
CIRA is Customer Initiated Remote Assistance, an Intel service to help users employing Active
Management Technology (AMT).
Computer Setup—UEFI Drivers
Lets you restart the computer into the 3rd Party Option ROM Management application. You can start this
application directly by pressing F3 during startup.
Recovering the Conguration Settings
This method of recovery requires that you rst perform the Save to Removable Media command with the
Computer Setup (F10) Utility before Restore is needed. (See Computer Setup–Main on page 72 in the
Computer Setup—File table.)
The Save to Removable Media option creates a le named HPSETUP.TXT on an inserted USB ash media
device. This le can be edited to change the settings on Restore. An asterisk (*) marks the selected option for
a setting.
NOTE: It is recommended that you save any modied computer conguration settings to a USB ash media
device and save the device for possible future use.
To restore the conguration, insert the USB ash media device with the saved conguration and perform the
Restore from Removable Media command with the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. (See Computer Setup–Main
on page 72 in the Computer Setup—File table.)
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