HP zbook 15 G3 User Manual

Questions and answers
1. How can the BIOS settings be restored (returned to factory settings)?
IMPORTANT: Restore defaults does not securely erase any data on your hard drive. See question and
answer 6 for steps to securely erase data.
Restore defaults does not reset the Custom Secure Boot keys. See question and answer 7 for
information about resetting the keys.
a. Turn on or restart the computer, and then press esc while the "Press the ESC key for Startup Menu"
message is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
b. Select Main, and then select Restore defaults.
c. Follow the on-screen instructions.
d. Select Main, select Save Changes and Exit, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
2. What is a UEFI BIOS, and how is it dierent from a legacy BIOS?
The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS is an industry-standard software interface
between the platform rmware and an operating system (OS). It is a replacement for the older BIOS
architecture, but supports much of the legacy BIOS functionality.
Like the legacy BIOS, the UEFI BIOS provides an interface to display the system information and
conguration settings and to change the conguration of your computer before an OS is loaded. BIOS
provides a secure run-time environment that supports a Graphic User Interface (GUI). In this
environment, you can use either a pointing device (Touchscreen, TouchPad, pointing stick, or USB
mouse) or the keyboard to navigate and make menu and conguration selections. The UEFI BIOS also
contains basic system diagnostics.
The UEFI BIOS provides functionality beyond that of the legacy BIOS. In addition, the UEFI BIOS works to
initialize the computer’s hardware before loading and executing the OS; the run-time environment
allows the loading and execution of software programs from storage devices to provide more
functionality, such as advanced hardware diagnostics (with the ability to display more detailed system
information) and advanced rmware management and recovery software.
HP has provided options in Computer Setup (BIOS) to allow you to run in legacy BIOS, if required by the
operating system. Examples of this requirement would be if you upgrade or downgrade the OS.
3. Where does the UEFI BIOS reside?
The UEFI BIOS resides on a ash memory chip. A utility is required to write to the chip.
4. What kind of conguration data is stored on the DIMM Serial Presence Detect (SPD) memory
module? How would this data be written?
The DIMM SPD memory contains information about the memory module, such as size, serial number,
data width, speed/timing, voltage, and thermal information. This information is written by the module
manufacturer and stored on an EEPROM. This EEPROM cannot be written to when the memory module is
installed in a PC. Third-party tools do exist that can write to the EEPROM when the memory module is
not installed in a PC. Various third-party tools are available to read SPD memory.
5. What is meant by “Restore the nonvolatile memory found in Intel-based system boards”?
This message relates to clearing the Real Time Clock (RTC) CMOS memory that contains PC conguration
data.
6. How can the BIOS security be reset to factory defaults and data erased?
182 Chapter 14 Statement of memory volatility

HP zbook 15 G3 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Mobile workstation
Product color	Black
Cable lock slot	Yes
Country of origin	China
Bus type	DMI3
Stepping	R0
Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-6700HQ
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-6700 Mobile series
Processor socket	BGA 1440
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	2.6 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	35 W
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.5 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3L-SDRAM, LPDDR3-SDRAM, DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1866, 2133, 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.1 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	64 GB
Motherboard chipset	Intel CM236
Pointing device	Touchpad
Recovery operating system	Windows 10 Pro
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Memory slots	4x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 4 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Number of SSDs installed	1
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
On-board graphics card ID	0x191B
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® Quadro® M2000M
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.7 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.4
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1050 MHz
Number of displays supported (on-board graphics)	3
Battery capacity	90 Wh
Number of battery cells	9
AC adapter power	150 W
Number of built-in speakers	2
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDMI version	1.4
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Processor code	SR2FQ
Processor ARK ID	88967
Processor package size	42 x 28 mm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0
Intel Smart Response Technology version	1.00
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version	0.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	264 mm
Width	386 mm
Height	26 mm
Weight	2590 g