HP Z820

Page 9 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012
Rev A - Initial Public Release
Set Z820 Required system BIOS changes:
- During boot up press F10 at the HP splash screen to invoke Set Up.
- Select the Advanced tab
- Select Device Options <Enter>
- Select Hyper-Threading
- Verify setting is Enable
 If Hyper-Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable
- Hi F10 to save the Hyper-Threading setting
- Select the Power tab
- Select OS Power Management <return>
- Select Runtime Power Management
- Default setting is Enable
 Change this setting from Enable to Disable
- Select Idle Power Savings
- Default setting is Extended
 Change this setting from Extended to Normal
- Hi F10 to save the Runtime Power Management and Idle Power Savings settings
- Select Advanced Tab
- Select BUS options
- Select NUMA
- Default setting is Enable
 Change this setting from Enable to Disable
- Hi F10 to save the NUMA setting
- Press F10 twice to Save
- Save Changes and Exit
- System will Reboot
Set Z820 Optional system BIOS setting: ** Only required if connecting USB audio I/O devices.
- Select the Power tab
- Select Hardware Power Management <Enter>
- Select Intel Turbo Mode
- Default setting is Enable
 Change this setting from Enable to Disable
- Press F10 twice to Save
- Save Changes and Exit