Z6 G5 "Fury" BIOS settings

[Ulf_K]

Updated the BIOS today to the latest revision. When browsing through the settings I came across one part that had to do with "Connecting to HP Cloud". I am not at my Z6 right now, but I think that it had something to do with remote service or access.

When disableing this option, the Z6 asked for a password at next power on. "If you did not change this setting - press escape" which I did. I do not want to risk bricking the motherboard. The boot process went on and I could log on to Windows normally.

I know that if I in any way enable a power-on password or BIOS settings password and then forget any of them, the motherboard is bricked. But. Are there any *other* parameter that can be changed/tampered with that also results in blocking or bricking the computer. I am alone on this Z6. It is behind two hardware fire walls.

Clicking on "help" while in the BIOS setup. the answer sometimes is like "Activating (esoteric abbrecviation goes here) will enable the (esoteric abbreviation goes here) that will enable (another esoteric abbreviation goes here). The "(?)" seldom explains the settings very detailed.

Where can one find more detailed description of the all more advanced settings in the BIOS menus. What I want is to disable any setting that has to do with remote access or service that I have not enrolled in. I have HP support framework installed. It checks for updates when I tell it to but I want it to stay silent the rest of the time. I also want to make sure that there are no hidden passwords or stored from previous owner that I can mistakingly re-enable and that is unknown.

BTW: The BIOS version is still missing from the lower left corner during POST (grunt...)

[resistencia]

Hi @Ulf_K 

The following document contains BIOS information.

c06696065.pdf

[DGroves]

your system has two different hardware based systems that can use passwords (besides the software based windows passwords)

the first is the "Bios" password

the second is the "AMT" or "vPRO" remote access feature

and you model laptop has the AMT based one

which is accessed through the bios and is a seperate item from it

once the AMT password is set it can not be recovered using any means

the same applies to the system bios if the strigingt option is set resetting cmos will have no effect

[resistencia · Accepted solution]

The AMT is an extension of the BIOS. To set a password, press CTRL+P when turning on the PC, then enter the menu where you can set a new password. Otherwise, it will always use the default password stored in MEBx (Management Engine BIOS Extensions).

Getting Started with Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)

[Ulf_K]

Thanks to ALL answers. It seems that I cannot press "Accept as solution" for more than one answer but to all of you who provided valuable information - Thanks again!

[resistencia]

You're welcome, happy to help.

[DGroves]

and just remember if you set the AMT password there is absolutely no way to recover it !!!

for home users the AMT password should not be set and if it is it should be reset back to defaults

either way i recommend you tape the AMT password inside the computers side cover