E7250 BIOS settings

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Here are BIOS settings that are known to work on the 7250 (5th gen CPU with Intel HD5500 graphics) under High Sierra and Mojave. These settings were tested and verified with BIOS A21.

 

General
. Boot Sequence:

     * Boot List Option = UEFI (-> Boot Sequence list will be set accordingly)

. Adanced Boot Options:

     * Enable Legacy Option ROMs = On (required to boot legacy external devices such as USB media or SD cards)

System Configuration

. Integrated NIC = Enabled

. Parallel Port = Disabled

. Serial Port = COM1
. SATA Operation = AHCI
. Drives:

     * SATA-0/1/2/3 = On

. SMART Reporting:

     * Enable SMART Reporting = On or Off

. USB Configuration:

     * Enable USB Boot Support = On

     * Enable USB3.0 Controller = On

     * Enable External USB Port = On

. USB PowerShare:

     * Enable USB PowerShare = On

. Audio:

     * Enable Audio = On

. Keyboard Illumination:

     * Bright = On (or any desired value)

. Keyboard Backlight on AC:

     * Keyboard Backlight with AC = On or Off

. Unobtrusive Mode:

     * Enable Unobtrusive Mode = Off

. Miscellaneous Devices: 

     * Enable Microphone = On

     * Enable Camera = On

     * Enable Media Card = On

Video

. LCD Brightness = Whatever settings you prefer

Security

. Admin Password = not set (or whatever)
. System Password = not set (or whatever)
. Internal HDD-1 Password = not set (or whatever)

. Strong Password = Off
. Password Configuration = default settings
. Password Bypass = Disabled

. Password Change: Allow Non-admin Password Changes = on

. Non-Admin Setup Changes = Off

. TPM Security = Off
. Computrace(R) = Deactivate

. CPU XD Support = On

. OROM Keyboard Access = Enable

. Admin Setup Lockout = Off

. Master Password Lockout = Off

Secure Boot

. Secure Boot Enable = Disabled

. Expert Key Management:

    * Enable Custom Mode = Off

    * Custom Mode Key Management = PK

Performance

. Multi Core Support = All

. Intel SpeedStep = Enabled
. C-States control = On
. Intel TurboBoost = Enabled

. HyperThread Control = Enabled

Power Management

. AC Behavior:

    * Wake on AC = Off

. Auto On Time = Disabled
. USB Wake Support:

     * Enable USB Wake Support = On or Off

. Wireless Radio Control:

     * Control WLAN radio = Off

     * Control WWAN radio = Off
. Wake on LAN/WLAN = Disabled

. Block Sleep = Off

. Peak Shift = Off

. Dock Support on Battery = Off

. Advanced Battery Charge Configuration = Off

. Primary Battery Charge Configuration = Adaptative (or any other choice)

. Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology = Off

POST Behavior

. Adapter Warnings = Enabled
. Keypad (Embedded) = Fn Key Only

. Mouse/Touchpad = Touchpad/PS-2 Mouse
. Numlock Enable = Enabled
. Fn Key Emulation = Enabled

. Fn Lock Options:

     * Fn Lock = On

    * Lock Mode Disable/Standard = On

. MEBx Hotkey = Enabled

. Fast Boot = Minimal

. Extend BIOS POST Time = 0 seconds (or any other choice)

Virtualization Support

. Virtualization = Enabled

. VT for Direct I/O = Off (otherwise use Chameleon/Clover option dart=0)

. Trusted Execution = Off

Wireless

. Wireless Switch:

     * WWAN = On

     * WLAN/WiGig = On

     * GPS (on WWAN Module) = On

     * Bluetooth = On

. Wireless Device Enable:

     * WWAN/GPS = On

     * WLAN/WiGig = On

     * Bluetooth = On