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1 Fujitsu LifeBook A Series BIOS Guide LifeBook A Series Model: A3110 Document Date: 09/27/2006 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1569-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBook A Series BIOS A Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup U tility is a program that sets up the operating en vironment for y our notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for nor mal operating conditions, therefor e there is no need to set or change the BIOS environment to op erate your noteboo k.
3 3. If an error message is displa yed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility , press the [F2] key . 4. W hen the setup utility star ts with a fault present, the system display s the following message: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 LifeBook A Series BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M enu allows y o u to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigat ing through the Setup Utility on pa ge 2 for more informat ion.
5 System Date: – — –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/ year numeric format with 2 di gits each for month and day and 4 digits for year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/ 2006. Y ou may change each segment of the date sepa- rately .
6 LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive0 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive0 s ubmenu identifies what A T A devices are install ed and the default values and settings of the devices.
7 Ultra DMA --- Ultra DMA-5 Displays the Ul tra DMA method for moving da ta to/from the Drive0 device. S.M.A.R.T . --- Supported Displays whether Self-Mon itoring Analysis Reporting T echnology is supported. (MSART is a hard drive feature; warns of problems before total failure) .
8 LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive1 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive1 s ubmenu allows y ou to co nfigure secondary A T A dev ices. Figure 3. Drive1 Submenu T able 3: Fields, Options and Default s for t.
9 Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, y o u can either exit from the setup utility , or move to another menu. If y ou w ish to exit from the setup utility , pr ess the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
10 LifeBook A Series BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allows y ou to: ■ Set the keyboar d and mouse features. ■ Select between the display panel and an e x ternal CR T or flat panel display . ■ Enable or disable compensation for your display .
11 Miscellaneous Configurations Opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu to allow you to enable or disable the power but- ton, Wa ke Up On LAN, control volume se ttings, and adjust UMA video memory size. Event Logging Opens the event logging submenu.
12 LifeBook A Series BIOS Keyboard/Mo use Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The K eyboard/Mouse F eatures submenu is for setting the paramet ers of the int egr ated and ext ernal mouse and ke y bo a rd .
13 Vid eo Features Submenu of th e Advanced Menu The Vid eo Features sub menu is for setting the display parameters. Figure 6. Video Features Submenu T able 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for th e Vi.
14 LifeBook A Series BIOS Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inte rnal Device Configuration submenu allo ws the user to enable or disable IDE, B luetooth, and LAN Contr ollers.
15 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es submenu provides options for config uring the AM D V irtualization™ features of the CPU .
16 LifeBook A Series BIOS USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB F eatures submen u provides options fo r en abling or disabling the USB Floppy Disk Drive.
17 Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Configurations submen u provides option s for enabling or disabling the power button and the W ake U p On LAN feature, and setting the volume and v ideo memor y size. Figure 10.
18 LifeBook A Series BIOS Vo l u m e S e t t i n g : ■ Off ■ Minimum ■ Middle ■ Maximum [Middle] Selects t he initial volume setting f or the system. UMA Video Memory Size: ■ 32MB ■ 64MB ■ 128MB ■ 224MB [64MB] Allows you to select th e maximum shared video me mory size.
19 Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The Ev ent Logging submenu configur es event logging features for DMI events. Figure 11. Event Logging Submenu T able 11: Fields, Options and Defaults fo.
20 LifeBook A Series BIOS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows y ou to set up the data security features of y our notebook to fit your operating needs and to view the current data secur ity configuration. (S ee N avigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 f or more information.
21 T able 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Descript ion Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displa yed when the system supervisor passwor d is set and Clear w hen it is not.
22 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, y ou can either exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou w ish to exit from setup utility , press th e [Esc] key to go to the Exit M enu.
23 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Secur ity submenu is for co nfiguring hard disk security features. Figure 13. Hard Disk Security Submenu T able 13: Fields, Options and.
24 LifeBook A Series BIOS Owner Informatio n Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information sub menu is for setting o w ner inform ation. N ote that the o wner information cannot be set without having entered a Super visor Password.
25 BOOT MENU – SELECTING TH E OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Men u is used to select the order in which the BIOS searc hes sources for the operating system. F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to make an y changes. (See N avigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 for mor e information.
26 LifeBook A Series BIOS Boot Device Priority — — This menu allows setting up the source fo r the operating system . See “The Boot Device Priority S ubmenu” in the following section. Hard Di sk Drives Priority __ __ This menu allows selecting the priori ty with which the hard disk drives will be selected for Boot.
27 Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priorit y submenu is for set ting the order of checking of sources for the operating system. Figure 16. Bo ot Device Priorit y Submenu ■ Be aware of the operating environment when booting fr om a CD or you may overwrite files by mistake.
28 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from Boot Menu W hen you hav e finished setting the boot paramet ers with the Boot M enu, you can either exit from the setup utility or move to another men u. If you wish to exit from the setup utility pr ess the [Esc] key to go t o the Exit M enu.
29 INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATI ON The Info M enu is a display only screen that pro vides the configuration i nformation for y our notebook. The following table shows the names of the menu fields for the Info men u and the information displayed in those fields.
30 LifeBook A Series BIOS EXIT MENU – LEAVIN G THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to leav e the setup utility . Follow the instructions for Na v igating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See N av igating throug h the Setup Utilit y on page 2 for more informat ion.
31 Discard Changes Selecting Discard Changes will load the previous values in BIOS memory for all menu fields. The message Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When con- firmed the setup u tility will return to the Exit me nu.
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