Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product A6010 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook A Series BIOS Guide LifeBook A Series Model: A6010 Document Date: 10/12/06 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1570-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYST EMS 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 notebo ok.
3 severe, it will g iv e you an o pportunit y to modify the setup utility setting s, as described in the following steps: 1. W hen you turn on or restart the computer the re is a beep and/ or the follow in g mess age appears on the screen: Error message - please run SETUP program Press <F1> key to continue, <F2> to run SETUP 2.
4 LifeBook A Series BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M en u allows y ou to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigating through the Setup Utility on pa ge 2 for more informat ion.
5 Drive0 Selects the Drive0 Serial A T A drive submenu The product number of the hard drive. Display the type of device on this A T A/IDE interface. Pressing the Enter key selects the Serial A T A Drive0 submenu allowing additional device configuration o ptions for this interface.
6 LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive0 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive0 s ubmenu identifies what A T A d evices are installed. Figure 2. Drive0 Master Submenu T able 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto] Selects the hard dr ive device ty pe.
7 Drive1 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive1 s ubmenu allows y ou to co nfigure secondary A T A devices. Figure 3. Drive1 Submenu T able 3: Fields, Options and Defaults fo r the Drive1 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto] NOTE: The T ype field do es not appear as a drop-down menu.
8 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, y ou can either exit from the setup utility , or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from the setup utility , pr ess the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
9 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 xternal CR T display . ■ Enable or disable compensation for your display .
10 LifeBook A Series BIOS USB Features W hen selected, opens the USB Features su bmenu to allow you to enable or disable legacy USB devices and SCSI SubClass support.
11 Keyboard/Mo use Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The K eyboard/M ouse Featur es submenu is for setting the Numloc k feature. Figure 5. Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu T able 5: Fields, Options.
12 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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 a.
13 Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allo ws the user to enable or disable Serial A T A, IDE, Bluetooth , LAN and W ireless LAN C ontrollers.
14 LifeBook A Series BIOS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es submenu pr ovides options for configuring the Intel C ore M ulti-P roc essing and SpeedStep power management featur es of the CPU .
15 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. Figure 9.
16 LifeBook A Series BIOS Miscellaneous Configuratio ns Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Configurations submenu provides option s for enabling or disabling the power button and the W ake U p On LAN feature, and setting the volume and video memory size.
17 Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The Ev ent Logging submen u configures ev ent logging features for DMI events. Figure 11. Event Logging Submenu T able 11: Fields, Options and Defaults f.
18 LifeBook A Series BIOS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you t o set up the data security features of your not ebook to fit your operating needs and to view the current data security configuration. (See N avigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 for mor e informat ion.
19 Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished setting the parameters on the Security Men u, you can eithe r exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from setup utility , press th e [Esc] key to go to the Exit Menu.
20 LifeBook A Series BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Secur ity submenu is for co nfiguring hard disk security features.
21 Owner Informatio n Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information sub menu is for setting o wner inform ation. N ote that the owner information cannot be set without having entered a Super visor P assword.
22 LifeBook A Series BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system. Follow the instructions for Na vigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes.
23 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 operatin g 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.
24 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from Boot Menu W hen you hav e finished setting the boot paramet ers with the Boot M enu, yo u can either exit from the setup utility or move to another men u. If y ou wish to exit fr om the setup utility pr ess the [Esc] key to go to the Ex it Men u.
25 INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATI ON The Info M enu is a display-only scr een 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.
26 LifeBook A Series BIOS EXIT MENU – LEAVIN G THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to leav e the setup utility . F ollow the instructions for Na vigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See N avigati ng through the Setup Utilit y on pa ge 2 for more infor mation.
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