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Fujitsu LifeBook B Series BIOS Guide LifeBook B Series Model : B2630 Document Da te: 06/06 /03 Document Part Num ber: FP C58-09 49-01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBo ok B Seri es Note book BI OS B Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIO S Setu p U til ity is a pr ogram tha t sets up the operating environment for y our notebook. Y our BIOS is se t at th e fac tor y for norm al ope rat ing con diti ons, therefor e ther e is normally no need to set or change the BIOS environment to operate your notebook.
3 3. I f an err or messag e is displ ayed o n the scree n, and you want to enter the s etup ut ility , press the [ F2 ] key . 4. W hen the setup utility star ts w ith a fault present, t he system dis plays the follow ing messag e: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING ST ANDARD SYSTEM P ARAMETERS The Main M enu allows you to set or view the current system parameters.
5 System Da te: –— –— Sets and displays the current da te. Date is in a month/ day/year numeric format w ith 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20 /1998. Y ou may change each se gment of the date separately .
6 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Primary Ma ster Submenu of the Main Menu The Primar y Master submenu i dentifies what A T A/ A T API dev ices are installe d. Note: A ctual hard drive label shown may vary . Depending on th e dr ive t y pe, in for mat ion su ch a s cyli nde rs, heads and sectors may or ma y not be displayed.
7 Exiting from Main Menu W hen you h av e finished setting the parameters on this menu, y ou can either exit f rom the setup utility , or move t o another menu. If yo u wi sh to exit from the setup utility , press the [ Esc ] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
8 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allo ws you to : • Enable or d isabl e su ppor t fo r Plug & Pl ay operat ing sy stem s. • Set the I/O address es for the serial and parallel por ts.
9 T able 3: Fie lds, Opti ons and Defaults fo r the Adva nced Me nu Menu Fiel d Options Default Description Plug & Play O/S: • No • Ye s [No] Select Ye s if you ar e using a Plug & Pl ay capable opera ting syste m. Select No if you ne ed the B IOS to configure non-bo ot devices.
10 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Seria l/Parallel P ort Con figura tions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel Po r t Configurations subm enu allo ws you to set the I/O addresses and interrupt le vels for the seria l, infrar ed and paralle l ports of y our noteboo k.
11 T able 4: Fields , Option s and De faults for the Se rial/Para llel Port Co nfigurations Sub menu of Ad vanced Menu Menu Field O ptions Default Des crip ti on Serial Por t: • Disabled • Enabled.
12 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Mode: • Outp ut Only • Bi-directional • ECP [Bi-directional] When the parallel port is e nabled this option is available allowing the u ser to set the mode for the parallel port. Bi-directional allows two-way transfer of information between your notebook and a connected par allel device.
13 Keyboar d/Mouse F eature s Submenu of the Advanced Menu K e yboard/Mouse Featur es subm enu is for setting parameters of the integ rated and external mouse and keyboard.
14 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Initialization on Resume : • Fast • Normal [Fast] Wh en Fast is selected, the initialization of external PS/ 2 devices is optimized to speed up on resume. When Normal is selected, initializati on is not optimized.
15 Vi deo Fea tures Su bm enu of t he Adva nce d Menu The Vid eo Features Submenu i s for setting the display parameters. Figure 6 . Video Featur es Submen u T able 6: Fields , Op tions an d Defau lts.
16 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Internal Device Configu ration s Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Dev ice Configurations submenu allows the user to c onfigure other internal dev ices.
17 PCI Con figura tions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configurations submenu allows the user to reserve specific interrupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA devices, and to enable or dis able built in PCI de vice modul es.
18 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS IRQ Re servat ion Submenu of t he PCI Configurations Submenu The IR Q R eservatio n submenu of the PC I Co nfigur a- tions submenu allows the user to mark variou s IRQs as reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. When an IR Q i s reserved, the BIOS does not use it for embedded PCI or ISA devices.
19 CPU Feat ures Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features subme nu configures certain features of the CPU in the system. Figure 10. CPU Features Sub menu T able 10: Field s, Options and Defa ults for the CPU Fe atures Subm enu of the Adva nced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Intel(R) SpeedStep(R) T echnology: • Auto • Max.
20 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS USB Features Submenu of the Adva nced Menu The USB Features submenu c on figures the USB capabilities of the system.
21 Miscellaneous Features Subm enu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Features submenu co nfigures the power butt on and performance control features of t he system.
22 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The E vent Loggi ng submenu is for setting up the logs for DMI ev ent logging.
23 SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEA TURE S The Security menu allows y ou to se t up the data s ecurity features of y our notebook to fit your operating needs and to view the current data security configuration. Follow the in structions f or Na vigating T hrough Th e Setup Utility to make an y chan ges.
24 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you h av e finished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, y ou can either exit fr om setup utility or move t o another menu. If y ou wish to exit from setup utility , press the [ Esc ] key to g o to the Ex it M enu.
25 Hard Di sk Se cu rit y Subme nu of the Se curity Menu The Hard Disk Security submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. Figure 1 5. Hard Disk Security Submen u T able 15: Fields, Optio.
26 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Owner Inf ormat ion Submenu of the Security Menu The Owne r I nfor mation submenu is f or setti ng owner inf ormation.
27 BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERA TING SYSTEM SOURC E The Bo ot Menu is used to selec t th e order in wh ich th e BIOS searches sources for the operat ing system. Follow the in structions f or Na vigating T hrough Th e Setup Utility to make an y chan ges.
28 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS Boot Dev ice Prior ity Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority submenu is for setting the order of checking of sources f or the operating system.
29 INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM I NFORM ATION The Info menu is a display-on ly screen t hat provide s the co nfig uratio n info rmatio n for y our not ebook. The followi ng table shows the name s of the menu fiel ds for the Info menu an d the inf ormati on displ ayed in those fields.
30 LifeBo ok B Series Note book BI OS EXIT MENU – LEA VING THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to leav e the setup utility . Follo w the instructions for Na v igating Through The Setup Utility to make an y changes.
31 Discard Changes –— Selecting Discard Changes loads the previous values in BIOS memory for all menu fields. The m essage Load previous now? [Yes] [No] will be displaye d. When confirme d the setup utility will r eturn to the Exit menu. T o go to another menu, follow the directions in the Navigating Through The Setup Utility section.
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