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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C-6581 C-6591 Documen t Date: 05/25/01 Docum ent Part Nu mber: FPC 58-0546 -01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS.
3 C Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that s ets up the opera ting envi ronment for your noteb ook. Y o ur BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating condi- tion s, ther efor e ther e is no need t o set or change the BIOS environm ent to oper ate your no tebook.
4 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS 2. I f an err or messa ge is displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to c ontinue with the boot proc ess and start the op erati ng sys tem anyway , press the [ F1] key . 3. I f an err or messa ge is displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to ent er th e setup utility , press the [F2] k ey .
5 MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain Me nu all ow s you t o set o r view the curr ent system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e any ch anges. (See Navigating Throug h The Set up Utility on page 3 for more information.
6 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS System Date: –— –— Sets and displays th e current date. Date is in a m onth/day/year numeri c format wi th 2 dig its each f or mont h and d ay and 4 digi ts for year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/1998 . Y ou may change each s egment of the date s eparately .
7 Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu i dentif ies wha t A T A dev ices a re inst alled. *Not e that actual hard drive label shown may vary . Depend ing on the dr ive type, information su ch as cylin- ders, heads and sector s may also be displayed.
8 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Maximum Capacity: ■ Display only –— Displays the maximum cap acity of the drive calculated from the parameters of the h ard disk when Hard Disk is s elected.
9 Primary Slav e Submenu of t he Main Me nu The Primary Slav e submenu is for the internal CD-R OM dr ive. T he d r ive t y p e i s d is pl aye d on th is me nu a s we l l a s the Main menu. Y our notebook auto-senses the charac- teristics of the internal CD-R OM Driv e installed.
10 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Exiting from Main Men u W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setup utilit y , or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press the [ Esc] key or use the cursor ke ys to go to the Ex it menu.
11 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u a llows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isa ble su ppor t fo r Plug & Pl ay operat ing syst ems. ■ Set the I/ O addre sses for th e serial and pa rallel ports. ■ Set the commun ication mode for the parallel and infra red ports .
12 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS T able 4: Fields, Op tions an d Defaults for th e Advance d Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O /S: ■ No ■ Ye s [Y es ] Select Ye s if you are using a Plu g & Play capable o perating system .
13 Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P a rallel P ort Configuration s ubmenu pro vides the ab ility to set the I /O addresse s and inte rrupt levels f or the serial, infrar ed, an d parallel ports o f y our no tebook.
14 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS T able 5: Fields, Options an d Defaults for the Port Configu ration Sub menu of the Ad vanced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Infra red Port: ■ Disabled ■ .
15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features subm enu is fo r setti ng the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and key bo ard.
16 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The V id eo Fe atur es Sub men u is for se tting th e disp lay para meters .
17 Internal Device Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allows the user to con figure oth er int ernal dev ices.
18 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific inter rupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA dev ices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules.
19 IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurat ion Submenu The IRQ R eservation submen u of the PCI Configuration submenu a llows the user to m ark var ious IRQs as reser ved for use by leg acy ISA devi ces. When an IRQ is reser ved, the BIOS does not use it for embedde d PCI or IS A de vi ces.
20 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS IRQ 10: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 10. IRQ 11: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 11.
21 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es Sub menu confi gures the sy stem pro cesso r . Note tha t this submenu only appears in certain configurations, based u pon the system CPU .
22 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The US B Feat ure s Subm enu c onfig ures t he syst em for use w ith a USB floppy d rive.
23 Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The E v ent Logging Subm enu c onfi gur es ev ent lo gging fe atur es for D MI ev ents. Figure 13. Event Loggi ng Sub menu T able 13 : Fields, O ptions an.
24 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Se cur it y menu al lows you to s et up the data s ecur it y featur es of your no tebook t o fit y our o perating needs and to view the cur rent data security configurat ion.
25 Figure 1 4. Security Men u T able 14: F ields, Options and De faults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field . Set is displayed when the sys tem supervisor password is set and Clear when it is n ot.
26 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Passwo rd on Boot: ■ Disabled ■ First B oot ■ Every Boot [Disabled] When set to DIsabled, no password is required. When s et to First Boot, a pa ssword (U ser or Supervisor ) is requ ired after the Power On Self T est (POST) before the operating system will be read from a disk.
27 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Subme nu is for configuring hard disk se curi ty fea tures. Figure 15. Hard Disk Security Sub menu T able 15: F ields, Option.
28 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. Figure 16. Owner Inform ation Submen u T able 16: F ields, O.
29 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on the Secur ity Menu, you can eith er exit from setup utilit y or move t o an other menu. If you w ish to exit from se tup utility , pr ess the Esc key to go to the Exit M enu.
30 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS POWER MENU – SETTING POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES The Po wer menu allows you to set an d change the power management pa rameters. Follo w the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Ut ility to make an y cha ng es . (See N avigat ing Through The Setup Utility on page 3 for mor e informa tion.
31 Figu re 17. Pow er Menu T able 17: F ields, Options and De faults for the Po wer Menu (for APM o perating systems only) Menu field Options Default Description Power Savin gs: ■ Disabled ■ Cust .
32 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Auto Suspend Ti me o ut : ■ Off ■ 5 to 60 m inutes [15 Minut es] Sets the len gth of time w ithout any I/O act ivity before your n ote- book goes int o Suspend mode. If you choose a facto ry combinati on of parameters this field will display that setting.
33 Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced Feat ures submenu is for setting some non-time relat ed power sa ving parameters. Figure 18.
34 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERATIN G SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS se arches source s for the operat ing sys tem. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes.
35 The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riority Subm enu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the op erating system.
36 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS INFO ME NU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM IN FORMATIO N The Info menu is a display only screen that pr ovides the con figuration information for your notebook. The fol lowing ta ble sho ws the na mes of th e menu fi elds for the Info menu and the information displa yed in those f ields.
37 T able 21 : Fields, Options and De faults for the Inf o Menu N ote that some of the p arameter s ref lected be low ma y be differe nt fr om those o n you r scre en, depe nding upon system configuration. Menu Field Options Default BIOS V ersion: –— 1.
38 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SETU P UTIL ITY The E xit M en u is us ed to le av e th e setup u tility . Fo llow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 3 for m ore information.
39 Load Setup Defau lts Press F9 key –— Select ing Lo ad Setup Defaults will load t he factory preset default values for all men u fields, then display the messa ge Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit Menu.
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