Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E-6624 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Models: E-6664 E-6644 E-6634 E-6624 Document Da te: 10/29/01 Document Part Num ber: FP C58-0629- 01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS E Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that s ets up the opera ting environ ment for your notebo ok. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating conditio ns, therefore there is no need to set or change the BIO S environmen t to oper ate your noteb ook.
3 3. I f an err or messag e is di spla y ed on t he scr een , and you want t o ent er the s etup utility , pr ess the [F2] k e y . 4. W hen the setup utility star ts wi th a fault present, t he syste m disp lays th e follo wing message: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain M enu allo ws y ou t o set o r view the cu rre nt system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Navigating Throug h The Set up Utility on page 2 for more information.
5 Floppy Disk A : ■ Disabled ■ 1.44/ 1.2 MB 3.5" [1.44/ 1.25 MB 3.5"] Sets the format for floppy disk drive A if it is installed . Primary Master : ■ Selects Primary Master submenu The produc t number of th e hard drive. Display the type o f device on this A T A/A T AP I interface, if there is one.
6 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu i dentif ies wh at A T A d ev ices are in stal led. Figure 2.
7 Multi-Sector T ransfers: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sec tors ■ 4 Sec tors ■ 8 Sec tors ■ 16 Sector s ■ 32 Sector s ■ 64 Sector s ■ 128 Sec tors [16 Sec tors] This op tion c annot be c hanged wh en Auto is selec ted. Spec ify the num ber of sector s per block f or mu ltiple sect or tran sfer .
8 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The S econdar y Master submenu allows you to config ure second ar y A T A dev ices.
9 Exiting from Main M e nu W he n you ha ve finishe d setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setup utilit y , o r move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , pres s the [Es c] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Ex it men u.
10 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u al lows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isa ble su ppor t fo r Plug & Pl ay operat ing sy stem s. ■ Set the I/ O addr esses f or the se rial and pa rallel por ts.
11 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ations –— –— When se lected, opens the Serial/Parallel Port Configura tions sub- menu wh ich allo ws the user to modify s etting s for s erial, in frared and paralle l ports.
12 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration s ubmen u pro v ides th e ability to se t the I/O add resses and inte rrupt level s for the serial, infrar ed and parallel ports o f your note book.
13 T able 5: F ields, Opti ons and Defaults fo r the Seria l/Paral lel Port Configura tion S ubmenu o f Advanc ed Menu Menu Fi eld Options Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled ■.
14 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features subm enu is fo r se tting the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and key bo ard.
15 V ideo Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The V ideo F eatures Submen u is for set ting th e disp lay para meters. Figure 7 . Video Featur es Submenu T able 7: Fie lds, Op tions and Defau lts fo.
16 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allow s the user to con figure oth er in ternal dev ices.
17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific inter rupts (IRQs) for legacy I SA devices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules.
18 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Conf iguration Submenu The IRQ R eservation submenu of the PCI Configuration submenu a llows the user to mark IRQs as reser ved for use by le gacy IS A dev ices. When an IRQ is res erved, the BIOS do es no t use i t for emb edded PCI or ISA dev i ces.
19 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F eat ur es S ubme nu pr ovides o ptions for co nfig uring th e CPU . Figure 11. CPU Features Sub menu T able 11: Fi elds, O ptions an d Defau lts.
20 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The U SB Features Submenu prov ides opt ions for enabli ng or d isab ling the USB Floppy Disk Drive.
21 Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The Event Loggi ng Subm enu configures event logg ing features for DMI events. Figure 13. Event Logg ing Submen u T able 13: Fi elds, Optio ns and Defaul.
22 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Secur ity menu allows you to set up the data secur ity featu res of y our not ebook to fit yo ur opera t ing ne eds and to view the current data security configuration. Follo w t he instructions for N avigating T hrough the Setup U tilit y to mak e any chang es.
23 Exiting from the Security Me nu W he n you ha ve finishe d setting the parameters on the Secur ity Menu, you can eith er exit from setup utilit y or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from setu p utili ty , press th e Esc key to go to the Exit Menu.
24 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for c onfiguring hard disk security features.
25 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Submenu is for setting owner information. N ote that the owner information cannot be set without having enter e d a Supervisor passw ord.
26 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS POWER MENU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEMENT FE ATURES The Po wer menu allows you to set and change the power management pa rameters. Fo llow the instructions for N a vigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e an y cha ng es . (See Na v igating Through The Setup Util ity on page 2 for mor e information.
27 T able 17: Fields , Options and De faults for the Power Menu Menu field Op tions Default Description Power Savings: ■ Disabled ■ Customized ■ Maxi mum Pow er Savings ■ Maximum Perf ormance .
28 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced F e atures s ubmenu is for setting some non-time rela ted powe r saving paramet ers.
29 BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERAT ING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the ord er 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.
30 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice P rior ity Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sour ces for the operating system.
31 INFO MEN U - DISPLA YS BASI C SYSTE M INFORM ATION Th e I n f o m e nu i s a d i s p l ay o n l y s cr e e n s t h a t p ro v i d e s t h e con figuration informatio n for y our notebook. The fol lo wing table shows the n ames of the me nu f ields for the Info men u and the information displ ay ed in those field s.
32 LifeBo ok E Series BIOS EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SETU P UTIL ITY The E xit M enu is us ed to lea ve th e setu p ut ility . Follo w the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m ore information.
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