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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C2110 Document Da te: 04/05/02 Document Part Number: FPC 58-06 68-01 FUJITSU P C COR PORA TION EarthlingBIO S.
2 Life Book C Series BI OS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup U tility is a program that sets up the oper at ing env ironment for your n oteb ook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for nor mal ope r ating con di- tion s, th erefore there is no n eed to s et or change the BIOS environmen t to oper ate your noteb ook.
3 3. If an err or messa ge is d ispl ay ed o n the sc re en, an d you want t o ent er th e setup utility , pres s the [ F2] k ey . 4. When the setup u tility star ts w ith a fault present, t he syst em disp lay s the follo wing messa ge: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 Life Book C Series BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M a in M enu al lo ws y ou to se t or vi ew the curr en t system parameters. Follow the instru ctions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e an y change s. (See Na vig ating Through Th e Set up Utility on page 2 for more informat ion.
5 Floppy Disk A: n Disabled n [1.4 4/1.2 M B 3.5 "] [1.4 4/1.2 M B 3.5 "] Enables o r disables a floppy disk drive. Primary Master: Selects Primary Master su bmenu The pro duct # of the Ha rd Drive Display the type of devi ce on thi s A T A/A T API inte rface, if there is one.
6 Life Book C Series BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pr imar y Master subm enu ident if ies w hat A T A dev ices are in stal le d. *N ote that actual har d drive label show n may vary . Dep ending on t he dr ive type, informat ion such as cyl in- ders, heads and s ectors may also be displayed.
7 Sector s: n A number bet wee n 0 an d 63 –— This appears on ly when Hard Disk is selected. Wh en Hard Disk is selected, you can chan ge the v alue. This field is increme nted by pres sing the [Space bar] ) or by pressing [Shi ft] [+]. This field is decrement ed by pressin g the [-] key .
8 Life Book C Series BI OS CAUTI ON n A bootable CD-ROM may have a f loppy disk form at or a hard drive fo rmat. When the bootable C D-ROM is used, the drive allocat ions change auto mat ically without changing the BIO S setup. If a floppy disk f or- mat CD-ROM is used, the CD-ROM be comes Drive A.
9 Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The S econd ar y Master su bmenu is for the inter nal CD- R OM dri ve. The dri ve type is displa yed on this men u as well as t he Main menu. Y our n otebo ok a uto-sen ses th e characte ristics of the internal CD-R OM Dri ve installed .
10 Life Book C Series BI OS Exiting from Ma in Menu W hen y ou hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can ei ther exit from the setu p util it y , o r move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setup utilit y , press the [ Esc] key or us e the cursor ke ys to go to the Exit men u.
11 ADVANCED MENU – SE TTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: n Set the I/O add resse s for the po rts. n Set the comm unication mode for the parallel and infra red ports . n Set th e fea tures of the keyboard/ mous e. n Sele ct be tween th e disp lay pan el an d a n externa l CR T disp lay .
12 Life Book C Series BI OS T able 4: Fie lds, Option s and De faults for the Advanced M enu Menu Field Options Default Description Serial/Parallel Port Conf ig ura tion s –— –— Whe n selected, op ens the Se rial/Parallel Po rt Configur ations submenu which allow s the user t o modify settings f or the parallel port.
13 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P o rt Configuration s ubme nu pro vides the ability to se t the I/O addresse s and int er- rupt lev els for th e para llel port of yo ur not ebook .
14 Life Book C Series BI OS T able 5: Fie lds, Options and De faults for th e Port Configura tion S ubmen u of the Adv anced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Parallel Port: n Disabled n Ena.
15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of th e Advanced M enu The Keyboa rd/Mouse Feature s subm enu is for selec tin g the power-on state for the N umlock key .
16 Life Book C Series BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The V ideo F ea tur es S ubm en u is f or c hoosi ng t he di spla y . Figu re 7.
17 Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The I nternal Device Configurations submen u allows the user to enabl e or disa ble IDE p or ts.
18 Life Book C Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F ea tur es S ubm enu c onfig ur es t he syst e m pr oce ssor . No te that this su bmenu only appears in c ertain configurations, base d upon the system CPU .
19 USB Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The US B F eatu re s Su bmen u con figur es the syst em for use w it h a USB flop py dr ive. Figure 10. USB Feat ures Submenu T able 10: Fiel ds, Op tion .
20 Life Book C Series BI OS Miscellaneous Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous C onfigurations S ubmen u co nfigures the powe r button.
21 Event Logging Submenu of the A dvanced Me nu The E ve nt L oggin g Su bme n u co nfig ur es ev e nt lo gging fe atur es fo r D MI ev en ts. Figure 12.
22 Life Book C Series BI OS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The S ecu r it y menu al l ows you to se t up the data s ecu ri t y featur es o f y our n ot ebook to fit you r operati ng needs and to view the cur rent data securit y configuration.
23 Figu re 13. Securi ty Menu T able 13: Field s, Options and De faults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Passwo rd is: –— Clear A display-only field . Set is dis played when t he system s upervisor password is set and Clear when it is n ot.
24 Life Book C Series BI OS Passwo rd on Bo ot: n Disabled n First B oot n Every Boot [Disabled] When se t to DIsab led, no password is required. When set to Fir st Boot, a passwo rd (Use r or Sup ervis or) is required af ter the Po wer On Self T est (POST) before the operating system will be read f rom a disk.
25 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk se cur it y feat ures. Figure 14. Hard Disk Secu rity Sub menu T able 14: Fields , Opti.
26 Life Book C Series BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Securit y Menu The Owner Information Sub menu is for setting owner inf or ma tion . Note: This submenu can be modified only if a Super v is or’ s P as sword has been se t previously . Figure 15.
27 BOOT MENU – SE LECTIN G THE OPERAT ING S YSTEM SOURCE The Boot M enu is used to select the ord er in which the BIO S searche s sources for the opera ting syste m. Follow the inst ructions fo r N avigat ing Throug h the Setup Ut ility to make an y changes.
28 Life Book C Series BI OS The Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riority Subm enu is fo r setting the order of checking of sou rces for the operati ng system.
29 INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BASI C SYS TEM I NFORMATI ON The Info me nu is a disp lay onl y screen that pr ovides the con figuration in formation for you r note book. The f ollo wing ta ble sho w s the na mes of the men u fi elds for the Info me nu and the information d isplay ed in those fields.
30 Life Book C Series BI OS EXIT MEN U – LEAVIN G THE SETU P UTILITY The E xi t M e nu i s used to l ea v e th e setu p ut ility . F ollow the inst ructions fo r N avigat ing Throug h the Setup Ut ility to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for more i nformat ion.
31 Load S etup Defa ults Press F9 key –— Selecting Load Setup Defa ults will load the factory preset default values for all men u fields, t hen display t he messa ge Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return t o the Exit Menu.
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