Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N3530 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook N Series BIOS Guide LifeBook N Series Models: N3530 Document Date: 03/28/2006 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1486-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
2 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS N 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 noteboo k.
3 3. If an error message is displa yed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility , press the [F2] key . 4. W hen the setup utility star ts with a fault present, the system display s the following message: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS INFORMATION MENU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION The Information menu is a displa y-only screen that pro vides the configuration information for your note- book. The following table shows the names of the menu fields for the Information menu and the inform ation display ed in those fields.
5 MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M enu allows y ou to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigat ing Through The Setup Utility on pa ge 2 for more informat ion.
6 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, y o u can either exit from the setup utility , or move to another menu. If y ou w ish to exit from the setup utility , pr ess the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
7 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allows y ou to: ■ Set the keyboard N umlock feature. ■ Select between the display panel and an e x ternal CR T display or video projector . ■ Enable or disable compensation for your display .
8 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS CPU Features –— –— When selected, opens the CPU Fe atures submenu to allow you to enable or disable the Core Mu lti-Processing f eature and XD Bit function ality .
9 Vid eo Features Submenu of th e Advanced Menu The V ideo Features S ubmenu is for setting the display parameter s. Figure 4. Video Features Submenu T able 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Vi .
10 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allo ws the user t o configur e other internal devices.
11 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es Submenu pr ov ides options for enabl ing or disabling the SpeedStep® T echnology feature.
12 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Featur es Submenu pr ovides options for enabling or disabling legacy USB support.
13 Miscellaneous Configuratio ns Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Configurations Submenu pr ovides options for enabling or disabling the power button an d the W ake U p On LAN or USB features, and for setting the System Beep . Figure 8.
14 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The E vent L ogging Submenu configures ev ent logg ing featur es for DMI events.
15 SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows y ou to set up the data security features of y our notebook to fit your operating needs and to v iew t he cur rent secur it y configur ation. (See Na v ig ating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for more information.
16 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on the Security Me nu, you can ei ther exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from setup u tility , press the Esc k ey to go to the Exit M enu.
17 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Securi ty Submenu is for co nfiguring hard disk secu rit y features. Figure 11. Hard Disk Security Submenu T able 11: Fields, Options .
18 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Owner Informatio n Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information S ubmenu is f or setting owner inform ation. N ote that the owne r information cannot be set without having entered a Super visor password. Figure 12.
19 BOOT MENU – SELECTING TH E OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot M enu is used to select the ord er in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system.
20 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Hard Disk Drive — — This menu allows you to select which hard disk drive to use for booting up (in cases in which there are multiple har d disk drives). See “The Boot Device Priority Submenu” in the fol lowing section.
21 Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority Submenu is for setting the or der of checking of sources for the operating system.
22 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS EXIT MENU – LEAVIN G THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to leav e the setup utility . Follow the instructions for Na v igating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See N avigat ing Throu gh The Setup Utility on page 2 for mor e information.
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