Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Notebook A6030 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook A Series BIOS Guide LifeBook A Series Model: A6030 Document Date: 06/06 /2007 Document Part Number: FPC58 -1698- 01 FUJI TSU C OMPU TER SY ST EMS C ORPO RA TION.
2 Life Book A Series BI OS A Series BIOS BIOS SE TU P UTIL ITY The BIOS Setup U tility is a program that sets up the operating en vironment for y our not ebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating c onditions, therefore there is no need to set or change the BIO S environm ent to op era te your n oteb ook .
3 sever e, it will g ive you an opportunity to modify the setup utility settings, as described in the follo wing steps: 1. When you tur n on or restar t t he com puter there is a beep and /or the follo wing messag e appear s on t he screen : Error message - pleas e run SETUP program Press <F1> key to continue, <F2> to run SETUP 2.
4 Life Book A Series BI OS INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTE M INFORM ATIO N The Info Men u is a dis play only screen that provides the con figuration information for your not e book. The fo llo wing table sho ws the name s of the menu fields for t he In fo men u and t he informa tion dis pla ye d in thos e fiel ds.
5 SYSTEM ME NU – SE TTING STA NDARD SYSTE M PARAMETERS The System Menu all ows you to set o r v iew th e cur rent system par am eters. (See Na v igati ng through the Setup Utilit y on page 2 fo r more info rmation .
6 Life Book A Series BI OS Drive0 Selects the Drive0 Serial A T A drive submenu The pro duct numb er of the hard drive. Display the type o f device on th is A T A/IDE in terface. Pressing the Enter key selects the Serial A T A Drive0 subm enu allowing additio nal device configurat ion option s for this in terface.
7 Drive0 Submenu of the System Menu The D rive0 sub menu i dent ifies what A T A d ev ices are i nsta lled . Figure 3. Drive0 Mas ter Subm enu T able 3: Fields, Option s and D efaults for the Dri ve0 S ubmenu of the S ystem Men u Menu Field Options Default De scription Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto ] Selects the ha rd dr ive dev ice ty pe.
8 Life Book A Series BI OS Drive1 Submenu of the System Menu The D rive1 submenu al lows you to configu re second ar y A T A dev ices . Figure 4. Drive1 Su bmenu T a ble 4 : Fiel ds, Optio ns and Defa.
9 Exi ting from System Menu W hen y ou hav e finished setting the parameters o n this menu, yo u can either exit from the setup utility , or mov e to another menu. If you w is h to exit from th e setup utili ty , press the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to th e Exit menu.
10 Life Book A Series BI OS ADVANCED MENU – SE TTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u a llows you to: ■ Set the key board and mouse f eatu re s. ■ Sele ct be tween t he d isp lay panel and an external displ ay . ■ Enab le or di sable co mpensa tion f or y our displa y .
11 USB Features When selected , opens t he USB Features s ubmenu to allow you to ena ble or disable legacy USB devices and SCSI S ubClass support . Misce llaneou s Conf ig ura tion s When selected , o.
12 Life Book A Series BI OS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of th e Advanced M enu The K ey board /M ouse F eatures submenu is for turning N umLoc k on or off.
13 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The Video Features s ubmenu is for s ettin g the disp lay par ame ters. Figu re 7. Video Fe atures Sub menu T a ble 7: Fiel ds, Optio ns and Defaults .
14 Life Book A Series BI OS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inter nal Dev ice Config urat ion submen u al lows the user to ena ble or di sable IDE, Blueto oth, LAN a nd W ireless LAN Co nt rolle rs .
15 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F eat ur es su bmen u pro vides optio ns fo r c onfi guri ng the Int el Co r e M ulti-P roce ssin g and S peedSt ep pow er manag eme nt fe atur es of the C PU .
16 Life Book A Series BI OS USB Features Submenu of the Ad vanced Menu The USB F eature s submen u pro vides options for enab ling or disabling the USB d ev ices.
17 Miscellaneous Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous C onfigurations sub menu p rovides options for enab ling or disabling the po wer butt on and the W ak e U p On LAN fe atur e, a nd setti ng the v olume an d video me mory size.
18 Life Book A Series BI OS Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logg ing s ubmenu configures event lo ggin g feat ures for DMI events.
19 SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Secur it y menu allows you to set up the data secu rit y features of your n oteb ook to f it your oper at ing n eeds and to vi ew the cur rent data se curit y configur ation. (See N avigat ing through the S etu p Utility on page 2 for m ore information.
20 Life Book A Series BI OS Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you h av e finis hed s ettin g the par ame ters on th e Secur it y Menu, you can eith er exit from se tup ut ilit y or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from setup utilit y , pres s the [Esc] key to go to the Exit M enu.
21 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The H ard Disk Security subm enu is f or c on figuri ng ha r d disk secu rity fea tur es . Figur e 14.
22 Life Book A Series BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Securit y Menu The Owner Information su bmenu is for setting owner information. N ote that the owner information cannot be set without having enter ed a Supervisor P asswor d .
23 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 BIOS s earche s so urces for the oper ati ng s ystem. Follow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Ut ility to make an y changes.
24 Life Book A Series BI OS Boot Device P riority 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.
25 EXIT MEN U – LEAVIN G THE SETU P UTIL ITY The E xi t M enu is us ed to le av e the se tup u til ity . F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Ut ility to make an y changes. (See Na v igatin g t hr ough the Setup Ut ility on page 2 for more informat ion.
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