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Fujitsu LifeBook P Series BIOS Guide LifeBook P Series Model: P2120 Documen t Date: 10/31/02 Docu ment Part Numb er: FP C58- 0795- 01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS P Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIO S Setup U tility is a pr ogram t hat sets up the operating environment for y our notebook. Y our BIOS is se t at the factor y for no rmal op era tin g condit ions , therefor e there is n o need to set or change the BIOS en vironment to operate your notebook.
3 MAIN MENU – SETTING ST ANDARD SY STEM P ARAMETERS The Main M enu allows y ou to set or view the current sys tem par am eter s. Fol low the inst ru cti on s for N avigating Through th e Setup Util ity to mak e any changes.
4 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Primary Ma ster: Selects Primar y Master submenu –— Displays the type of dev ice on this A T A/A T A PI interface, if there is one. Pressing the Enter ke y selects the Primary M aster submenu allowing additional de vice configuration options for this interface.
5 Primary Maste r Submenu of t he Main Menu The Primar y Master submenu i dentifies which A T A devices are installed . Note: A ctual hard drive label sh own may vary . Depending on th e dr ive t yp e, inf ormat ion such as cy linde rs, heads and sectors m ay also be displa yed.
6 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Sec tors : • A number between 0 and 63 –— This item appears only when the type is identified as Hard Disk. When Hard D isk is selected, you can change the value. This field is changed by incrementing (pressing the [Spa cebar]) or by typing in the number .
7 Seconda ry Maste r Submenu of the Main Menu The Secondary Master submenu identifies which A T A devices are installed . Note: Actual drive label shown may vary . Depending on the drive type, information su ch as cylinders, heads and secto rs may also be displa yed.
8 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu , yo u can either exit from th e setup utilit y , or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from the setup utilit y , press the [ Es c ] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
9 ADVANCED MENU – S ETTING DEVICE FEATUR E CONTROLS The Advance d Menu allows you to: • Enab le o r disa ble suppor t for Plug & Play ope rat ing sy stems. • Select betw een the di spla y panel an d an exte rnal CR T dis play . • Enab le or d isabl e com pensa tion for your di splay .
10 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS PCI Configura- tions –— –— When selected, allows you to open the IRQ Reserva tion window to desig- nate specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA devices. CPU Features –— –— Configures Processor Serial Nu mber features of processor .
11 Keyboar d/Mouse F eature s Submenu of the Advanced Menu The K eyboard/Mouse Features submen u is for setting the par ameters of the integra ted and external mouse and key bo a rd.
12 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Vi deo Featu res Sub men u of the Adva nc ed Men u The Vid eo Features Submenu is for setting the display param eters. Figure 6 .
13 Interna l Device C onfigur ations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configurations submenu all ows the user to configure other int ernal de vices.
14 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS PCI Conf igurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configurations submenu allows the user to reserve sp ecifi c interrupts (IR Qs) for legacy ISA devices, and t o enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules. Figure 8.
15 IRQ Re servat ion Submenu of the PC I Configurations Submenu The IRQ Reservat ion submenu of th e PCI Configur ations submen u allows the user to mar k various IRQs as reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. Wh en an IR Q is reserved, th e BIOS does not use it for embedded PCI or ISA de vices.
16 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS CPU Feat ures Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features subme nu configures c ertain fea tures of the CPU in the system.
17 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The USB Featur es submenu configures the USB capabilities of the system. Figure 11. USB Feature s Submenu T able 11: Fiel ds, Opti ons and Defaul ts for .
18 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Miscellan eous C onfigurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features submenu con figures cert ain features of the CPU in the system.
19 Event Lo gging Su bm enu o f t he A dvanc ed Men u The E vent Logging submenu is fo r setting up the logs for DMI event logging. Figure 13. Event Logg ing Submen u T abl e 13: Fie lds, Op tions an .
20 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEA TURE S The Security menu allows y ou to set up the data s ecurity features of y our notebook to fit your operating needs and to view the current data security configuration. Follow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Uti lity to make any cha nges .
21 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you ha ve fi nished setting the parame ters on the Security Menu, you can eithe r exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from setup utility , press th e [ Esc ] key to go t o the Exit M enu.
22 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Hard Di sk Se cur ity Submenu o f the Secu rity Men u The Hard Disk Security submenu is for configuring hard disk security features.
23 Owner Inf ormat ion Submenu of the Security Menu The Owne r In forma tion s ubme nu is for setting owner i nform ation. Figure 16. Owner Information Submenu T able 16: Fields, O ptions and Defaults.
24 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERA TING SYSTEM SOU RCE The Boot Men u is used to select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system. F ollow the instructio ns for N avigati ng Thr ough t he Setup U tility t o mak e an y c hange s.
25 Boot Dev ice Prior ity Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice P rior ity submenu is for setting the order of checking of sourc es for the operating system.
26 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYS TEM IN FORMATIO N The Info menu is a display-only screen that provides t he co nfig uration inf orma tion for your notebo ok. The followi ng table shows the name s of the menu fields for the Info menu and t he infor mati on displayed in those fields.
27 EXIT MENU – LEA VING THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used t o leav e the setup utility . F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through The Setup Utility to make an y changes.
28 LifeBo ok P Seri es BIOS Save Changes –— Selecting Save Ch anges will cause the new settings in all menus to be written to the BIOS mem ory . The message Save configuration changes now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When confirmed, the se tup utility will r eturn to the Exit menu.
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