Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N3430 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook N Series BIOS Guide LifeBook N Series Models: N3430 Document Date: 06/28/2006 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1510-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORA TION.
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 you to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigating 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 ou can either exit from the setup utility , or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish 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 featur e. ■ Select between the display panel and an e xternal 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 Vid.
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 ovides 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 ak e Up On LAN or USB features, and for sett ing the System Beep and v ideo memor y size.
14 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The E vent L ogging Submenu configures ev ent logging features 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 igating Through The Setu p Utility on page 2 for more information.
16 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished setting the parameters on the Security Men u, you can eithe r exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from setup u tility , pr ess the Esc key to go to the Exit Men u.
17 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. Not e that hard disk secur ity cannot b e set without having entered a Supervisor pass ord.
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 o wne 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 t o select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system.
20 LifeBook N Series Notebook BIOS Boot Device Prior- ity — — This menu allows setting up the so urce for the operating system. See “The Boot Device Priority Subm enu” in the following 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 . F ollow the instructions for Na vigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any c hanges. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for mor e information.
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