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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C-6611 C-6631 C-7631 Document Date: 1 0/29/01 Document Part Number: FPC58 -0625- 01 FUJITSU P C CORPO RA TION.
2 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup Ut ility is a pr ogra m that sets up the oper atin g environment for your noteb ook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating condi- tion s, therefo re there is no need to set or change the BIOS env ironment to oper ate your n otebo ok.
3 3. If an error messag e is displ ay ed on th e scree n, and you want to ent er th e setup utility , press the [F2] k ey . 4. When the setup utilit y star ts w ith a fa ult present, t he syste m displa ys the follo wing message: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5.
4 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain Me nu all ow s you t o set o r view the curr ent system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e any ch anges. (See Navigating Throug h The Se tup Utilit y on page 2 for more information.
5 Flop py Dis k A: n Dis abl ed n [1.44/ 1.2 MB 3.5"] [1.4 4/1.2 M B 3.5"] Enabl es or di sable s a flop py disk dr ive. Primary Master: Selects Primary Master submenu The prod uct # of the Hard Drive Display the typ e of device on this A T A/A T API interface, if there is one.
6 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu ident ifies wha t A T A dev ices a re inst alle d. *Not e that actual hard drive label shown may vary . Depend ing on the dr ive ty pe, informat ion such as cyl in- ders, heads and sector s may also be displayed.
7 Maximum Capacity: n Display only –— Displays the maximum cap acity of the drive ca lculated from the parameters of the h ard disk when Hard D isk is selected .
8 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Primary Slav e Submenu of the Mai n Menu The Primary Slav e submenu is for the internal CD-R OM dr ive. T he dr ive t y p e i s di sp laye d on th i s me nu as we ll a s the Main menu. Y our notebook auto-senses the charac- teristics of the internal CD-R OM Driv e installed.
9 Exiting from Main Men u W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setu p uti lity , or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press the [ Esc] key or us e the cur sor keys to go to the Ex it menu.
10 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: n Enabl e or disa ble supp or t for Plug & Pl ay operat ing syst ems. n Set the I/ O addre sses for th e serial and pa rallel ports. n Set the commun ication mode for the parallel and infra red ports .
11 T able 4: Fie lds, Option s and De faults for the Advanced M enu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O /S: n No n Ye s [No] Select Ye s if y ou are using a Plug & Play cap able operating system. Select No if you need the BI OS to c onfig ure non-bo ot devices .
12 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration s ubmenu pro vides the ab ility to set the I /O addresse s and inte rrupt levels f or the serial, infrar ed, an d parallel ports o f y our no tebook.
13 T able 5: Fields, Op tions and Defaults for th e Port Configu ration Sub menu of the Ad vanced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Infra red Port : n Disabled n Enabled n Auto [Enabl ed] C.
14 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features s ubmenu is for se tting the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and key b oard .
15 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo Fe atur es Sub men u is for se tting th e disp lay para meters . Figure 7 . Video Fe atures Submen u T able 7: Fie lds, Option s and De fau.
16 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Internal Device Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allows the user to con figure other in tern al de vices .
17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific inter rupts (IRQs) for leg acy ISA devices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI de vice modules.
18 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurat ion Submenu The IR Q R eservation s ubmen u allo ws the user t o mark various IR Qs as reserved for use b y legacy ISA d ev ice s. W hen a n IR Q is re served, the BIOS d oes not us e it for embedded PC I or ISA de vices.
19 IRQ 9: n Available n Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 9. IRQ 10: n A vailable n Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 10. IRQ 11: n A vailable n Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 11.
20 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es Sub menu confi gures the sy stem pro cesso r . Note tha t this submenu only appears in certain configurations, based u pon the system CPU .
21 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The US B Feat ure s Subm enu c onfig ures t he syst em for use w it h a US B flop py dr ive. Figure 12. USB Feature s Submenu T ab le 1 2: Fie lds, Op ti.
22 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The E vent Logging Subm enu c onf igur es ev ent lo gging fe atur es for D MI ev ents.
23 SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Se cur it y me nu all ows you to se t up the da ta sec ur it y featur es of your no tebook t o fit y our o perating needs and to view the cur rent data security configur ation. Follow the instruc tions for Navigating Through t he Setup Utilit y to make an y changes.
24 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Figure 1 4. Security Men u T able 14: Fields, O ptions and Defaults fo r the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field . Set is displayed when the s ystem supe rvisor password is set and Clear when it is not.
25 Passwo rd on Bo ot: n Disabled n First B oot n Every Boot [Disab led] When s et to D Isab led, no passw ord is req uired. When s et to Fir st Boot, a pa sswo rd (User or Supervi sor) is required af ter the Power On Self T est (POST) before the operating system will be read from a disk.
26 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk se cur ity fea tures.
27 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. Figure 16. Owner Inform ation Sub menu Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on the Secur ity Menu, you can ei ther exi t from set up util ity or move to another menu.
28 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS POWER MENU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEMENT FE ATURES The Po wer menu allows you to set an d change the power management pa rameters. Follo w the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Ut ility to make an y cha ng es .
29 Figu re 17. Pow er Men u T able 17: Fields , Options and Defaults fo r the Power Menu Menu field Options Default Description Power Savin gs: n Disabled n Cust om ize d n Maximu m Power Savings n Ma.
30 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Auto Suspend Ti m e o u t : n Off n 5 to 60 m inutes [15 Minut es] Sets the len gth of time w ithout any I/O activity befo re your note- book goes int o Suspend mode. If you choos e a factory combinat ion of parameters this field will display that sett ing.
31 Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced Feat ures submenu is for setting some non-time relat ed power sa ving parameters. Figure 18.
32 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERAT ING S YSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS se arches so urces for the opera tin g system. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the S etup Utility to ma ke an y changes.
33 The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riority Subm enu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the op erating system.
34 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS INFO MEN U - DI SPLAYS BA SIC SYS TEM I NFORMATI ON The Info menu is a display onl y screen that pr ovides the con figuration information for your notebook. The fol lowing table sho ws the n ames of t he menu f ields for the Info men u and the information displa yed in those field s.
35 EXIT MEN U – LEAVING THE SETUP UTILITY The E xit M enu is used t o lea ve the setup u tility . F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m ore informat ion.
36 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Load Setup Defau lts Press F9 key –— Selecting Load Setup Defa ults will load the factory p reset default values for all men u fields, then display the mes sage Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit Menu.
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