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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C2010 C2111 Document Date: 0 5/31/02 Document Part Number: FPC58 -0677- 01 FUJITSU P C CORPO RA TION EarthlingBIOS.
2 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup Ut ility is a pr ogr am that sets up the operating en vironment for you r notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating conditions, ther efo re th ere i s no need to set or chan ge the BIOS en viron ment t o opera te yo ur not ebook.
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 No tebook 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.
5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year . (MM/DD/ YYYY) for ex ample: 10/1 6/2001. Y ou may cha nge each segm ent of the date se parately .
6 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master subm enu 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 cylin- ders, heads and sector s may also be displayed.
7 Heads: n A number between 1 and 16 –— This appears only w hen Hard Disk is selected. Whe n Hard Disk is selected, you ca n change the value. This field is incremented by pressing the [Spacebar]) or by pressing [Shift] [+]. This field is decremented by pressing the [-] key .
8 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Ultra DMA Mode: n Disabled n Mode 0 n Mode 1 n Mode 2 n Mode 3 n Mode 4 n Mode 5 [Mode 5] Selects the me thod for moving data to/from the drive. A utotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.
9 Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The S econdar y Master subm enu i s for the intern al CD - RO M drive . The driv e type is displa yed on this me nu as well as th e Main me nu. Y our notebo ok auto-sen ses th e characte r istics of the inte rnal CD-ROM Driv e installed.
10 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS 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 lit y , or m ov e 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.
11 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: n Set the I/O addre sses for t he ports. n Set the commun ication mode for the parallel and infra red ports . n Set the fe atures of the keyboa rd/mous e. n Sele ct be tween t he di splay pan el an d an external CR T di splay .
12 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS T able 4: Fields , Options a nd Defaults for the Advanc ed Menu Menu Field Description Serial/P arallel Port Configurations When selected, opens the Serial/ Parallel Port Configurations submenu which allows the user to modify settings for the infrared and parallel ports.
13 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration s ubmenu pro vides the ability to set the I/O addre sses and int er- rupt levels fo r the serial (infrared) and parallel ports of you r notebook.
14 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS T able 5: Fields , Options and Defau lts for the Port Configuration Submen u of the Adva nced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Infrared Port: n Disabled n Enabled n Auto [Enabled] When Disabled, the infrared port is disabled; when Enabled, the infrared port is enabled.
15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The K eyboard/ Mou se Fe atures subm enu is f or select ing th e powe r-o n stat e for the N umlock k ey .
16 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo F eatur es Su bmen u is fo r choosi ng the d ispla y . Figure 7 .
17 Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Dev ice Configurations submenu allows the user to enable or disable IDE ports an d Wi reless LAN.
18 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU F eatures Subme nu configur es the system pr ocessor . Note that this submenu only ap pears in certain configu- ration s, based up on the syst em CPU .
19 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The U SB Features Submenu confi gures the sys tem for us e w ith a US B floppy d rive. Figure 10. USB Feature s Submenu T able 1 0: Fie lds, Op tion s an.
20 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Configurations S ubmenu configures the po wer button.
21 Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The E vent Logging Subm enu c onfi gur es ev ent lo gging fe atur es for D MI ev ents. Figure 12. Event Lo gging Submenu T able 12: Fie lds, Options a nd.
22 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Se cur it y me nu all ows you to se t up the data 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.
23 T able 13: Fields, Option s and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Opti ons Default Description Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display -only field. Set is displayed when the system superv isor password is set and Clear when it is not.
24 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Securit y Submenu is for configuring hard disk security features.
25 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. N ote: This submenu can b e modified only if a Super vi sor’ s P asswor d has been s et pre viously .
26 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS BOOT MENU – SE LECTING THE OPERATIN G SYSTEM SOURC E 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.
27 The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sourc es for the operati ng system.
28 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook 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.
29 EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SE TUP UTILITY The E xit M en u is us ed to le av e th e setup u tility . F ollo w the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the S etup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m ore informat ion.
30 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Discard Changes –— Selecting Discard Changes will load the previous values in BIO S memory for all m enu fiel ds . The mess age Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] wi ll be displayed. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit menu.
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