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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C2310 Document Date: 04/23/2004 Document Part Number: FPC58-1146-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
2 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the operating environment for your notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the fac tory for nor m al operating conditions, therefor e there is no need to set or change the BIOS en vi- ronment to operate your notebook.
3 3. If an error message is displa yed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility , press the [F2] k ey . 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 C Series Notebook BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M enu allows you t o set or view the cur rent system parameters.
5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displa ys the curre nt date. Date is in a month/ day/year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits fo r year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 10/16/2001. Y ou may change each segment of the date separately .
6 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Primary Master submenu ide ntifies what A T A devices are installed. *Not e that actual hard drive label shown may vary . Depending on the drive type, in for mation such as cylinder s, heads and sectors ma y also be displayed.
7 Sectors: • A n umber between 0 and 63 –— This a ppears onl y when Hard D isk is s elected. When it i s select ed, you ca n change the val ue. This fie ld is incremente d by pressing the [Spacebar]. This field is dec remented by pressing the [-] key .
8 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Secondary Maste r Submenu of the Mai n Menu The Secondary Master submenu is for the internal CD-R OM driv e. The driv e ty pe is displayed on this men u as well as the Main men u. Y our notebook auto-senses the c haracterist ics of the internal CD-ROM Driv e installed.
9 Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can either exit from the setup utility , or move to another menu. If y ou wish to exit from the setup utilit y , press the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu.
10 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allows you to: • Set the I/O addresses for the ports. • Set the communication mode for the parallel and infrar ed ports. • Set the features of the keyboard/mouse.
11 T able 4: Fields, Options and De faults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description Serial/Parallel Port Configurations When selected, opens the Serial/Pa rallel Port Configurat ions submenu which allows the user to modify settings for the in frared and pa rallel ports .
12 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Serial/Parallel Port Configu ration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration submen u pro vides the ability to set the I/O addresses and inter- rupt levels for the serial (infrared) and parallel ports of your not ebook.
13 T able 5: Fields, Options and De faults for the Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Descrip tion Serial Port: • Di sabled • Enabled • Auto [Enabled] When [Enabled ] is selected, the port is on. When [Dis- abled] is selected, the serial port is turned off.
14 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS I/O Address: • 400 - 43F • 480 - 4BF • 500 - 53F • 580 - 5BF [400 - 43F] Allows user to set the in frared port base I/O address when the Fast Infrared ( FIR) port is Enabled.
15 Keyboard/Mouse Fe atures S ubmenu of the Ad vanced Menu The K e yboard/Mouse F eatures submenu is for selecting th e power -on st ate for the N umLock key .
16 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Vid eo Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video F eatures Submenu is for choosing the display . Figure 7. Video Features Submenu T able 7: Fields, Options and.
17 Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configurations submenu allows the user to enable or disable Primary and/or Secondary IDE ports, Modem Controller , and Wir eless LAN module.
18 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features Submenu c onfigures the syst em processor . Not e that this submenu only appears in certain configura- tions, based upon the syst em CPU .
19 USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Featur es Submenu allo ws for the enabling or disabl ing of SCSI SubClass suppor t, thus enabling suppor t for USB mass storage dev ices that belong to the SCSI SubClass. Examples of such dev ices include USB memor y keys and flop py dri ves .
20 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Miscellaneous Configuratio ns Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu configur es the power butt on.
21 Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The Ev ent Logg ing Submenu co nfigures event logging features for DMI events. Figure 12. Event Logging Submen u T able 12: Fields, Options and Defaults .
22 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you to set up the data secu rity features of your not ebook to fit your operating needs and to view the cur rent data securit y configuration. Follow the instruct ions for Na v igating T hrough the Setup Utility to make an y changes.
23 T able 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed wh en the system supe rvisor password is set and Clear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only field.
24 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk securit y features.
25 Owner Informatio n Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The Owner Information Submenu is for setting owner information. N ote: This submenu can be modified only if a S uperv isor’ s P asswor d has been set previously .
26 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Men u is used to select the order in which the BIOS searc hes sourc es for the operating system. F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e an y changes.
27 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.
28 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATI ON The Info menu is a displa y only screen that pr ovides the configuration information for y our notebook. The following table shows the names of the men u fields for the Info menu and the info rmation display ed in those fields.
29 EXIT MENU – LEAVIN G THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to lea ve the setup utility . Follow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e an y changes.
30 LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS Discard Changes –— Selecting Discard Changes will load the pr evious values in BIOS memory for all menu fields. The message Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When confirmed the setup utility w ill return to the Ex it menu.
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