Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E-6595 Fujitsu Siemens Computers
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Models: E-6595 E-6575 E-6555 Document Da te: 01/29/01 Document Part Num ber: FP C58-0480- 01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION.
2 E Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILIT Y The BIOS Setup Ut ility is a program that sets up the operating enviro nment for you r notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, therefore there is no need to set o r change the BIOS environment to ope rate your notebo ok.
3 2. I f an err or messa ge is d ispl ay ed o n the sc ree n, and you want t o co ntinue with the boot proc ess and start the op erati ng sys tem anyway , press the [F 1] key . 3. I f an err or messa ge is d ispl ay ed o n the sc ree n, and you want t o ent er the s etup utility , pr ess the [ F2] k ey .
4 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M a in M e nu allo ws y o u to set o r view the cu rre nt system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Navigating Throug h The Set up Utility on page 2 for more information.
5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current d ate. Date is in a m onth/day/year numeri c format wi th 2 dig its each f or mo nth and d ay and 4 di gits for year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03 /20/1998. Y ou may change each segment of the date s eparately .
6 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu i dentif ies wh at A T A dev ices a re inst alle d. Figure 2.
7 Maximum Capacity: ■ Display only –— Displays the maximum cap acity of the drive calcul ated from the parame ters o f the h ard disk when A uto is s elected and the typ e is identified as hard disk, or Us er is selected.
8 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The S econdar y M aster su bmenu a llows you to configure se con da r y A T A d ev i ces .
9 Exiting from Main M enu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setup utilit y , or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press the [Es c] key or us e the cur sor keys to go to the Ex it men u.
10 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u al lows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isa ble su ppor t fo r Plug & Pl ay operat ing sy stem s. ■ Set the I/ O addr esses f or the se rial and pa rallel ports.
11 Protected Device Conf igur ati on : ■ No ■ Ye s [No] No: allows P lug & Play operatin g system to chan ge device syst em set ting s. Y es: preven ts a Plug & Play o perating system from changing syst em set ting s. *ACPI operatin g system ignores this se tting.
12 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configu ration subme nu pro vides t he ability to se t the I/ O addre sses an d inte rrupt level s for the serial, infrar ed a nd parallel ports o f y our not ebook.
13 T able 5: Fields, O ptions a nd Defa ults for the Serial/Pa rallel Port Conf iguratio n Subme nu of Adv anced Me nu Menu Fiel d Opt ions Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled .
14 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features subm enu is fo r se tting the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and key bo ard.
15 V ideo Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The V i deo Fe atur es S ubm en u is fo r set ting th e disp lay para met ers . Figure 7 . Video Featur es Submenu T able 7: Fie lds, Op tions an d De f.
16 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allow s the user to con figure oth er in ternal dev ices.
17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific inter rupts (IRQs) for legacy I SA devices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules.
18 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Conf iguration Submenu The IRQ R ese rvation submenu of the PCI Configuration submenu a llows the user to m ark var ious IRQs as reser ved for use by lega cy ISA de vices . When an IRQ is reser ved, the B IOS do es not us e it fo r embe dded P CI or ISA dev ices.
19 IRQ 9: ■ Available ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 9. IRQ 10: ■ Available ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 10. IRQ 11: ■ Available ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 11.
20 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F eatur es Sub men u pr ovi des o ption s for conf ig ur in g th e CPU. Figure 11.
21 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The U SB Features Submenu provi des opt ions for enabling or dis abling the USB Flo ppy Disk Driv e. Figure 12.
22 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The Event Loggi ng Subm enu configures event logg ing features for DMI events. Figure 13.
23 SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Secur ity menu allows you to set up the data secur ity featu res of y our n oteboo k to fit y our op eratin g needs and to view the current data security configuration. Follo w the instructions for N a vigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes.
24 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Figure 1 4. Security Men u T able 14 : Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field . Set is displayed when the sys tem supervisor password is set and Clear when it is not.
25 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on the Secur ity Menu, you can eith er exit from setup utilit y or move t o another menu. If you wi sh to exit from setup utility , press the Esc key to go to the Exit M enu.
26 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for c onfiguring hard disk se curi ty fea tures.
27 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. Figure 16. Owner Information Submenu T able 16 : Fields , Options and De faults for the Owner Informa tion Subm enu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cr ipt io n Owne r Informa tion Is : –— Cl ear Displ ay onl y .
28 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Backgrou nd Color: ■ Blac k ■ Blue ■ Green ■ Cyan ■ Red ■ Magenta ■ Brow n ■ White ■ Gray ■ Light Bl ue ■ Light Green ■ Light Cyan ■ Light Red ■ Ligh t Mag enta ■ Y ellow ■ Brig ht Wh it e [Black] Set bac kground color .
29 POWER MENU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEMENT FE ATURES The Po wer menu allows you to set and change the power management pa rameters. Fo llow the instructions for N a vigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e an y cha ng es . (See Na vigating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for mor e information.
30 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Figu re 17. Pow er Menu T able 17 : Fields, O ptions and De faults for the Power Menu Menu field Options De fault Description Power Savin gs: ■ Disabled ■ Cust omi zed .
31 Suspend Mode : ■ Suspen d ■ Save to Disk [Suspen d] Sets t he form of s uspension sta te. If you ch oose Suspend , you will suspend operation with power to system memory , and everything else powered down or in a very low pow er state.
32 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced F eatures subme nu is for setting some non-time relat ed pow er sa ving parameters.
33 Exiting from Po wer Menu W hen y ou hav e finished se tting the boot pa ramet ers with the P ower menu, you can eith er exit from the setup util ity or move to a noth er menu. If you w ish to exit from the setup utility press the Esc key to go t o the Exit menu.
34 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERAT ING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the ord er in which the BIOS se arches source s for the operat ing sys tem. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes.
35 Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riori ty Subme nu i s for s etting th e order of checking of sources for the operat ing system. Figure 20 . Boot Devi ce Priori ty Submenu CAUTION Be careful of the operating environment when booting from a CD-R OM or y ou may overw rite files by m istake.
36 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Exiting from Bo ot Menu W hen y ou hav e finished se tting the boot pa ramet ers with the Boot menu, y ou can either exi t from the setup util ity or mov e t o another men u. If yo u wish to exit fr om the setup utility press the Esc key to g o to the Exit menu.
37 INFO MEN U - DISPLA YS BASI C SYSTE M INFORM ATION Th e I n f o m e nu i s a d i s p l ay o n l y s cr e e n s t h a t p ro v i d e s t h e con figuration informatio n for y our no tebook. The fol lo wing table sho ws t he names of th e men u fiel ds for the Info men u and the information displ ay ed in those field s.
38 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS T able 21 : Fields, O ptions and De faults for the Info Menu N ote that the parameters listed in the following table ma y be different, d epending upon the configuration of y our syst em. Menu Field Options Default BIOS V ersion: –— 1.
39 EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SETU P UTIL ITY The E xit M en u is us ed t o le av e the se tup u tili ty . Fol lo w the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m ore information.
40 LifeBo ok E Seri es BIOS Discard Changes –— –— Selecting Discard Cha nges will load the previous values in BIOS memor y for all men u fie lds. T he mess age Load previous now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit menu.
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