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1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Model: E8110 (V ista OS) Document Date: 03/30/2007 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1643-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORA TION.
2 LifeBook E Series BIOS E 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 severe, it will give you an o pportunity to modify the setup utility setting s, as described in the following steps: 1. W hen you turn on or restart the computer the re is a beep and/ or the follow in g mess age appears on the screen: Error message - please run SETUP program Press <F1> key to continue, <F2> to run SETUP 2.
4 LifeBook E Series BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M enu allows y ou to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigating through the Setup Utility on pa ge 2 for more informat ion.
5 Drive0 Selects the Drive0 Serial A T A drive submenu The product number of the hard drive. Display the type of device on this A T A/IDE interface. Pressing the Enter key selects the Serial A T A Drive0 submenu allowing additional device configuration o ptions for this interface.
6 LifeBook E Series BIOS Drive0 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive0 s ubmenu identifies what A T A devices are installed. Figure 2. Drive0 Master Submenu T able 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto] Selects the hard dr ive device ty pe.
7 Drive1 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive1 s ubmenu allows y ou to c onfigure secon dar y A T A dev ices. Figure 3. Drive1 Submenu T able 3: Fields, Options and Defaults fo r the Drive1 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto] NOTE: The T ype field does not appear as a drop-down menu.
8 LifeBook E Series 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 move 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.
9 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allows y ou to: ■ Set the I/O addresses for the ser ial and parallel por ts. ■ Set the keyboar d and mouse features. ■ Select between the display panel and an e xternal display .
10 LifeBook E Series BIOS CPU Features When selected, opens the CPU Features subme nu to allow you to change the CPU speed for battery life optimization. USB Features W hen selected, opens the USB Features su bmenu to allow you to enable or disable legacy USB devices and SCSI SubClass support.
11 Serial/Parallel Port Configu ration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration submenu lets y ou set the I/O addresses and interr upt levels for the serial, infrared and parallel port s of your notebook.
12 LifeBook E Series BIOS T able 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Serial/Parallel Port Conf ig uration Submenu of Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled .
13 Keyboard/Mo use Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The K eyboard/Mouse F eatures submenu is for setting the parameters of the integrated and exte rnal mouse and ke y bo a rd .
14 LifeBook E Series BIOS Vid eo Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Vid eo Features sub menu is for setting the display parameters. Figure 7. Video Features Submenu T able 7: Fields, Options an.
15 Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allo ws the user to enable or disable IDE , Bluetooth, LA N and Wir eless LAN Contr ollers.
16 LifeBook E Series BIOS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es submenu pr ovides options for configuring the Intel C ore M ulti-Proc essing and SpeedStep pow er management featur es of the CPU .
17 USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB F eatures submen u pro vides options for enabling or disabling the USB devices. Figure 10. USB Features S ubmenu T able 10: Fields, Options and Def.
18 LifeBook E Series BIOS Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Configurations submen u provides option s for enabling or disabling the power button and the W ake U p On LAN feature, and setting the volume and v ideo memor y size.
19 Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The Ev ent Logging submenu configures ev ent logging features for DMI events. Figure 12. Event Logging Submenu T able 12: Fields, Options and Defaults fo.
20 LifeBook E Series BIOS 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 view the current data secur ity configuration. (S ee N avigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 f or more information.
21 Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve finished 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 utility , press th e [Esc] key to go to the Exit M enu.
22 LifeBook E Series BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Secur ity submenu is for co nfiguring hard disk security features.
23 Set User Password: ___ [Enter] Sets, changes or cancel s the Drive1 USer Password. Th e Drive1 User Password may be up to seven ch aracters long and must inc lude only letters or numbers (no sym- bols).
24 LifeBook E Series BIOS Owner Informatio n Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information sub menu is for setting o wner inform ation. N ote that the owner informatio n cannot be set without having entered a Super visor Password.
25 Security Chip Setting Submenu of the Security Menu The Security Chip Se tting submenu is used to enable or disabled the embedded security chip. Figure 16.
26 LifeBook E Series BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system. Follow the instructions for Na v igating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes.
27 Boot Device Priority Subm enu of the Boot Menu The Boot Device Priorit y submenu is for setting the or der of checking of source s for the operating system.
28 LifeBook E Series BIOS INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATI ON The Info M enu is a display only scr een that provides the configuration i nformation for y our notebook. The following table shows the names of the menu fields for the Info men u and the information displayed in those fields.
29 EXIT MENU – LEAVIN G THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to leav e the setup utility . Follow the instructions for Na v igating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See N av igati ng through the Setup Utilit y on page 2 for more informat ion.
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