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1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Model: E8210 Document Date: 03/29/06 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1498-0 2 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
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 notebo ok.
3 3. If an error message is displa yed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility , press the [F2] key . 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 E Series BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STAN DARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main M enu allows y o u to set or view the current system parameters. (See N avigat ing 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 allow ing 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 co nfigure secondary 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-dow n menu.
8 LifeBook E Series BIOS Exiting from Main Menu W hen you ha ve finished setting the parameters on this menu, y o u can either exit from the setup utility , or move to another menu. If y ou w ish 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 x ternal CR T 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 ar allel P or t 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 paramet ers of the int egr ated and exte rnal mouse and ke y bo a rd .
14 LifeBook E Series BIOS Vid eo Features Submenu of th e Advanced Menu The Vid eo Features sub menu is for setting the display parameters. Figure 7. Video Features Submenu T able 7: Fields, Options a.
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 , LAN and Wireless LAN Contr ollers.
16 LifeBook E Series BIOS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es submenu provides options for configuring the Int el SpeedStep power management features of the CPU .
17 USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB F eatures submen u provides options fo r en abling or disabling the USB Floppy Disk Drive. Figure 10.
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 configur es event 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 Me nu, you can ei ther exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou w ish to exit from setup utility , press th e [Esc] k ey to go to the Exit Menu.
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 canc el s the Drive1 USer Password. Th e Drive1 User Password may be up to seven ch aracters long and must include 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 w ner inform ation. N ote that the o wner information cannot be set without having entered a Super visor P ass word.
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. Security Chip Setting Subme nu Menu Field Options Default Description Security Chip: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the se curity chip.
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 Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority submenu is for setting the or der of checking of sour ces for the operat ing system.
28 LifeBook E Series BIOS INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATION The Info M enu is a display only screen that pro vides the configuration information f or your not ebook. The following table shows the names of the men u 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 igating throug h the Setup Utilit y on pa ge 2 for more infor mation.
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