Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E8420 Fujitsu Siemens Computers
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Model: E8420 Document Da te: 07/10/2008 Document Part Num ber: FPC58 -1911- 01 FUJITSU COMPU TER SYSTEM S COR PORA TION.
2 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS E Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIOS Setup Util ity is a pro gr am that sets up the operating envir onment for your not ebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, therefore there is no need to set or change the BIOS environmen t to oper ate your noteb ook.
3 sever e, it will g ive y ou an opportunity to modify the setup utility settings, as described in the following st eps: 1. When you tur n on or res tar t the com puter there is a beep and /or the follo wing message appears o n the screen: Error message - please run SETUP program Press <F1> key to continue, <F2> to run SETUP 2.
4 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS INFO MEN U - DISPLA YS BASI C SYSTE M INFORM ATION The Info Men u is a display only screen that provides the con figuration information for y our notebook. The fo llowing tabl e shows t he names of t he menu fields for th e Info menu and the inf ormatio n displa yed in those fi elds .
5 SYSTEM MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The System Menu all ows you to set or view the cur rent system para meters. (See Na vi gating through the Setup Utility on page 2 fo r more info rmation .
6 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Drive0 Selects the Drive0 Serial A T A drive submenu The produc t number of th e hard drive. Display the type o f device on this A T A/ IDE interface. Pressing th e Enter key selects the Serial A T A Drive0 submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface.
7 Drive0 Submenu of the System Menu The D rive0 subm enu ident ifies what A T A d ev ices are in stal led. Figure 3. Drive0 Master Su bmenu T able 3: Fields , Options and Defaul ts for the Dri ve0 Subme nu of the Syst em Menu Menu Field Options Default De scription Drive0: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled [Enabled] Enables or disables Drive0.
8 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Drive1 Submenu of the System Menu The D rive1 sub menu al lows you to confi gure s econdar y A T A dev ices. Figure 4. Drive1 Subm enu Exiting from Syst em Menu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu , you can either exit fr om the setup utility , or mov e to another menu.
9 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u a llows you to: ■ Set the I/O address es for the serial and par allel por ts. ■ Set the k eyboard and mouse fe ature s. ■ Sele ct betw een th e displ ay panel and a n external displ ay .
10 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS CPU Features When selected, op ens the CPU Features submenu to allo w you to change t he CPU speed fo r battery life optim ization . USB Features When selected, o pens the USB Feat ures submenu to allow you to enable or d isable legacy USB d evices and SCSI S ubClass suppo rt.
11 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P aralle l P or t Configuratio n submenu lets y o u set t he I/O addres ses and i nterr upt l evel s for t he ser ial, infr ared an d par all el po rt s of your n otebo ok.
12 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS T able 6: Fiel ds, Op tion s and Defaul ts f or th e Seri al/Par al lel Po rt Con figu rati on Sub menu of Ad vanc ed Menu Menu Fiel d Options Default Description Serial Po.
13 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/Mouse Features submen u is for s etting th e par ameters o f the in tegr ated and external mouse a nd ke yb o a rd .
14 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The Video Features sub menu is for s ettin g the d isplay pa rame ters. Figure 8 .
15 Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inter nal De v ice Confi gurat ion su bmenu a llows th e user to enable or d isable IDE, B luetoot h, LAN a nd Wireless LAN Co ntrol lers .
16 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es subm enu pr ovid es optio ns for c onfigurin g the Int el Co re M ulti-P roc essin g and Speed Step powe r manag ement f eatur es of the C PU .
17 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The USB F eatures submen u provides optio ns for enabling or disa bling the USB dev ices. Figure 11. USB Feature s Submenu T able 11: Fields , Option s a.
18 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Co nfigurations submenu pr ovides option s for enabling or d isabling the pow er button and th e W ake U p On LAN feat ure, an d setting the vo lume an d video memory size .
19 Auto Save T o Disk: ■ Off ■ On [On] T urns on or off the Auto Save to Disk featu re. When turned o n, when a low battery s tate is reached while t he system is in sleep mode, the system will automatically save t o disk then power off.
20 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Intel(R) Active Management T echnol ogy Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Intel(R ) Activ e Manageme nt T echnology submenu pr ovides options for e nabling or disabling the Intel(R) Activ e Manage ment T echnology and the Intel(R) M anagement Engine BIOS Extens ion screens.
21 Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The E ven t Logging submen u c onfig ures event logging featur es fo r DMI ev ent s. Figure 14. Event Logg ing Submen u T able 14: Fields, Opti ons and De.
22 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Secur ity menu allows you to set up the data secur ity features o f your no tebook to f it your op er ating needs and to view t he current da ta secur ity configur ation. (See N aviga ting throug h the Setup Uti lity on pa ge 2 for more information.
23 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you have finished s etting th e par ameters on th e Secur ity Men u, you can either exi t from setup utilit y or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from s etup utility , press the [Esc] key to go to the Exit Menu.
24 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The H ar d Disk Sec urity subm enu is for c onfi guring h ard dis k secu rity feat ures .
25 Set Us er Pas sword --- [Enter] Sets, change s or cancels the Drive1 User Password. The Dr ive1 User Pass word may be up to seven characters long and must includ e only letters o r numbers ( no sym- bols) .
26 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information subm enu is for setting owner informa tion. Note that the owner information cannot be set without having enter ed a Supervisor Passw ord.
27 TPM (Security Chip) Setti ng Submenu of the Security Menu The T PM (Security C hip) Sett ing subm enu is used t o enab le or dis abled th e embed ded securi ty chip .
28 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS BOOT MENU – SE LECTING THE OPERATING S YSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS s earches sources for the opera ting system. Follow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any cha nges.
29 Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice P ri ority submenu is for setting the order of checking of sources f or the operati ng system.
30 LifeBo ok E Series BI OS EXIT MEN U – LEAV ING THE SETU P UTILITY The E xit M enu is us ed to l eav e th e setup u tility . Follo w the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any cha nges. (See N aviga ting t hro ugh th e Setup Utili ty on p age 2 for more informat ion.
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