Fujitsu S6110 manual

1 Fujitsu LifeBook S Series BIOS Guide LifeBook S Series Model: S6110 Document Da te: 10/23/02/02 Docum ent Part Nu mber: F PC58-0794 -01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION[...]

2 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS S Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that s ets up the operating enviro nment for y our notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating conditions, therefore there is no nee d to set or change the BIOS environmen t to oper ate your note book . The BIOS Setup Uti[...]

3 2. I f an err or messa ge is displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to c ontinue with the boot proc ess and start the op erat ing s ystem anyway , press th e [F1 ] key . 3. If a n error messag e is d isplayed on the scre en, an d you want to enter the setup ut ility , press the [F2] k ey . 4. When the setup ut ility star ts w ith a fa ult pres[...]

4 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING ST ANDARD SYSTEM P ARAMETERS The M ain Me nu all ow s you t o set o r view the curr ent system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Na vi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e any ch anges. (Se e Na vigati ng Thr ou gh the S etup Uti lity on pag e 2 fo r more information) The fo ll[...]

5 Primary Master: ■ Selects Primary Master submenu The p roduct # of the Hard Drive Display the type of device on this A T A /A T API interface, if there is one. Pressing the Enter ke y selects the Pr imary Master subm enu allowing a dditional device c onfigurat ion op tions for this in terface. Secondary Master : ■ Selects Secondary Master sub[...]

6 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu ident ifies w hat A T A dev ices a re inst alle d. No te that actual hard drive label shown may var y . Depending on the drive ty pe, information such as cylin- ders, head s an d se ctors may al so be di splayed. Figure 2. Primary Mas ter Subm [...]

7 Multi-Sector T r ansfers: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sec tors ■ 4 Sec tors ■ 8 Sec tors ■ 16 Se ctors ■ 32 Se ctors ■ 64 Se ctors ■ 128 Sector s [16 Sec tors] This option cannot be ch anged wh en Auto is select ed. Speci fy the num - ber of sect ors per block for mu ltipl e sect or tra nsfer . LBA Mode Control : ■ Disabled ■ Enabled [Ena [...]

8 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The Secondary Maste r submenu is for the internal CD- RO M drive . The driv e type is displa yed on this me nu as well as th e Main me nu. Y o ur no tebook auto-sen ses th e characte ristics of the internal driv e installed. Y ou w ill not need to modif y these se tting[...]

9 Exiting from Main Men u 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. If you w ish to exit from the se tup ut ility , press the [Esc] key or use the cur sor keys to go to t he Exit menu or to m ove to a n oth er men u. LBA Mode Control : ■ Enabled ■ Disab[...]

10 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS ADV ANCED MENU – SETTING DE VICE FEA TURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: ■ Enabl e or disa ble suppor t for P lug & Play op er ati ng system s. ■ Set the I/O address es for the serial and parallel por ts. ■ Set the commun ication mode and Infrared. ■ Set the features of the k eybo ard/m[...]

11 T able 4: Fields , Options and Defau lts for the Adv anced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O /S: ■ No ■ Ye s [No] Select Ye s if you are using a Plug & Play cap able operating system. Select No if you need the BI OS to co nfigure n on-boot devices . Protected Device Conf igur ation s: ■ No ■ Ye s [No] No: [...]

12 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configurat ion submen u pro v ides the ability to set the I/ O addresse s and int errupt lev els for the serial, infrar ed, and p arallel ports o f y our no tebook. Figure 5 . Serial/Paral lel Port Con figuration Submenu[...]

13 T able 5: Fields , Options and Defaults for S erial/Parall el Port Confi guration Subm enu of Advan ced Menu Menu Fiel d Options Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled ■ Auto [Enabled ] Configu res the serial port usi ng either no configu ration (Dis abled), a user defined configur ation (En abled), or by allow ing the BIOS [...]

14 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/Mouse Features submen u is for s ettin g the p aram eters of th e integ ra ted and external m ouse a nd ke y b oa rd . Figure 6. Keyboard /Mouse Featu res Subme nu T able 6: Fields , Option s and Defau lts for the Keyboard/M ouse Subm enu of the[...]

15 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo Fe atur es Sub men u is for s etting t he displ ay pa ramete rs. Figure 7 . Video Featu res Subme nu T able 7: Fields , Options and Defaults fo r the V ideo Features Submenu of the Advan ced Menu Menu Fiel d Options Default Description Display: ■ Internal Flat Pan el ■ External ■ Si[...]

16 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allows the user to con figure other in ternal dev ices . Figure 8. Internal Device Configuration Sub menu T able 8: Fields, Options and Defau lts for the Inte rnal Device Configuratio n Submenu o f the Adva nc[...]

17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific interrupts (IRQs) fo r legacy ISA dev ices, and to enable or disable buil t in PCI dev ice modules. Figure 9. PCI Co nfigur ations Su bmenu POI NT The BIOS set ting for your comm unication device is variable depending on your notebook[...]

18 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurat ion Submenu The IR Q Rese r vation sub menu of the PCI C onfiguration submenu a llows the user to mark va rio us IRQs as r eserve d for us e by legacy I SA devic es. W hen an IR Q is reser ved, the BIOS does not use it for emb edded PC I or IS A de v ices. Figure 10[...]

19 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es Sub menu c onfig ures the syst em p roces sor . Figure 1 1. CPU Fea tures Submen u Menu Field Opti ons Default De scription Speed- Step (TM) T echnol ogy: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled [Enabl ed] When Auto is sel ected, the CPU s peed chan ges based upon the power sou rce change. When Ma x[...]

20 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The U SB Features Sub menu configu res the US B features for your sys tem. Figure 12. USB Featur es Submen u T able 12: Field s, Options a nd Defaults fo r the ACPI Featu res Subme nu of the A dvanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description USB Floppy Disk: ■ Di[...]

21 Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The M iscell aneous C onfig urations S ubm enu co nfigur es the misc ellaneou s featur es for your syst em. Figure 13. Miscella neous Configu rations Submenu T able 13: Fields , Options a nd Defaults for the Misce llaneous Config urations Submenu Menu Field Options Default Description Pow[...]

22 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The Event Loggi ng Subm enu configures event l oggi ng features for DM I events. Figure 14. Event Logg ing Submen u T able 14: Field s, Options a nd Defaults fo r the Event L ogging Subm enu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capacit[...]

23 SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEA TURES The Se cur it y menu allows you to set up the data sec urit y featur es of y our notebook t o fit y our operati ng needs an d to view the cur rent data security configurat ion. Follow the instruc tions for N avigating Through the Setup U tilit y to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through th e [...]

24 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS T able 15: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when t he system Su pervisor Password is set and Clear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only fie ld. Set is dis[...]

25 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Di sk Se curi ty Submenu is for confi gur ing hard disk secur it y feat ures. Figure 1 6. Hard Disk Security Submen u T able 16: Fields, Optio ns and Defaults for the Hard Disk Security Submen u of the Security Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Primary Master: ■ Disabled ■ E[...]

26 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Submen u is for setting owner information. N ote that Owner Information cannot be set without having ent ered a s uperv isor’ s passwor d. Figure 17. Owner Informat ion Submen u Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished settin[...]

27 BOOT MENU – SE LECTING THE OPERA TING SYSTEM SOU RCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS s earches sources for th e oper ati ng sys tem. Fol low the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See Na vig ating Through the Setup Utili ty on page 2 for more infor mation) The following ta[...]

28 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice P rior ity Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the oper ating system. Figure 19. Boo t Device Pr iority Subm enu Exiting from Boot Menu W hen y ou ha ve fi nished se tting the b oot paramet ers with the Boot menu, y ou c[...]

29 INFO ME NU – DISP LA YS BASIC SY STEM IN FORMA TI ON The I nfo men u is a dis play o nly sc reen s that pr ovides t he 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 field s. These fields are for in format ion pur poses only [...]

30 LifeBo ok S Series No tebook BI OS EXIT MENU – LEA VING THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit M enu is used to lea ve the setup ut ility . Follo w the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to mak e any changes. (See N av igating Through the Setup Ut ilit y on page 2 for more information) . The following table sho ws the n ames of th e me[...]