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  • Page 1

    1 Fujitsu LifeBook A Series BIOS Guide LifeBook A Series Model: A3110 Document Date: 09/27/2006 Document Part Num ber: FPC58-1569-0 1 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORA TION[...]

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    2 LifeBook A Series BIOS A 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. The BIOS Setup U tility configures[...]

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    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. Pr ess any k e y to e nter the setup utility . The system will then display th e Main M enu wit[...]

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    4 LifeBook A 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.) The following tables sho w the names of the men u fields for the Main menu and its submenu s, all of the options for each [...]

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    5 System Date: – — –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/ year numeric format with 2 di gits each for month and day and 4 digits for year . (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/ 2006. Y ou may change each segment of the date sepa- rately . Move between the segments with the [T ab] ke y and/ or [Shift] + [T ab] keys. Drive[...]

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    6 LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive0 Submenu of th e Main Menu The Drive0 s ubmenu identifies what A T A devices are install ed and the default values and settings of the devices. Figure 2. Drive0 Master Submenu T a ble 2: Fields, Opti ons and Defaults fo r the D rive0 Submenu of the Main Menu No te that the information display ed on this screen ma y di[...]

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    7 Ultra DMA --- Ultra DMA-5 Displays the Ul tra DMA method for moving da ta to/from the Drive0 device. S.M.A.R.T . --- Supported Displays whether Self-Mon itoring Analysis Reporting T echnology is supported. (MSART is a hard drive feature; warns of problems before total failure) . Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None [Auto] Selects the hard drive device ty p[...]

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    8 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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 Default s for the Drive1 Su bmenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Defaul t Description The fields that appear on this screen are for display only , and reflect t[...]

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    9 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. If y ou wish to move to another menu, use the cursor keys. Ty p e : ■ Auto[...]

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    10 LifeBook A Series BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Ad vanced M enu allows y ou to: ■ Set the keyboar d and mouse features. ■ Select between the display panel and an e x ternal CR T or flat panel display . ■ Enable or disable compensation for your display . ■ Enable or disable the IDE, Bluetooth, and LAN contr ol[...]

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    11 Miscellaneous Configurations Opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu to allow you to enable or disable the power but- ton, Wa ke Up On LAN, control volume se ttings, and adjust UMA video memory size. Event Logging Opens the event logging submenu. T able 4: Fields, Options an d Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description Advanced[...]

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    12 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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 ext ernal mouse and ke y bo a rd . Figure 5. Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu T able 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for th e Keyboard/Mouse Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Fie[...]

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    13 Vid eo Features Submenu of th e Advanced Menu The Vid eo Features sub menu is for setting the display parameters. Figure 6. Video Features Submenu T able 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for th e Video Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Display: ■ LCD Panel ■ External ■ Auto [Auto] S elects where t[...]

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    14 LifeBook A Series BIOS Internal Device Configurat ions Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inte rnal Device Configuration submenu allo ws the user to enable or disable IDE, B luetooth, and LAN Contr ollers. Figure 7. Internal Device Conf iguration Submenu T able 7: Fields, Options and Defaul ts for the Internal Device Confi guration Submenu of the [...]

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    15 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Featur es submenu provides options for config uring the AM D V irtualization™ features of the CPU . Figure 8. CPU Features S ubmenu T able 8: Fields, Options and Defaults for the CPU Features S ubmenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description AMD Virtualization(TM) ■ Disable[...]

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    16 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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 9. USB Features Submenu T able 9: Fields, Options and Defaults for the USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Legacy USB Support: ■ [...]

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    17 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. Figure 10. Miscellaneous Confi gurations Submenu T able 10: Fields, Options and Defa ults for the Miscel[...]

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    18 LifeBook A Series BIOS Vo l u m e S e t t i n g : ■ Off ■ Minimum ■ Middle ■ Maximum [Middle] Selects t he initial volume setting f or the system. UMA Video Memory Size: ■ 32MB ■ 64MB ■ 128MB ■ 224MB [64MB] Allows you to select th e maximum shared video me mory size. Video memory is dynamica lly allocated as needed for running ap[...]

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    19 Event Logging Sub menu of the Advanced Menu The Ev ent Logging submenu configur es event logging features for DMI events. Figure 11. Event Logging Submenu T able 11: Fields, Options and Defaults for th e Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capacity: Space A vail- able Display only Event Log[...]

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    20 LifeBook A 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.) The following tables sho w the [...]

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    21 T able 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Descript ion Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displa yed when the system supervisor passwor d is set and Clear w hen it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is di splayed when the general user pass[...]

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    22 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from the Security Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, y ou can either exit from setup utility or mov e to another menu. If y ou w ish to exit from setup utility , press th e [Esc] key to go to the Exit M enu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor k eys. Flash Wr[...]

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    23 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Secur ity submenu is for co nfiguring hard disk security features. Figure 13. Hard Disk Security Submenu T able 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Ha rd Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Descr iption Drive0 Password Is: ___ Clear Display-only [...]

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    24 LifeBook A 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 Password. Figure 14. Owner Information Submenu T able 14: Fields, Optio ns and De faults for the Owner Information Submenu [...]

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    25 BOOT MENU – SELECTING TH E OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Men u is used to select the order in which the BIOS searc hes sources for the operating system. F ollow the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Utility to make an y changes. (See N avigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 for mor e information.) The following tables sh[...]

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    26 LifeBook A Series BIOS Boot Device Priority — — This menu allows setting up the source fo r the operating system . See “The Boot Device Priority S ubmenu” in the following section. Hard Di sk Drives Priority __ __ This menu allows selecting the priori ty with which the hard disk drives will be selected for Boot. See “The Boot Device Pr[...]

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    27 Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priorit y submenu is for set ting the order of checking of sources for the operating system. Figure 16. Bo ot Device Priorit y Submenu ■ Be aware of the operating environment when booting fr om a CD or you may overwrite files by mistake. ■ A bootable CD-ROM has either a floppy di[...]

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    28 LifeBook A Series BIOS Exiting from Boot Menu W hen you hav e finished setting the boot paramet ers with the Boot M enu, you can either exit from the setup utility or move to another men u. If you wish to exit from the setup utility pr ess the [Esc] key to go t o the Exit M enu. If you wish to mov e to another menu, use the cursor keys. CD/DVD D[...]

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    29 INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BA SIC SYSTEM INFORMATI ON The Info M enu is a display only screen that pro vides 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. These fields ar e for information purposes only , and cannot be modified[...]

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    30 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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 page 2 for more informat ion.) The following table sho ws the names of the men u fields for [...]

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    31 Discard Changes Selecting Discard Changes will load the previous values in BIOS memory for all menu fields. The message Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When con- firmed the setup u tility will return to the Exit me nu. T o return to another menu, follow the directions in the Navigating Through the Setup Utility Sec[...]