Fujitsu Lifebook E-6624 manual

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    1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Models: E-666 4 E-664 4 E-663 4 E-662 4 Document Date: 10/2 9/01 Document Part Numbe r: FPC58 -06 29-01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION[...]

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    2 Life Book E Series BI OS E Series BIOS BIOS SE TU P UTIL ITY The BIOS Setu p U tilit y is a prog ram that se ts up the oper atin g environm ent for your notebo ok. Y our BIO S is set at the factor y for normal operating conditions, therefore there is no n eed to set or change the BIOS environm ent to op er ate your note bo ok. The BIOS Setup Util[...]

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    3 3. I f an err or messa ge is d ispla y ed on t he scr ee n, and you want t o ent er th e setup utility , pres s the [F2] k ey . 4. W hen the setup ut ility star ts w ith a fa ult present, t he syst em disp lay s the follo wing messag e: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5. P ress a n y key to ent er t he setup utility . The syst em will then d is[...]

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    4 Life Book E Series BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain M enu all ow s y ou t o se t or vi ew the curr en t system parameters. Follow the instru ctions fo r N avi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Na v igating Through T he Set up Utilit y on page 2 for more informat ion.) The f ollo wing ta [...]

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    5 Floppy Dis k A: ■ Disabled ■ 1.4 4/1. 2 M B 3.5 " [1.44 /1.25 M B 3.5"] Sets the form at for floppy disk dr ive A if it is installed. Primary Master : ■ Selects Primary Master submen u The pro duct numb er of the hard drive. Display the type o f device on this A T A /A T AP I interface , if there is one. Pressing t he Enter key se[...]

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    6 Life Book E Series BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pr imar y Master subm enu iden tif ies wha t A T A d ev ices a re ins tall ed. Figure 2. Prima ry Mast er Submenu T able 2: Fields, Opt ions and Def aults for th e Prim ary Ma ster Subme nu of th e Mai n Menu Menu Field Options Default De scription Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None ■[...]

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    7 Multi-Sector T ransfers: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sec tors ■ 4 Sec tors ■ 8 Sec tors ■ 16 Se ctors ■ 32 Se ctors ■ 64 Se ctors ■ 128 Sec tors [16 Sectors ] This option cann ot be c hange d when Auto is selec ted. S pecify the num ber of se ctor s pe r bl ock f or mu ltipl e se ct or tran sfe r . M AX re fers to th e size the di sk retu rns [...]

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    8 Life Book E Series BI OS Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The S econd ar y Ma ster su bmenu all ows you to confi gure s econd ar y A T A de v ices. Figure 3. Secondary Master Submenu T able 3: Fiel ds, Options and Defaults fo r the Secondar y Master Submen u of the Ma in Menu Menu Fi eld Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ [...]

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    9 Exiting from Ma in Menu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can ei ther exi t from the setu p uti lit y , o r m ov e to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setup utilit y , press the [Es c] key or use th e cur sor ke ys to go to the Exit men u. If y ou w ish to move to anoth er men u, us e the cursor keys. Mu[...]

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    10 Life Book E Series BI OS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isa ble supp or t f or Plug & Pl ay ope rating sy st ems. ■ Set the I/O addr esse s for th e serial a nd parallel po rts. ■ Set the commun ication mode for the parallel por t. ■ Set an au dio function I/ O addre [...]

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    11 Serial/Parallel Port Confi guratio ns –— –— When selected, opens th e Serial/Parallel Port Configura tions sub- menu wh ich al lows the user to mod ify se tting s for seri al, in frared and paralle l ports. Keyboard /Mous e Features –— –— When selected, opens the Keybo ard/Mouse Featu res submenu, which allows s etting external a[...]

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    12 Life Book E Series BI OS Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration s ubmen u pro v ides the ab ility to se t the I/O add resse s and inte rrupt lev els for the serial, inf rared a nd parallel ports o f y o ur no tebook. Figure 5 . Serial/P arallel P ort C onfigu ration Sub menu CAUT[...]

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    13 T able 5: Fields, O ptions a nd Defa ults for the Serial/Pa rallel Port Conf iguratio n Subme nu of Adv anced Me nu Menu Field Opti ons Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled ■ Auto [Enabled ] Confi gures the s erial port u sing eit her no conf iguratio n (D isabled) , a user defined con figu ration ( Enable d), or by allow [...]

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    14 Life Book E Series BI OS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of th e Advanced M enu The Keyboard/ Mouse Feature s submen u is fo r se tting the parameters of the integra ted and external mouse and keyb o ard. Figur e 6. Keybo ard/Mo use Featur es Sub menu T able 6: Fields, Option s and D efaults for the Keyboard /Mouse Submen u of the Advan ced Men [...]

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    15 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo Fe atur es S ubm en u is fo r set ting th e disp lay paramet ers . Figu re 7. Video Fe atures Submenu T able 7: Fields, Option s and D efaults for the Vid eo Featu res S ubmenu of the Ad vanced Menu Menu Field Opt io ns Default Description Display: ■ Internal Flat Panel ■ External ■[...]

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    16 Life Book E Series BI OS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Interna l Dev ice Configuration subme nu allow s the user to configure othe r int ern al de v ices. Figure 8. Internal Device Configu ration Subm enu T able 8: Fields, Options and De faults for th e Inte rnal De vice Conf iguratio n Subme nu of the Advanc ed[...]

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    17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific in terrupt s (IRQs) for legacy ISA dev ices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules. Figure 9. PC I Confi gur ation Su bmenu POINT The BIOS setting for y our com munication devic e is varia ble depending on your Life B[...]

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    18 Life Book E Series BI OS IRQ Reser vation Submenu of t he PCI Configuration Submenu The IRQ R eser vation submen u of the PCI Configuration submenu all ows the user to mark IRQs as res er ved for use by legacy ISA d ev ices. When an IRQ is reser ved, the BIOS does not us e i t for emb edde d P CI or ISA de v ices. Figure 10. IR Q Reser vation S [...]

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    19 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F eat ur es S ubme nu pro vid es opt ions f or c onf igurin g th e CPU . Figure 11. CPU Fea tures Submen u T able 11: Fi elds , Options and De faults for the CPU F eatures Submen u of the Advanc ed Menu Menu Field Options Default Description SpeedSt ep(TM ) T e chno lo gy: ■ Disabled ■ Enabl[...]

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    20 Life Book E Series BI OS USB Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The U SB Fea tures Sub menu prov i des opt ion s for ena blin g or d is abling th e USB Flo ppy Dis k D rive. Figure 12. USB Feat ures Submenu T able 12: Fi elds , Options and De faults for the USB Featur es Sub menu of th e Adva nced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description [...]

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    21 Event Logging Submenu of the A dvanced Me nu The Event Logg ing Su bmenu configures event log gi ng features for DMI events. Figure 13. Event Lo gging Submen u T able 13: F ields, O ptions a nd Defa ults for the Event L ogging Su bmen u of the Adv anced Menu Menu Field Opt io ns Default Description Event Log Capacity: S pac e A vail ab le Di spl[...]

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    22 Life Book E Series BI OS SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Secur it y menu allows yo u to set up the data se curi ty feat ures of y our not ebook to fit y our operating needs and t o v iew the cur rent data security configuration. Follo w t he instructions for N a v igating Through the Setup U t ility to mak e an y ch anges. ([...]

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    23 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on the Secur it y Menu, you can eith er exit from set up utilit y or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from se tup util it y , pres s th e Esc key to go to t he Exit Menu. If you w i s h to m ove to a n oth e r me nu , u se th e c ur so r ke ys . T able 14: [...]

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    24 Life Book E Series BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The Har d Disk Security S ubmenu is for c onfiguring hard disk security features. Figur e 15. Hard Disk Secu rity Submen u T able 15: Fields, Option s and Defaults for th e Hard Disk S ecurity Submenu of the Secu rity Menu Menu Field Opti ons Default Description Pri mar y [...]

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    25 Owner Information Submenu of the Securit y Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. N ote that the owner information cannot be set without having enter ed a S uperv isor passw ord . Figure 1 6. Ow ner Inf ormation Submen u T able 16: Fie lds, Options a nd Defaults for the Owner Info rmation S ubmenu of the Security M[...]

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    26 Life Book E Series BI OS POWER MENU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEME NT FEATURES The P ow er menu allows you to set an d change the power manageme nt parameters. F ollow the instructions for N a vigating T hrough the Setup U tility to mak e an y cha n g es . (See N a v igating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for mor e informat ion.) The f ollo w[...]

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    27 T able 17: F ields, Options an d Defaults for the Power Me nu Menu field O ptions Default Desc ription Power Savings: ■ Dis abled ■ Customize d ■ Maxi mum P ower Savings ■ Maximum Perf orma nce [Customize d] Sets the pow er savin gs parame ters to a factory in stalled combin ation of par ameter s, a c ustom s et of para meters set by you[...]

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    28 Life Book E Series BI OS Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced F eature s submen u is for setting some non-time r elated pow er sa ving parameters. Figure 18. Advan ce Feature s Submenu Exit ing from Po wer Me nu W hen y ou hav e finished se tting the boot parameters wi th the P ower menu, you can ei ther exi t from the setu [...]

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    29 BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERATIN G SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot M enu is used to select the ord er in which the BIO S searche s sources f or the opera tin g syste m. Foll ow the inst ructions fo r N avig ating Throug h the Setu p Ut ility to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for m ore informat ion.) The f ol[...]

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    30 Life Book E Series BI OS Boot Device P riority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority Submenu is for settin g the order of checking of sourc es for the operati ng system. Figure 20. Boot Device Priori ty Subm enu Exiting from Bo ot Menu W he n yo u ha v e finis hed se tting t he boot p aramet ers with the Boot men u, you can eithe r [...]

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    31 INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BASI C SYS TEM I NFORM ATION T h e I n f o m en u is a d i sp l ay o n l y s cr e e ns t h a t p r o v i d e s t h e con figuration in formation for y o ur no tebook. The f ollo wing ta ble sho ws t he na mes of t he men u fiel ds for the Info me nu and the information d isplay ed in those fields. Th ese fields are for info[...]

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    32 Life Book E Series BI OS EXIT MEN U – LEAV ING THE SE TU P UT ILIT Y The E xit M en u is us ed to le av e the se tup u tili ty . F ollo w the inst ructions fo r N avig ating Throug h the Setu p Ut ility to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for m ore informat ion.) The following table sho ws the names o f [...]