Fujitsu LifeBook i Series manual

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    FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu -/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit ▲ Item Specific Help Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit Fujitsu LifeBook i Series BIOS Guide LifeBook Series: i Series Model Numbers: i-4187, i-4190 Document Date: 10/26/2000 This document is de[...]

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    2 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S i Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UTILITY The BIOS Setu p U tilit y is a program that se ts up the oper ati ng environm ent for your noteb ook. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating condi- tion s, th er efor e t her e is n o need t o set or c hange the BIOS e nvironment to op era te your no teboo k. The BIOS [...]

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    3 2. I f an err or messa ge is di spla y ed on t he scr een , and you want t o co ntinue with the boot proc ess and start the op era tin g sys tem anyway , pres s the [F 1] key . 3. I f an err or messa ge is di spla y ed on t he scr een , and you want t o ent er the s etup utility , press the [F2] k ey . 4. W hen the setup u tility star ts w ith a [...]

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    4 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S 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 p age 2 for more informat ion.) The f ollo win[...]

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    5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays th e current date. Date is in a mon th/day/year numer ic for mat wit h 2 dig its eac h for mont h and d ay and 4 digit s for year . (MM/DD/YYY Y) for exam ple: 03 /20/1998 . Y ou may change ea ch segment of the date s eparately . Mo ve betw een the segments w ith the [T ab ] key and /or [Shift] + [T ab[...]

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    6 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pr imar y Master sub menu i dent ifies wh ich A T A dev ices are i nst alle d. N ote that, althoug h A uto is the default setting f or this submenu , the Hard Disk s etting is il lustrated, sinc e it contains all of the men u fields. No te that a ctual hard drive label shown[...]

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    7 Maximum Capacity: ■ Display only –— Displays the maximu m capacity of the d rive calculated from t he parame ters o f the hard d isk when Hard D isk is selec ted. Multi-Sector T rans fers: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sectors ■ 4 Sectors ■ 8 Sectors ■ 16 Sectors ■ 32 Sectors ■ 64 Sectors ■ 128 Sec tors [16 Sectors] This option can not be [...]

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    8 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Primary Sl ave Submenu of th e Main Me nu The Primary Slav e submen u is for the internal CD-R OM dr ive . T he d r ive t y p e i s d i s pl aye d o n t hi s m e nu as we l l as the Main menu. Y our notebook auto-senses the charac- te r istics of the internal CD-R OM Dr iv e installed. No te that, althoug h A uto is t[...]

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    9 Exiting from Ma in Menu W hen you have finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can ei ther exi t from the setu p uti lit y , or 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 mo ve to anothe r men u, use the cursor keys. Maxi[...]

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    10 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S 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 th e fea tures of the keyboa rd/mo use. ■ Sele ct be tween th e disp lay pa nel and an extern al CR T disp lay . ■ Enabl e or disa ble compen sa[...]

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    11 T able 4: Fields , Option s an d Defau lts for the Advanced M enu Menu Field Options Defaul t Descripti on Plug & Play O /S: ■ Ye s ■ No [Y es] Select Ye s if you are using a Plug & Play capable o perating s ystem. Select No if you need th e BIOS to co nfig ure non-bo ot devi ces. Keyboard/Mouse Features –— –— When se lected,[...]

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    12 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of th e Advanced M enu The Keyboard/ Mouse Feature s submen u is fo r se ttin g the parameters of the integra ted and external mouse and keyb o ard. Figure 5. K eyboard /Mouse Fea tures Sub menu T able 5: Fields , Op tions an d Defau lts for the Keybo ard/Mouse Subm enu o f the Advan c[...]

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    13 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo Fe atur es S ubme n u is fo r settin g the disp lay paramet ers . Figure 6. Vide o Featur es Sub menu T able 6: Fields , Op tions an d Defau lts for the Vid eo Fe atures S ubmenu of the Ad vanced Menu Menu Field Options Defaul t Descripti on Display: ■ Interna l Flat Panel ■ External [...]

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    14 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The I nternal Device Configurations s ubmenu allows the user to configure the I DE Con troll er . Figure 7. Int ernal Device Configu rations Su bmenu T able 7: Fields , Option s and D efaults for the Internal De vice Conf iguratio ns Subm enu of the Adva nce[...]

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    15 PCI Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configurations submenu allows the user to reserve specific in terrup ts (IRQs) for legacy ISA dev ices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules. Figur e 8. PC I Confi guratio ns Su bmenu T able 8: Fields , Option s an d Defau lts for the PCI Confi gurations Submen u of the Ad[...]

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    16 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S IRQ Reser vation Submenu of t he PCI Configurations Submenu The IR Q Re servation submenu of the PCI Co nfigura- tions s ubmenu a llows th e u ser to ma rk var ious IRQs as reser ved for u se by leg acy I SA de vi ces. When an IRQ is reser ved, the BIOS doe s not use it for embed ded PC I or IS A d e vi ces. Figur e [...]

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    17 IRQ 9: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IRQ 9 . IRQ 10: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IRQ 1 0. IRQ 11: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IRQ 1 1. IRQ 15: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IRQ 1 5. T able 9: Fields , Option s and D efaults for the IRQ Reserv ation Sub menu o[...]

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    18 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S USB Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The US B F eatu res Subm en u co nfi gur es the syst em fo r use w it h a US B flop py dr ive. Figure 10. USB Feat ures S ubmenu T abl e 10: Fi el ds, Op tion s and Defau lts for th e USB F ea tures Subm en u of t he Adva nc ed Me nu Menu Field Options Defaul t Descripti on [...]

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    19 Event Logging Submenu of the A dvanced Me nu The E v ent Loggin g Sub me nu c onfigu re s ev ent logging fe atur es fo r D MI ev ent s. Figure 11. Even t Loggi ng Subm enu F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu -/Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub-Menu ▲ Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Spe[...]

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    20 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S SECURITY M ENU – S ETTING THE SECURITY F EATURES The S ecu r it y me nu al lows you to se t up th e data sec ur it y featur es o f y our no tebook t o fi t y our o perating needs an d to view the cur rent data securit y configuration. Follow the instruc tions for N avigating Through t he Setup Utilit y to mak e any[...]

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    21 Figure 1 2. S ecuri ty Men u T able 12 : Fields, Optio ns and Defaults fo r the Security Menu Menu Field Options Defaul t Descripti on Supervisor Passwo rd is: –— Clear A display-on ly field. Set is displayed wh en the sys tem supervis or password is set and Clear when it is not. User Passw ord is: –— Clear A display-only field . Set is [...]

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    22 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Passwo rd on Bo ot: ■ Disabled ■ First B oot ■ Every Boot [Disabled] When set to DIsab led, no password is required. When set to Fir st Boot, a pass word (Us er or Supervi sor) i s requ ired after the Po wer On Self T est ( POST) befo re the operat ing system is read from a disk. If Eve ry Boot i s set, a passw[...]

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    23 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk se cu rit y fea tures. Figure 13. Hard Disk Secur ity Sub menu T able 13 : Fields, Optio ns and Defaults fo r the Hard Disk Se curity Submenu o f the Security Me nu Menu Field Options Defaul t Descripti on Primary Master : ■ Disabled ?[...]

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    24 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Owner Information Submenu of the Securit y Menu The Owner Information Sub menu is for setting o wner information. Figure 14. Owner Inform ation Subm enu T able 14 : Fields, Optio ns and Defaults fo r the Owner Information Submenu o f the Security M enu Menu Field Opti ons Default Des cription Owne r Infor mation Is: [...]

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    25 Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you have finished setting the parameters on the Secur it y Menu, you can eith er exit from set up utilit y or mov e to ano ther menu. If you wis h to exit from se tup utility , press the Esc key to go to the Exit M enu. If y ou wi sh to move to another menu, use t he cu rsor keys. Backg round Co lor: ■ Bla[...]

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    26 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S POWER ME NU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEME NT FE ATURES 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 Util ity on page 2 for more informat ion.) . The f[...]

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    27 Fig ure 15. Powe r Me nu T able 15 : Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Po wer Menu Menu field Options Defaul t Descripti on Power Savin gs: ■ Disabled ■ Cust om iz ed ■ Maxi mum Power Sa vings ■ Maximum Perfor mance [Customized] Sets the powe r savings parameters to a f actory inst alled combi nation of parame ters , a c ustom set o[...]

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    28 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Auto Susp end Ti m e o u t : ■ Off ■ 5 to 60 minut es [15 Minutes] Sets t he length o f time w ithout any I/O activity be fore your n ote- book go es into Suspend m ode. If you choose a fac tory combinat ion of parameters t his field will display that setting. If you choose to customize the parameters you will be[...]

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    29 Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced F eatures sub menu is for setting some non-time re lated pow er sa v ing parameters. Figure 16. Advan ce Features S ubmenu Exit ing from Po wer Menu W he n yo u ha v e finish ed setti ng the b oot pa ramete rs with the P ower men u, you can either exi t from the setup util it y or move to[...]

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    30 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S 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 sys tem. Foll ow the inst ructions fo r N avig ating Throug h the S etup Ut ility to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for [...]

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    31 Boot Device P riority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device Priori ty Subme nu i s for s etting th e order of checking of sou rces for the operati ng system. Figure 18 . Boot Device Pri ority Su bmenu CAUTI ON Be careful of the operating environment when booting from a CD-ROM or y ou may ove rwrite files by mistake . CAUTIO N A bootable CD-R[...]

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    32 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Exiting from Bo ot Menu W he n yo u ha v e finish ed setti ng the b oot pa ramete rs with the Boot men u, you can either exit from the setup utilit y or mov e to another men u. If you wish to exit fro m the setup utility press the Esc key to g o to the Exit men u. If you wish to mov e to another menu, use the cursor [...]

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    33 INFO MEN U - DI SPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORM ATION T h e I n f o m en u is a d i sp la y o n l y s cr e e n s t ha t p ro v i d e s t h e con figuration info rmation for y o ur no tebook. The f ollo wing tabl e sho ws t he names of th e men u fiel ds for the Info me nu and the information displ ay ed in those fields. Th ese fields are for inform a[...]

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    34 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S T able 19 : Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Inf o Menu N ote that some of the paramet ers ref lected belo w ma y be diffe re nt fr om th ose on you r scr een , depend ing upon syst em configuration. Menu Field Options Defaul t BIOS V ersion: –— 1.03 –— BIOS Date: –— 0 9/25 /200 0 –— BIOS Area: [...]

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    35 EXIT MEN U – LEAVING THE SETU P UTILITY The E xit M en u is us ed t o le av e th e setup ut ility . F ollo w the inst ructions fo r N avig ating Throug h the S etup 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 the menu fields for the Exit [...]

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    36 L ifeB o ok i Se ries BI O S Load Se tup Defaults –— –— Selecting Load S etup Defaults w ill load the factory preset d efault values for all menu fields, then display the message Load default configuration no w? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit Menu. T o return to anothe r menu fol low the d irection s[...]