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Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C2010 C2111 Document Date: 0 5/31/02 Document Part Number: FPC58 -0677- 01 FUJITSU P C CORPO RA TION EarthlingBIOS. fm Page 1 Thursday, Jun e 6, 2002 9:15 AM[...]

2 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup Ut ility is a pr ogr am that sets up the operating en vironment for you r notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factor y for normal operating conditions, ther efo re th ere i s no need to set or chan ge the BIOS en viron ment t o opera te yo ur not ebook. The BIOS Set[...]

3 3. If an error messag e is displ ay ed on th e scree n, and you want to ent er th e setup utility , press the [F2] k ey . 4. When the setup utilit y star ts w ith a fa ult present, t he syste m displa ys the follo wing message: Warning! Error message [Continue] 5. Pr ess an y key t o enter the setup utility . The syst em will then display the Mai[...]

4 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS 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 Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e any ch anges. (See Navigating Throug h The Se tup Utilit y on page 2 for more information.) The fol lowing ta[...]

5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year . (MM/DD/ YYYY) for ex ample: 10/1 6/2001. Y ou may cha nge each segm ent of the date se parately . M ove be tween the segments with the [T ab] key and/or [Shift] + [T ab] keys. Flopp[...]

6 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master subm enu ident ifies wha t A T A dev ices a re inst alle d. *Not e that actual hard drive label shown may vary . Depend ing on the dr ive ty pe, informat ion such as cylin- ders, heads and sector s may also be displayed. Figure 2. Prima ry Master Subm [...]

7 Heads: n A number between 1 and 16 –— This appears only w hen Hard Disk is selected. Whe n Hard Disk is selected, you ca n change the value. This field is incremented by pressing the [Spacebar]) or by pressing [Shift] [+]. This field is decremented by pressing the [-] key . The field can also be changed by ty ping in the number . Sec tors: n [...]

8 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Ultra DMA Mode: n Disabled n Mode 0 n Mode 1 n Mode 2 n Mode 3 n Mode 4 n Mode 5 [Mode 5] Selects the me thod for moving data to/from the drive. A utotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected. T able 2: Fields , Options a nd Defaults for the Primary M[...]

9 Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The S econdar y Master subm enu i s for the intern al CD - RO M drive . The driv e type is displa yed on this me nu as well as th e Main me nu. Y our notebo ok auto-sen ses th e characte r istics of the inte rnal CD-ROM Driv e installed. Y ou wi ll not nee d to modify these setting s, the y are disp laye[...]

10 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Exiting from Main Men u W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setu p uti lit y , or m ov e to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press the [ Esc] key or us e the cur sor keys to go to the Ex it menu. If you wish to move to another [...]

11 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: n Set the I/O addre sses for t he ports. n Set the commun ication mode for the parallel and infra red ports . n Set the fe atures of the keyboa rd/mous e. n Sele ct be tween t he di splay pan el an d an external CR T di splay . n Config ure IDE de v ices in your s[...]

12 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS T able 4: Fields , Options a nd Defaults for the Advanc ed Menu Menu Field Description Serial/P arallel Port Configurations When selected, opens the Serial/ Parallel Port Configurations submenu which allows the user to modify settings for the infrared and parallel ports. Keyboard/Mouse Features When selec ted, [...]

13 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configuration s ubmenu pro vides the ability to set the I/O addre sses and int er- rupt levels fo r the serial (infrared) and parallel ports of you r notebook. Figure 5. Ser ial/Parall el Port Configu ration Sub menu POINT S n T o prevent IRQ and address [...]

14 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS T able 5: Fields , Options and Defau lts for the Port Configuration Submen u of the Adva nced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Infrared Port: n Disabled n Enabled n Auto [Enabled] When Disabled, the infrared port is disabled; when Enabled, the infrared port is enabled. When Auto is selected, the Plug[...]

15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The K eyboard/ Mou se Fe atures subm enu is f or select ing th e powe r-o n stat e for the N umlock k ey . Figure 6 . Keyboa rd/Mouse Fe atures Sub menu T able 6: Fields , Option s and Defau lts for the Keyboard/M ouse Subm enu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Numlo[...]

16 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo F eatur es Su bmen u is fo r choosi ng the d ispla y . Figure 7 . Video Fe atures Submen u T able 7: Fiel ds, Options and Defaults for the V ideo Fea tures Subm enu of the Advanced Men u Menu Fiel d Op tions Default Description Display: n Internal Flat P[...]

17 Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Dev ice Configurations submenu allows the user to enable or disable IDE ports an d Wi reless LAN. Figure 8. Internal Device Configu ration Submenu T able 8: Fields , Option s and Defau lts for the Inte rnal Devic e Configuratio n Subme nu of the Adva nced Menu Menu Field Op[...]

18 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU F eatures Subme nu configur es the system pr ocessor . Note that this submenu only ap pears in certain configu- ration s, based up on the syst em CPU . Figure 9. CPU Features Submenu Menu Field Opti ons Default Description SpeedStep(TM ) T echnology: n Disabled [...]

19 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The U SB Features Submenu confi gures the sys tem for us e w ith a US B floppy d rive. Figure 10. USB Feature s Submenu T able 1 0: Fie lds, Op tion s and Def ault s for th e USB F eatur es Su bmenu o f the Advan ced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Legacy USB Support: n Disabled n Enabled [...]

20 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Configurations S ubmenu configures the po wer button. Figure 11. Miscellan eous Configu rations Submenu T able 11 : Fie lds , Opt ions and Def aul ts f or the Miscel la neou s Con fi gurat ion Su bmen u of the Adv an ced Me nu Menu Fie[...]

21 Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The E vent Logging Subm enu c onfi gur es ev ent lo gging fe atur es for D MI ev ents. Figure 12. Event Lo gging Submenu T able 12: Fie lds, Options a nd Defaul ts for the Event Logging S ubmenu of th e Advance d Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log C apacity: Space Available Display o[...]

22 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Se cur it y me nu all ows you to se t up the data sec ur it y featur es of your no tebook t o fit y our o perating needs and to view the cur rent data security configur ation. Follow the instruc tions for Navigating Through t he Setup Utilit y to make an y cha[...]

23 T able 13: Fields, Option s and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Opti ons Default Description Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display -only field. Set is displayed when the system superv isor password is set and Clear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only fi eld. Set is displayed w hen the general u ser pa[...]

24 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Securit y Submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. Figure 14. Hard Disk Securit y Submenu T able 14: Fields, Optio ns and Defaults for the Hard Disk Security Subm enu of the Security Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Prima [...]

25 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. N ote: This submenu can b e modified only if a Super vi sor’ s P asswor d has been s et pre viously . Figure 15. Owner Inform ation Sub menu Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on the Secur[...]

26 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS BOOT MENU – SE LECTING THE OPERATIN G SYSTEM SOURC E The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS se arches so urces for the opera tin g system. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the S etup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m [...]

27 The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sourc es for the operati ng system. Figure 17 . Boot Devi ce Pri ority 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 can either exit fr om the setup util[...]

28 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS INFO MEN U - DI SPLAYS BA SIC SYS TEM I NFORMATI ON The Info menu is a display onl y screen that pr ovides the con figuration information for your notebook. The fol lowing table sho ws the n ames of t he menu f ields for the Info men u and the information displa yed in those field s. The se fields are for infor[...]

29 EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SE TUP UTILITY The E xit M en u is us ed to le av e th e setup u tility . F ollo w the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the S etup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for m ore informat ion.) The following table sho ws the names of the menu fi elds for the Exit menu,[...]

30 LifeBo ok C Series No tebook BI OS Discard Changes –— Selecting Discard Changes will load the previous values in BIO S memory for all m enu fiel ds . The mess age Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] wi ll be displayed. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit menu. T o return to another m enu, follow the directions in[...]