Fujitsu E-6575 manual

1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Models: E-659 5 E-657 5 E-655 5 Document Date: 01/2 9/01 Document Part Numbe r: FPC58 -04 80-01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION[...]

2 E Series BIO S BIOS S ETUP UTIL ITY The BIOS Setup U tility is a program that sets up the operating en v iro nment for you r notebook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions , therefore there is no need to se t or change the BIOS environmen t to op er ate your noteb ook. The BIOS Setup U tility configure s: ■ Device co[...]

3 2. I f an err or mes sage i s displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want t o co ntinue with the boot process a nd star t the op era tin g sys tem anyway , press the [ F1 ] key . 3. I f an err or mes sage i s displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to ent er the setup utility , pr ess the [F2] k ey . 4. W he n the setup utilit y sta r ts w ith a [...]

4 Life Book E Series BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain M enu allow s you t o set o r view the cu rre nt system parameters. Follow the instru ctions fo r N av i- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e any change s. (See Na v igating Through T he Set up Utilit y on page 2 for more informat ion.) The f ollo w ing ta b[...]

5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays th e current date. Date is in a month/d ay/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/YYYY) for example: 03/20/19 98. Y ou may change ea ch segment of the date s eparately . Move b etween t he segments w ith the [T ab] key and/or [Shif t] + [T ab ] k[...]

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 dev ices are i nst alle d. Figure 2. Prima ry Mast er Submenu T able 2: Fields, Options and De faults for th e Primary Ma ster Su bmenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto ■ None ■ CD- R[...]

7 Maximum Capacity: ■ Display only –— Displays the maximu m capacity of the d rive calculated from t he parame ters of t he h ard di sk when Aut o is sele cted and the typ e is identified as hard disk, or User is selected . Multi-Sector T ransfers: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sectors ■ 4 Sectors ■ 8 Sectors ■ 16 Sectors ■ 32 Sectors ■ 64 Sec[...]

8 Life Book E Series BI OS Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The S econd ar y Master su bmen u all ows you to confi gu re se co n da r y A T A d e v i ce s. Figure 3. Secondary Master Submenu T able 3: Fields, Options and De faults for th e Secondary Master S ubmenu of the Main Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Ty p e : ■ Auto [...]

9 Exiting from Main 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 , or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setup utilit y , pres s the [ Esc] key or use the curso r keys to go to the Exit men u. If y ou wish to mo ve t o anothe r men u, use the cursor keys. PIO T r[...]

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 stems. ■ Set the I/O addr esses for t he serial a nd parallel po r ts. ■ Set the commun ication mode for the parallel por t. ■ Set an au dio function I/ O addre s[...]

11 Protected Device Conf igura tion : ■ No ■ Ye s [No] No: allows P lug & Play o perating s ystem to chan ge device syst em set ting s. Y es: prevents a Plu g & Play oper ating system from changin g syst em set ting s. *ACPI opera ting s ystem ign ores th is set ting . Serial/Parallel Port Conf igura tion s –— –— Whe n selected,[...]

12 Life Book E Series BI OS Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P ar allel P ort Con figuration sub menu pro vides the ability t o set the I/O addr esses an d inte r rupt level s for the serial, inf rar ed and parallel ports o f yo ur note book. Figure 5 . Serial/P arallel P ort C onfigu ration Sub menu CAUTI[...]

13 T able 5: Fie lds, Opti ons and Defaults fo r the Serial/ Paral lel Port Configura tion Subm enu o f Advanced Menu Men u Fi eld Opt ions Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled ■ Auto [Enabled ] Confi gures the serial port using eithe r no configurat ion (Dis abled ), a user defined con figurat ion (Enab led) , or by allowin [...]

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 De faults for the Keyboard / Mouse Submen u of the Advan ced Men[...]

15 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo Fe atures Subme nu is for se tting the disp lay paramet ers. Figu re 7. Video Fe atures Submenu T able 7: Fields, Option s and De faults for the Vid e o Featu res Submenu of the Advanc ed Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Display: ■ Interna l Flat Panel ■ External ■ Simult[...]

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 Internal De vice Conf iguration Subm enu of the Advanced Me[...]

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[...]

18 Life Book E Series BI OS IRQ Reser vation Submenu of t he PCI Configuration Submenu The IRQ R eservation submenu o f the PCI Configuration submenu all ows the us er to m ark va ri ous IRQs a s reser ved for u se by le ga cy ISA dev ices. When an IRQ is reser ved, th e BIO S do es no t use it fo r embe dded PCI o r ISA dev i ces. Figure 10. IRQ R[...]

19 IRQ 9: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IR Q 9. IRQ 10: ■ A vailab le ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IR Q 10. IRQ 11: ■ A vailab le ■ Reserv ed [A vailable] Reserves IR Q 11. T able 10: Fields, O ptions and D efaults fo r the IRQ Reserva tion Su bmenu of the PCI Confi guratio n Subme nu of the Ad vanced Menu Menu Fie[...]

20 Life Book E Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU F eatur es S ubme nu pr ovides o ptions f or conf ig u r in g t h e CPU. Figure 11. CPU Fea tures Submen u T able 11: Fields , Options and De faults for the CPU F eatures Submen u of the Advan ced Me nu Men u Fiel d Opti ons Default Description Processor Serial Num ber: [...]

21 USB Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The U SB Fea tures Sub menu prov ides op t ions for enabling or disabling the US B Floppy Disk Drive. Figure 12. USB Feat ures Submenu T able 12: Fields , Options and De faults for the USB Featur es Sub menu of th e Advanc ed Menu Men u Fiel d Opti ons Default Description USB Flop py D isk: ■ Disabled[...]

22 Life Book E Series BI OS 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: Fields, O ptions a nd Defaults for the Ev ent Logging Su bmenu of the Advanc ed Men u Menu Field Options Default Description Event L og Capacity: Space[...]

23 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 your notebook to fit yo ur opera t ing ne eds and t o v iew the cur rent data security configuration. Follo w the instru ctions for N avigating Through the Setu p U tility to make an y changes. (See Na v igating Through T h[...]

24 Life Book E Series BI OS Figu re 14. Securi ty Menu T able 14: Fields , Options and De faults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Passwo rd is: –— Clear A display-on ly field. Set is displayed wh en the sys tem supervis or password is set and Cl ear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-[...]

25 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 mov e to ano ther menu. If you wis h to exit from setup utility , pr ess the Esc key to go to the Exit M enu. If you wi sh to move to another menu, use t he cu rsor keys. Min imum Us er Passwo rd Le[...]

26 Life Book E Series BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Securi ty Menu The Har d Disk Secur ity Submenu is for configuring hard disk se cur it y fea tures. Figur e 15. Hard Disk Secu rity Submen u T a ble 15: F ields, Option s and Defaul ts for the Hard Di sk Security Subme nu of the Se curity Menu Men u Fi eld Opt ions Default Description Pr[...]

27 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Sub menu is for setting owner information. Figure 1 6. Ow ner Inf ormation Submen u T able 16: Field s, Options and De faults for the Owner I nformation Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Des crip tion Owne r Infor mati on Is : –— Cl ear Dis pl ay o nly[...]

28 Life Book E Series BI OS Back ground Co lor: ■ Bl ack ■ Blue ■ Green ■ Cyan ■ Red ■ Magenta ■ Br own ■ White ■ Gray ■ Light Blue ■ Light Green ■ Light Cyan ■ Light Red ■ Ligh t Magent a ■ Y ellow ■ Bri ght Whit e [Black] Set ba ckgrou nd col or . T able 16: Field s, Options and De faults for the Owner I nformation[...]

29 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 avigating T hrou gh the Setup Utility to mak e any cha n g es . (See N av igating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for mor e informat ion.) The f ollo w ing ta bles sho w the na me[...]

30 Life Book E Series BI OS Figu re 17. Power M enu T able 17: Field s, Options and De faults for the Power Menu Menu field Options Default Description Power Savin gs: ■ Disabled ■ Cust om iz ed ■ Maxi mum Power Sa vings ■ Maximum Perfor mance [Customized] Sets the p ower saving s paramet ers to a facto ry installed combi nation of parame t[...]

31 Suspend Mode: ■ Suspend ■ Save to Disk [Suspen d] Sets the for m of suspen sion state. I f you ch oose Susp end, yo u will suspend operat ion with power to system memory , and everything else powered down o r in a ver y low pow er st ate. If you ch oose Save-to-Disk your notebook will sa ve all of system me mory and the op erat ing parame te[...]

32 Life Book E Series BI OS Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced Feature s submenu is for setting some non-time re lated pow e r sa ving para meters. Figure 18. Advan ce Feature s Submenu T able 18: Fields , Options and De faults for the Adv a nced Featu res Submenu of the Power Men u Menu Field Options Default Description Susp[...]

33 Exit ing from Po wer Menu W hen yo u hav e finished s etting the b oot parame ter s with the P ow er menu, yo u can either exit from th e setup util it y or move to a no ther menu. If you w ish to exit from the setup utility press the Esc key to go t o the Exit menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor key s .[...]

34 Life Book E Series BI OS 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 Na v igating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for m o[...]

35 Boot Device P riority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Dev ice Prio rity Subm enu i s for setting the order of checking of sources for the op erating system . Figure 20. Boot Device Priori ty Subm enu CAUTI ON Be careful of the operating environment when booting from a CD -ROM or you m ay overw rite files by mistake . CAUTIO N A bootable CD-R [...]

36 Life Book E Series BI OS Exiting from Boot Menu W hen yo u hav e finished s etting the b oot parame ter s with the Boot men u, you can eithe r exit from th e setup utility or mov e to another m enu. I f y ou wish to exit f rom th e 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 keys[...]

37 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 our notebook. The f ollo w ing tabl e sho ws the na mes of t he men u fields for the Info me nu and the information d isplay ed in those fields. Th ese fields are for inform [...]

38 Life Book E Series BI OS T able 21: Field s, Options and De faults for the Info Menu N ote t hat the paramete rs listed in the following table ma y be differe nt, depending upon the configuration of y our syst em. Menu Field Options Default BIOS V e rsion: –— 1. 09 –— BIOS Date: –— 12/1 8/2000 –— BIOS Area: –— E400 h – FFFF[...]

39 EXIT MEN U – LEAV ING THE SE TU P UT ILIT Y The E xit M enu i s used to l ea ve the setu p utility . F ollow the inst ructions fo r N avig ating Throug h the Setu p Ut ility to make an y changes. (See Na v igating Through The Setup Utilit y on page 2 for m ore informat ion.) The following table sho w s the names o f the menu fields for the Exi[...]

40 Life Book E Series BI OS Discard Changes –— –— Selecting Discard Cha nges will load the previou s values in BIOS memor y f or al l men u f ields . The mes sage Load previous now? [Yes] [No] will be displayed. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit menu. T o return to ano ther menu, fo llow the directions in the Navigati[...]