Fujitsu S-5582 manual

1 Fujitsu LifeBook S Series BIOS Guide LifeBook S Series Model: S-5582 Documen t Date: 10/25/01 Docum ent Part Nu mber: F PC58-0624 -01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION Fennel BIOS.fm Page 1 Monday, November 12, 2001 10:52 AM[...]

2 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS S Series BIOS BIOS SE TUP UT ILITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that s ets up the opera ting envi ronment for your noteb ook. Y o ur BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating condi- tion s, ther efor e ther e is no need t o set or change the BIOS environm ent to oper ate your no tebook. The BIOS Setup Utility[...]

3 2. I f an err or messa ge is displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to c ontinue with the boot proc ess and start the op erati ng sys tem anyway , press the [ F1] key . 3. I f an err or messa ge is displ ay ed on t he scre en, and you want to ent er th e setup utility , press the [F2] k ey . 4. W hen the setup utilit y star ts w ith a fault pr[...]

4 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS MAIN MENU – SETTING ST ANDARD SYSTEM P A RAMETERS 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. (Se e Na vigati ng Thr ou gh the S etup Uti lity on pag e 2 fo r more information) The fol lowing tabl[...]

5 Floppy Disk A: ■ [1.44/1 .2 MB 3.5"] ■ Disabled [1.44/ 1.2 MB 3.5"] Enables or disables a f loppy disk. Primary Master: ■ Selects Primary Master submenu The produ ct # of the Hard Drive Display the type of device on this A T A/A T API in terface, if there is one. Pressing the Enter ke y selects the Pr imary Master subm enu allowin[...]

6 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu i dentif ies wha t A T A dev ices a re inst alled. No te that actual hard drive label shown may var y . Depending on the drive ty pe, information such as cylin- ders, head s and sec tors may als o be d ispl ayed. Figure 2. Primary Mast er Submenu T able [...]

7 Sectors: ■ A number between 0 and 63 –— This item ap pears only when Auto is selected and the type is identified as hard disk, or Us er is selected. When Us er is selected, you can change the value. This field is changed by i ncrementing (pre ssing the [Sp aceba r]) or by typi ng in th e numb er . Maximum Cap aci ty: Displ ay only –— Di[...]

8 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Primary Slav e Submenu of t he Main Me nu The Primary Slav e submenu is for the internal CD-R OM dr ive. T he d r ive t y p e i s d is pl aye d on th is menu a s we ll a s the Main menu. Y our notebook auto-senses the charac- teristics of the internal CD-R OM Driv e installed. Y ou will not nee d to modify these settings,[...]

9 Exiting from Main Men u W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on this menu, you ca n either exit from the setup utilit y , or move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press the [ Esc] key or use the cursor ke ys to go to the Exit menu or to move to another menu. LBA Mode Con- trol: ■ Enabled ■ Disabled [[...]

10 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS ADV ANCED MENU – SETTING DE VICE FEA TURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u a llows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isa ble su ppor t fo r Plug & Pl ay operat ing syst ems. ■ Set the I/ O addre sses for th e serial and pa rallel ports. ■ Set the commun ication mode and Infrared. ■ Set the fe atures of the keyboard/m ouse.[...]

11 T able 4: Fields, Op tions an d Defaults for th e Advance d Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O /S: ■ No ■ Ye s [No] Select Ye s if you are using a Plug & Play capable oper ating system. Select No if you need the BI OS to co nfigure n on-boot devi ces. Protected Device Conf igur ation s: ■ No ■ Ye s [No] No:[...]

12 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Serial/Parallel Port Configurat ion Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P a rallel P ort Configuration s ubmenu pro vides the ab ility to set the I /O addresse s and inte rrupt levels for the serial, infrar ed, and pa rallel ports o f y our no tebook. Figure 5 . Serial/Paral lel Port Con figuration Sub menu CAUTION I[...]

13 T able 5: Fields, Options and De faults for the Serial/Pa rallel Port Config uration Su bmenu of the Advanced Men u Menu Field Options Default Description Serial Port: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled ■ Auto [Enabled ] Configu res the seri al port us ing either no configu ration (Disabled ), a user defined conf iguratio n (Enabled), or by allowing t h[...]

14 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features subm enu is fo r setti ng the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and key bo ard. Figure 6. Keyboard /Mouse Features Submenu T able 6: Fields, Options an d Defaults for the Keybo ard/Mouse Submen u of the Advan ced Menu Menu Fi[...]

15 V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The V id eo Fe atur es Sub men u is for se tting th e disp lay para meters . Figure 7 . Video Featu res Submenu T able 7: Fields, Options an d Defaults for the V ideo Featu res Sub menu of the Ad vanced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description Display: ■ Interna l Flat Panel ■ External ■ S[...]

16 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration subme nu allows the user to con figure oth er int ernal dev ices. Figure 8. Internal Device Configuration Sub menu T able 8: Fields, Op tions an d Defaults for th e Interna l Device Conf iguration S ubmenu of the Advanced Menu M[...]

17 PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific interrupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA devices, and to enable or disable buil t in PCI dev ice modules. Figure 9. PCI Co nfiguratio n Submenu POI NT The BIOS set ting for your comm unication device is variable depending on your LifeBook S S[...]

18 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurat ion Submenu The IRQ R eservation submen u of the PCI Configuration submenu a llows the user to m ark var ious IRQs as reser ved for use by leg acy ISA devi ces. When an IRQ is reser ved, the BIOS does not use it for embedde d PCI or IS A de vi ces. Figure 10. IRQ Reservati on[...]

19 IRQ 9: ■ Available ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 9. IRQ 10: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 10. IRQ 11: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 11. IRQ 15: ■ A vailable ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 15. T able 10 : Fields, Optio ns and Defa ults for the IRQ Re servation Submenu of the PCI[...]

20 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es Sub menu conf igur es the system Processor . Figure 1 1. CPU Fea tures Submenu Menu Field Options Default Description Intel (R) SpeedStep (TM) Te c h n o l o g y ■ Auto ■ Max. Perf. ■ Batt. Opt . ■ Disabled [Auto] When Aut o is selected, the CPU speed [...]

21 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The USB F eatu res S ubmen u conf igur es the USB fea tures for y our sy stem . Figure 12. USB Featur es Submenu T able 12 : Fields, O ptions and De faults for the ACPI Features Submenu of th e Advanc ed Menu Menu Field Options Default Description USB Floppy Disk: ■ Disabled ■ Enabled [Disabled] Wh[...]

22 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The Event Loggi ng Subm enu configures event l ogg ing features for DMI events. Figure 13. Event Logg ing Submen u T able 13 : Fields, O ptions and De faults for the Ev ent Logging Submen u of the Advan ced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capacity: Space A[...]

23 SECURITY M ENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEA TURES The Se cur it y menu al lows you to s et up the data s ecur it y featur es of your no tebook t o fit y our o perating needs and to view the cur rent data security configurat ion. Follow the instruc tions for Na vi gating Throug h the Setup Utilit y to make an y changes. (See N avigating Through t[...]

24 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Figure 1 4. Security Me nu T able 14: F ields, Options and De faults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field . Set is displayed when the system Supervisor Password is set and Clear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only[...]

25 Mini mum User Passwo rd Length: [0] [0] Sets the mini mum l ength for Use r Passw ord. Passwo rd on Boot: ■ Disabled ■ First B oot ■ Every Boot [Disabled] When set to Enabled, a password (User or Supervisor) is required after the Pow er On Se lf T est (POST) be fore the operatin g system will be read from a disk. When set to Disabled no pa[...]

26 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Subme nu is for configuring hard disk se curi ty fea tures. Figure 1 5. Hard Disk Secu rity Submen u T able 15: F ields, Options and De faults for the Hard Disk Se curity Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Primary Mas[...]

27 Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. N ote that Owner Information cannot be set w ithout having e ntered a superv isor ’ s passw ord. Figure 16. Owner Inf ormation Submenu T able 16: F ields, Options and Defaults for the Own er Information Subm enu of the Security Menu [...]

28 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished setting the parameters on the Secur ity Menu, you can eith er exit from s etup utilit y or move t o an other menu. If you w ish to exit from se tup utility , pr ess the Esc key to go to the Exit M enu. If you wish to move to another menu, us e the curs or keys. Bac[...]

29 POWER MENU – SE TTING POWER MANAGEMENT FE A TURES The Po wer menu allows you to set an d change the power management pa rameters. Follo w the instructions for N avigating Through the Setup Ut ility to make an y cha ng es . (See N avigat ing Through the Setup Utility on page 2 for more information) The fol lowing tables sho w the n ames of t he[...]

30 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Figure 1 7. Pow er Menu T able 17 : Fields, Options and De faults for the Po wer Menu Menu field Options Default Description Power Savin gs: ■ Disabled ■ Cust omi zed ■ Maximu m Power Savings ■ Maximum Performan ce [Customized] Sets t he power saving s parameters to a f actory installed combinat ion of paramet er[...]

31 Auto Suspend Ti me o ut : ■ Off ■ 5 to 60 m inutes [15 Minut es] Sets the lengt h of time wi thout any I/O acti vity before your note - book goes int o Suspend mode. If you choose a facto ry combination of parameters this field will display that setting. If you choose to customize the parameters you will be able to set this y ourself. Off ha[...]

32 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced Feat ures submenu is for setting some non-time relat ed power sa ving parameters. Figure 18. Advance Featur es Submenu Exiting from Powe r Menu W hen y ou ha ve fi nished se tting the b oot paramet ers with the P ow er menu, you can eith er exit from the setup uti[...]

33 BOOT MENU – SELECTIN G THE OPERA TING SYSTE M SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS se arches source s for the operat ing sys tem. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Na vig ating Thro ugh the Setup Utili ty on page 2 for more inf ormat ion) The f ollow in[...]

34 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS The Boot Device Priorit y Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Dev ice Priority Submenu is for setting the order of checking of sour ces for the operating system. Figure 2 0. Boot Device Prio rity Submen u Exiting fro m Boot Men u When you hav e finished setting the boo t parameters with the Boot menu, you can either e xit [...]

35 INFO M ENU – DI SPLA YS BAS IC SYSTEM INF ORMA TION Th e I n f o m en u i s a d i sp lay o n l y s c re e n s t ha t p ro v i d e s t h e 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 in forma ti[...]

36 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS T able 21 : Fields, Options and De faults for the Inf o Menu N ote that the parameters list ed in the following table may be differe nt, depending upon the configuration of y our syst em. Menu Field Options Default BIOS V ersion: –— 1.02 –— BIOS Date: –— 09/2 6/20 01 –— BIOS Area: –— E400h – F FFFh [...]

37 EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SETUP UTILITY The E xit M en u is us ed to le av e th e setup u tility . Fo llow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Na vig ating Thro ugh the Setup Utili ty on page 2 for more inf ormat ion) The following table sho ws the names of the menu fi elds for the Exit menu,[...]

38 LifeBo ok S Series BI OS Load Setup Defaults –— –— Selectin g Load Setup Def aults will load the factory preset d efault values for all me nu fields, t hen display the message Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When con- firmed the setup ut ility will return to the Ex it Menu. T o return to another m enu fo llow the d irections [...]