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    Fujitsu LifeBook C Series BIOS Guide LifeBook C Series Model: C2110 Document Date: 0 4/05/02 Document Part Number: FPC58 -0668- 01 FUJITSU P C CORPO RA TION EarthlingBIOS. fm Page 1 Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:48 AM[...]

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    2 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS C Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS Setup Ut ility is a pr ogr am that sets up the oper atin g environment for your noteb ook. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating condi- tion s, therefo re there is no need to set or change the BIOS env ironment to oper ate your n otebo ok. The BIOS Setup U tility c[...]

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    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 syste m will then display the Mai[...]

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    4 LifeBo ok C Series 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 tables sho w[...]

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    5 Floppy Disk A: n Disabled n [1.44/ 1.2 MB 3.5"] [1.44/ 1.2 MB 3.5"] Enables o r disables a flo ppy disk dr ive. Primary Master: Selects Primary Master subm enu The pr oduc t # of the Hard Drive Display the typ e of dev ice on this A T A /A T API i nterface, if there is one. P ressing the Enter key selects the Primary Master submenu allo[...]

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    6 LifeBo ok C Series 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 enu T able[...]

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    7 Sector s: n A number betw een 0 and 6 3 –— This appears on ly when Hard Disk is selected. When Hard Disk is selected, you can chan ge the value. This fie ld is incremented by pressing the [Spaceb ar]) or by pres sing [Shif t] [+]. This fiel d is decrement ed by pressing the [-] key . The field can al so be chan ged by typing in the nu mber . [...]

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    8 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS CAUTION n A bootable C D-ROM m ay have a floppy disk format or a hard drive fo rmat. When the bootable CD-RO M is used, the drive allocat ions change auto matically without changing the BIO S setup. If a floppy disk for- mat CD-ROM is used, the C D-ROM becomes Drive A. The CD-ROM will only take Drive C: (ha rd drive forma[...]

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    9 Secondary Master Submenu of th e Main Menu The S econdar y Master submenu is for th e inte rna l CD- RO M drive . The driv e t ype is displa yed on this me nu as well as th e Main me nu. Y our notebo ok a uto-sens es the characte r istics of the inte rnal CD-ROM Driv e installed. Y ou will not need to modify thes e setting s, the y are disp layed[...]

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    10 LifeBo ok C Series 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 , o r move to another menu. If you w ish to exit from the setu p utilit y , press th e [Esc] key or us e the cur sor keys to go to the Ex it menu. If you wish to move to another menu, us e [...]

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    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[...]

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    12 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS T able 4: Fie lds, Option s and De faults for the Advanced M enu Menu Field Options Default Description Serial/Parallel Port Conf igur ation s –— –— Whe n selected, opens the Serial/Par allel Port Conf igurations submenu which allow s the user to mod ify settings for the par allel port. Keyboard/Mouse Features ?[...]

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    13 Serial/Parallel Port Configur ation Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/P arallel P ort Configu ration submen u pro v ides the ability to set the I/O addre sses and int er- rupt lev els for t he paralle l port of yo ur not ebook. Figure 5. Ser ial/Parall el Port Configu ration Sub menu CAUTION I/O addresses, DMA channels, and I nterrupt leve[...]

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    14 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS T able 5: Fie lds, Option s and Defau lts for the Port Configurat ion Submen u of the Adv anced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Parallel Port: n Disabled n Enabled n Auto [Enabl ed] Configu res the parall el por t using ei ther no confi guratio n (Disabled ), a user defined conf iguration (Enabled), or by all[...]

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    15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The Keyboard/ Mouse Features s ubmenu i s for selec tin g the power-on state for the Numlock key . Figure 6 . Keyboa rd/Mouse Fe atures Sub menu T able 6: Fie lds, Option s and De faults for the Keyboard /Mouse Su bmenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Numlock: n On[...]

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    16 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS V ideo Fea tures Submenu of the A dvanced Menu The V ideo F eatur es Subm enu is for c hoosing the disp lay . Figure 7 . Video Fe atures Submen u T able 7: F ields, Optio ns and Defa ults for the V ideo Features Su bmenu of the Advance d Menu Menu Fiel d Op tions Default Description Display: n Internal Flat Panel n Exter[...]

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    17 Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inte rnal Dev ice C onfigurations submenu allows the user to en able or d isable IDE p ort s. Figure 8. Internal Device Configu ration Submenu T able 8: Fie lds, Option s and Defau lts for the Internal De vice Configura tion Subme nu of the Ad vanced Me nu Menu Field Options Default[...]

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    18 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The C PU Fea tur es Sub menu confi gures the sy stem pro cesso r . Note tha t this submenu only appears in certain configurations, based u pon the system CPU . Figure 9. CPU Features Submenu Menu Fiel d Options Default Description SpeedStep(TM) T echnol ogy: • Disabled • Enab[...]

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    19 USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The US B Feat ure s Subm enu c onfig ures t he syst em for use w it h a US B flop py dr ive. Figure 10. USB Feature s Submenu T ab le 10: Fie lds, Op tions an d Def aults for th e USB F eatur es Su bmenu o f the Advan ced Me nu Menu Field Options Default Description USB Floppy Disk: n Disabled n Enable[...]

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    20 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Misc ellaneous Configurations S ubmenu configur es the power b utton. Figure 11. Miscellan eous Configu rations Submenu T a ble 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 anc ed Me nu Menu Field Optio[...]

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    21 Event Logging Submenu of the Advance d Menu The E ve nt Loggin g Sub men u con figur es ev ent logging f eatur es for DM I even ts. Figure 12. Event Lo gging Submenu T able 12: Field s, Options and Defaults for the Eve nt Logging Su bmenu o f the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capacity: Space Available Display onl[...]

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    22 LifeBo ok C Series 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 changes. (See[...]

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    23 Figure 1 3. Security Men u T able 13: Fields, O ptions and Defaults fo r the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when the sys tem supervisor password is set and C lear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed[...]

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    24 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Passwo rd on Bo ot: n Disabled n First B oot n Every Boot [Disabled] When set to DIsabled, no pas sword is required. When set to Fir st Boot, a pa sswo rd (User or Supervi sor) is required af ter the Power On Self T est (POST) before the operating system will be read from a disk. If Eve ry Boot is set, a passwo rd (User [...]

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    25 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk se cur ity fea tures. Figure 14. Hard Disk Securit y Submenu T able 14: Fields, O ptions and Defaults fo r the Hard Disk Security Subm enu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Primary Master: n Dis abled n Enabled [[...]

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    26 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner inf orm ati on. Note: This submenu can be mo dified only i f a Supe rv is or’ s P a sswor d has been set prev iously . Figure 15. Owner Inform ation Sub menu Exiting from the Security Me nu W hen you hav e finished settin[...]

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    27 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 ore informat ion.) The f ollow in g[...]

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    28 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS The Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riority Subm enu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the op erating 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[...]

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    29 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 inform atio n purp oses only , and canno[...]

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    30 LifeBo ok C Series BI OS EXIT MEN U – LEA VING THE SE TUP UTILITY The E xit M enu is us ed to leav e the setu p util ity . Fo llow 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 e[...]

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    31 Load Setup Defau lts Press F9 key –— Selecting Load Setup Defa ults will load the factory p reset default values for all men u fields, then display the mes sage Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit Menu. T o return to another m enu fo llow the d irection s in th e Navigati ng Th[...]