Fujitsu Siemens Computers i Series manual

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[...]

2 Life B o ok i Se ries B IO S i Series BIOS BIOS SETUP UTIL ITY The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that se ts up the opera ting environ ment for your notebo ok. Y our BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating condi- tion s, ther e for e th er e is no need t o set or ch ange the BIOS environm ent to oper ate your note book. The BIOS Setup Ut[...]

3 2. I f an err or messag e is displ ayed o n the scre en, and you want to c ontinue with the boot pr ocess and start the op erati ng sys tem anyway , press the [F 1] key . 3. I f an err or messag e is displ ayed o n the scre en, and you want t o ente r the s etup utility , pr ess the [F2] k e y . 4. W hen the setup utility star ts with a fault pre[...]

4 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The M ain M enu all ow s you t o set o r view the cu rrent system parameters. Follow the instruc tions for Navi- gating Through The Setup Utility to mak e an y changes. (See Navigating Throug h The Set up Utility on page 2 for more information.) The fol lo wing table s s[...]

5 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays th e current date. Date is in a m onth/day/year numeri c format wit h 2 dig its each f or mont h and day and 4 digit s for year . (MM/DD/YYY Y) for example: 03 /20/1998. Y ou may change each s egment of the date separ ately . Move betw een the segments w ith the [T ab] key and /or [Shift] + [T ab] key [...]

6 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Pri mar y Master submenu i dentif ies wh ich A T A dev ices are instal led. N ote that, although Auto is the default setting f or this submenu, the H ard Disk setting is il lustrated, sinc e it contains all of the men u fields. No te that actu al hard drive label shown ma y v[...]

7 Maximum Capacity: ■ Display only –— Displays the maximum cap acity of the drive calculated from the parameters of the h ard disk when Hard Disk is s elected. Multi-Sector T ransfer s: ■ Disabled ■ 2 Sectors ■ 4 Sectors ■ 8 Sectors ■ 16 Sectors ■ 32 Sectors ■ 64 Sectors ■ 128 Secto rs [16 Sectors ] This option canno t be chan[...]

8 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Primary Slav e Submenu of t he Main Me nu The Primary Slav e submen u is for the internal CD-ROM dr ive. Th e d rive t y p e is di sp laye d o n t hi s me nu a s we l l a s the Main menu. Y our not ebook auto-senses the chara c- teristics of the internal CD-R OM Drive installed. No te that, although A uto is the defaul[...]

9 Exiting from Main Menu W he n you ha ve 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 us e the cur sor keys to go to the Ex it men u. If y ou w ish to move to anot her menu, us e the cursor keys. Maximum [...]

10 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Men u al lows you to: ■ Enabl e or d isabl e su ppor t for Plug & Play operat ing sy stem s. ■ Set the fe atures of the keyboard/mo use. ■ Sele ct betw een the d ispl ay panel and an external CR T disp lay . ■ Enable or d isable compensat ion f[...]

11 T able 4: Fie lds, Op tions an d Defau lts for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cription Plug & Play O /S: ■ Ye s ■ No [Y es] 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 non- boot devic es. Keyboard/Mouse Features –— –— When selected , ope[...]

12 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S 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 5. K eyboard/Mouse Fea tures Sub menu T able 5: Fie lds, Op tions an d Defaults for the Keyboard/Mouse Submen u of the Advanc ed Men u [...]

13 V ideo Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The V ideo F eatures Submen u is for set ting t he disp lay para meters. Figure 6. Vide o Features Sub menu T able 6: Fie lds, Op tions an d Defaults for the Video Fe atures S ubmenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cription Display: ■ Interna l Flat Panel ■ External ■ Simulta[...]

14 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Inte rnal Device Configurations s ubmenu allows the user to conf igure the I DE Cont roller . Figure 7. Internal Device Configu rations Subm enu T able 7: Fiel ds, Op tions an d Defau lts for the Internal D evice Configurat ions Subm enu of the Adva nced [...]

15 PCI Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configurations submenu allows the user to reserve specific inter rupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA dev ices, and to enable or disabl e built in PCI dev ice modules. Figure 8. PCI Co nfiguratio ns Subm enu T able 8: Fie lds, Op tions an d Defau lts for the PCI Configurations Submen u of the Advanc[...]

16 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Conf igurations Submenu The IRQ R eservation submenu of the PCI Configura- tions subm enu allows the user to mar k vari ous IRQs as reser ved for use by lega cy ISA de vices . When an IRQ is reser ved, the BIOS does not use it for embedded PC I or IS A de vi ces. Figure 9. IRQ Res er[...]

17 IRQ 9: ■ Available ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 9. IRQ 10: ■ A vailab le ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 10. IRQ 11: ■ A vailab le ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 11. IRQ 15: ■ A vailab le ■ Reserv ed [Available] Reserves IRQ 15. T able 9: Fields , Op tions an d Defau lts for the IRQ Reserv ation Sub m enu of th[...]

18 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S USB Features Submenu of t he Advanced M enu The US B F e atur es Subm enu co nfig ures t he system for use w ith a USB floppy d rive. Figure 10. USB Features S ubmenu T ab le 10: Fields, Opti ons and Def ault s for the US B Fea tures Submen u of the Advan ced Men u Menu Field Options Default Des cription USB Floppy Di[...]

19 Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Me nu The E ve nt Logging Sub men u confi gur es eve nt lo gging f eatur es for D MI event s. Figure 11. Event 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 Specific[...]

20 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY F EATURES The Se cur it y menu al lows you to se t up the da ta sec urit y featur es o f yo ur not ebook to fit your operati ng needs and to view the cur rent data security configurat ion. Follow the instruc tions for Na vigating Through the Setup Utility to make an y changes. (S[...]

21 Figure 1 2. Securi ty Men u T able 12: Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cription Supervisor Password is : –— Clear A display-only field . Set is displayed when the system supervisor password is set and Clear when it is n ot. User Password is: –— C lear A display-only field. Set is displa[...]

22 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Passwo rd on Boot: ■ Disabled ■ First B oot ■ Every Boot [Disabled] When set to DIsabled, no password is req uired. When set t o First Boot, a pa ssword (Us er or Sup ervisor ) is require d after the Power On Self T est (POS T) before the op erating system is read from a disk. If Eve ry Boot is set , a password [...]

23 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Har d Disk Security Submenu is for c onfigu ring hard disk se curi ty feat ures. Figure 13. Hard Disk Security Submenu T able 13: Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Hard Disk Security Submen u of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cription Primary Master: ■ Disabled ■ Enab[...]

24 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Subme nu is for setting owner information. Figure 14. Owner Inf ormati on Submenu T able 14: Fields, O ptions and Defaults for the O wner Information S ubmenu o f the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Des cription Owne r Informat ion Is: –?[...]

25 Exiting from the Security Me nu W he n you ha ve finished setting the parameters on the Secur ity Men u, you can either exit from s etup util ity or move t o anot her menu. If you wi sh to exit from setup utility , press the Esc key to go t o the Exit Me nu. If y ou wish to mov e to ano ther menu, use t he curs or keys. Backgroun d Color: ■ Bl[...]

26 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S POWER MENU – SETTI NG POWER MANAGEME NT FEATURES The Po wer menu allows you to set and change the power management pa rameters. Fo llow the instructions for N a vigating T hrou gh the Setup Utility to mak e an y cha ng es . (See N avigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for more information.) . The fol lo wing[...]

27 Fig ure 15. Po wer Menu T able 15: Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Power Menu Menu field Options Default Des cription 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 ers, a custom s et of p ara[...]

28 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Auto Suspend Ti me o u t : ■ Off ■ 5 to 60 m inutes [15 Minut es] Sets the lengt h of time witho ut any I/O activity b efore 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 [...]

29 Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The A dvanced F eatures subme nu is for setting some non-time relat ed pow er sa ving parameters. Figure 16. Advance Features S ubmenu Exiting from Power Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished s etting t he boot paramet ers with the P ower menu , you can either exi t from the setup util ity or move to a nothe [...]

30 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S BOOT MENU – SE LECTING THE OPERATIN G SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Me nu is used to select the order in which the BIOS se arches source s for the oper ati ng syste m. Follow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See N av igating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for more i n[...]

31 Boot Device Pri ority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boo t Device P riority Submen u is for set ting th e order of checking of sources for the op erating system. Figure 18 . Boot Device Priority Su bmenu CAUTION Be careful of the operating environment when booting from a CD-ROM or y ou may overwrite files by m istake. CAUTIO N A bootable CD-ROM ma[...]

32 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Exiting from Boot Menu W hen you ha ve fi nished s etting t he boot paramet ers with the Boot menu, y ou can either exi t from the setup utility or mov e to another men u. If y ou w ish to exit from the setup utility press the Esc key to g o to the Exit menu. If you wish to mov e to another menu, use the cursor keys. [...]

33 INFO MEN U - DISPLAYS BASIC SYS TEM INFORM ATION Th e I n fo m e n u i s a d i s p l ay o nl y s c r ee n s t h a t p r ov i d e s t h e con figuration information for your no tebook. The fol lo wing table shows the n ames of the me nu fi elds for the Info men u and the information displ ayed in those field s. These fields are for inf ormati on [...]

34 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S T able 19: Fields, O ptions and Defa ults for the Info Menu N ote that so me of the param eters re flected belo w may be diffe rent fr om those on your screen, d epending upon sy stem configuration. Menu Field Options Default BIOS V ersion: –— 1 .03 –— BIOS Date: –— 0 9/25/2 000 –— BIOS Area: –— E0[...]

35 EXIT MEN U – LEAVING THE SETU P UTILITY The E xit M enu is us ed t o lea ve th e setup uti lity . F ollow the instr uctions for Navigating Throug h the Setup Utility to ma ke an y changes. (See N av igating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for more i nformation.) The following table sho ws the names of the me nu fields for the Exit menu, th[...]

36 Life Boo k i Seri es B IO S Load Setup Defaults –— –— Selectin g Load Setup Def aults will load the factory preset defau lt values for all me nu fields, t hen display the message 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 di rections i[...]