Fujitsu D2912, Bios Manual

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Page 5: ...ng BIOS Setup 9 Main Menu System functions 12 Advanced Menu Advanced system configuration 19 Security Menu Security features 39 Power Menu Energy saving functions 58 Boot Menu System boot 61 Exit Menu Exit BIOS Setup 62 BIOS update of USB stick or diskette 63 Index 67 ...

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Page 7: ... Display hard disk password status 16 Change Password 16 Hard Disk Master Password 16 HD ID 17 Boot Features System boot 17 POST Errors Aborting system boot 17 SM Error Halt 17 Fast Boot Quick Self test 17 POST Diagnostic Screen POST information or Boot Logo 18 Boot Menu System boot 18 System Memory Working memory 18 Extended Memory Memory Speed 18 Advanced Menu Advanced system configuration 19 Pe...

Page 8: ...U Timeout Counter 29 PCI Configuration 30 DMI Event Logging 31 Event log validity 31 Event log capacity 31 View DMI event log 31 Event Logging 31 Mark DMI events as read 31 Clear all DMI event logs 32 LCD Configuration 32 LCD Time 32 LCD Date 32 LCD BIOS Version 33 LCD LAN MAC Address 33 LCD Product Name 33 LCD Board Serial Number 33 LCD Custom Serial Number 33 LCD Custom String 33 LCD Manufacture...

Page 9: ...ith SystemLock 46 Adding systems to a user group 49 Carrying out administrator functions 51 Remote Access Enable F4 53 Switching on the PC with SystemLock 54 Change PIN 54 Uninstall SystemLock 54 Error messages 55 TPM Security Chip Setting 55 Security Chip 55 Current TPM State 56 TPM Physical Presence operations 56 Virus Warning 56 ATA Vulnerability Protection 57 Diskette Write Write protection fo...

Page 10: ...anges Exit 62 Get Default Values Restoring standard default settings 62 Load Previous Values Restoring previous settings 62 BIOS update of USB stick or diskette 63 Error message after a BIOS update 65 Flash Memory Recovery Mode 65 BIOS update under Windows with DeskFlash program 66 Index 67 6 Fujitsu Technology Solutions ...

Page 11: ...dvanced system configuration Security Security functions Power Energy saving function Boot Configuration of the start up sequence Exit Save and quit The individual menus and setting options are described in alphabetical order in the following chapters The setting options depend on the hardware configuration of your device Some menus and certain settings may therefore not be available in BIOS Setup...

Page 12: ...rd Name123 or a command used to start a program start exe This font indicates information that is displayed on the screen by a program e g Installation is complete This font indicates terms and text used in a software interface e g Click on Save names of programs or files e g Windows or setup exe This font indicates cross references to another section e g Safety information cross references to an ...

Page 13: ... use this function if you do not want to boot the system from the drive specified as the first device in the Boot Sequence list defined in the Boot Options submenu Press function key F12 BootMenu F12 functionkey The Boot Menu will be displayed as a popup window You can now select which drive you want to use to boot the operating system The selection options are identical to those listed in the Boo...

Page 14: ...1 11 2009 SATA Port 0 HL DT STXXH10N S0 SATA Port 1 None SATA Port 4 ST350063 SATA Port 5 None Boot Features System Memory 631K Extended Memory 2999M Selects floppy type Diskette A None 1 Menu bar 2 Working area 3 Help area 4 Operations bar The BIOS Setup screen is divided into the following areas Menu bar 1 The menu bar is used to select the different BIOS Setup menus Working area 2 The working a...

Page 15: ...ighted Enter or ESC Open submenu marked with Ê Enter close submenu ESC or keys numeric keypad Change entry for field F9 function key Set default entries for all menus F7 function key Reset entries that were in use when BIOS Setup was opened Exiting BIOS Setup To exit BIOS Setup select the Exit menu from the menu bar You can then decide whether you want to save the changed settings Select the requi...

Page 16: ...he System Date System Time fields respectively to change the current date time settings Use the tab key to move the cursor between the System Time and System Date fields If the settings in the System Time and System Date fields are frequently wrong when you power up the computer this means the lithium battery is not providing power Replace the lithium battery Refer to the mainboard manual for info...

Page 17: ...er Mode Ultra DMA Mode Smart Monitoring Disable Firmware Password Status Not Supported Change Password Configure automatic acoustic management for the drive Changes will take effect immediately Disabled Maximum performance no acoustic management Medium Intermediate level of acoustic management Silent Maximum level of acoustic management Enabled Enabled FPIO 4 DMA 2 Mode 6 Silent Mode Medium Press ...

Page 18: ...Max heads per cylinder 256 16 16 65535 Max cylinders 1024 65535 1024 65535 Capacity 8 4 GByte 137 GByte 528 MByte 144 PByte LBA Translation converts the physical arrangement of a hard disk into cylinders heads and sectors so that the logical values generated lie within the above BIOS limitations This means that a hard disk capacity of over 528 MByte can be used The operating system and application...

Page 19: ...er is 32 bits in width at the PCI bus This enhances performance Disabled The data transfer is 16 bits in width Transfer mode Specifies the method used to transfer data from the hard disk to the main memory Standard Fast PIO_1 Fast PIO_2 Fast PIO_3 Fast PIO_4 FPIO 3 DMA 1 FPIO 4 DMA 2 Ultra DMA Mode Transfer Speed Performance increasing Harddisk Specifies that the hard disk drive should use a fast ...

Page 20: ... Locked The hard disk is protected and a password must be entered to gain access DCO Power Cycle DCO Device Configuration Overlays is blocked Switch off the system and retry Frozen until Power off Restart the system to change the security status of the hard disk Open BIOS Setup during system boot and change the desired settings Change Password The hard disk password enables you to prevent unauthor...

Page 21: ...s halted The system boot can be continued by pressing the F1 key No Halt On Any Errors System boot is not aborted The error will be ignored as far as possible SM Error Halt Configures the system behaviour during the self test if a system monitoring error is ascertained by the System Monitoring Device e g fan monitoring temperature monitoring Enabled If the system monitoring device reports a fan er...

Page 22: ... the Esc key is pressed or errors occur Boot Menu System boot Systemboot specifies whether the Boot menu can be invoked during system startup by pressing the F12 key Enabled The Boot menu can be invoked Disabled The Boot menu cannot be invoked System Memory Working memory Memory Memory This field indicates the size of the available base memory below 1 MByte Extended Memory Memory Speed indicates t...

Page 23: ...cause malfunctions Advanced Item Specific Help Setup Warning Setting items on this menu to incorrect values may cause your system to malfunction Peripheral Configuration Advanced System Configuration DMI Event Logging Peripheral Configuration PCI Configuration Advanced Processor Options System Management ASF Configuration iAMT Sub Menu Example showing the Advanced menu Fujitsu Technology Solutions...

Page 24: ...figuration menu Serial 1 Serial 2 Serial ports This field selects the address and the interrupt used to access the corresponding serial port Enabled The serial port is set to the indicated address and interrupt If you select Enabled additional lines are displayed for the configuration settings Disabled The serial port is disabled Auto The serial interface will be selected automatically by the BIOS...

Page 25: ...for which Legacy Support is available None No USB Legacy Support Keyboard And Mouse Only USB Legacy Support only enabled for keyboard and mouse All USB Legacy Support enabled USB Ports Configures USB ports according to device classes Any disabled USB ports are also not available under the operating system Disable Unused Ports All unused USB ports are disabled Disable Storage And HUB All ports with...

Page 26: ...cable with automatic occupancy detection Legacy For use of a legacy audio cable without automatic occupancy detection Beep Volume The volume of the system board beep tone can be adjusted here High increases the volume of the beep Low decreases the volume of the beep Off switches off the beep tone LAN LAN 0 Remote Boot Load operating system via LAN enables the operating system to be loaded from a s...

Page 27: ...uration menu Opens the submenu used to make additional system settings Display primary Display primary Specifies the picture source during the BIOS POST IGD The Integrated Graphics Device IGD on the system board is used as the picture source during the BIOS POST PEG If it is inserted the PCI Express graphics card serves as the picture source during the BIOS POST PCI If it is inserted the PCI graph...

Page 28: ...raphics Device is 128MB 256M Maximum size for the IGD Integrated Graphics Device is 256MB MaxDVMT Use of the maximum sized provided by the chipset for IGD Integrated Graphics Device High Precision Event Timer Provided that it is enabled the operating system is able to make use of the High Precision Event Timer which allows it to meet the requirements of time critical applications The advanced time...

Page 29: ...r being used Advanced Processor Options Item Specific Help Turbo Boost Technology Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Trusted Execution Technology Hardware Prefetch Enabled Enabled Enabled Enhanced SpeedStep Enabled Enhanced Idle Power State Automatic Core Multi Processing Enabled Select a desired CPU Frequency It will take effect after the system reset With Automatic BIOS chooses the highest com...

Page 30: ...oost Technology permits an acceleration of the processor above the specified frequency when the operating system requests a higher performance state P0 Disabled Turbo Boost Technology is not available Enabled Turbo Boost Technology is available Enhanced Idle Power State If supported by the operating system the CPU is stopped if possible C2 state stop clock to save energy Disabled Enhanced Idle Pow...

Page 31: ...le for VMMs Enabled VT d is available NX Memory Protection Defines the protection for executable memory areas anti virus protection The function is only effective if it is also supported by the operating system Enabled Enables the operating system to switch on the function Execute Disable Disabled Prevents the operating system from being able to switch on the function Execute Disable Adjacent Cach...

Page 32: ...han three functions This option should be activated for these operating systems Enabled For reasons of compatibility with the operating system only a reduced number of CPUID functions are supported by the processor Disabled All CPUID functions are supported Core Multi Processing For processors that contain several logical processors all but one logical processors can be deactivated Disabled All bu...

Page 33: ... the processor detects both internal time outs and time outs on the CPU bus The processor signals this with an external signal In this case the system is restarted If time monitoring is deactivated the system may freeze up and be inoperable Disabled Internal processor time monitoring is deactivated Enabled Internal processor time monitoring is activated Fujitsu Technology Solutions 29 ...

Page 34: ...installed only if no ISA or PCI Configuration menu Establishes which ISA interrupts will be used for the individual PCI slots and which controller device of the mainboard shares this PCI interrupt with the PCI slots e g USB SCSI Multifunctional PCI boards or boards with an integrated PCI to PCI bridge can use several PCI interrupts INTA INTB INTC INTD Monofunctional PCI boards default only use one...

Page 35: ...Event Log entries are valid Event log capacity Indicates whether enough storage space is available for new Event Log entries Space Available Space is still available for additional entries Full The Event Log memory is full View DMI event log Press the Enter key to display all available DMI Event Log entries Event Logging Allows activation and deactivation of DMI Event logging Enabled Event Logging...

Page 36: ...Specific Help Time Date BIOS Version LAN MAC Adress Product Name Board Serial Number Custom Serial Number Custom String Manufacturer Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled LCD Time Allows the current system time to be displayed on the status display Disabled The current time is not displayed Enabled The current time is displayed LCD Date Allows the current...

Page 37: ...Serial Number Disabled The board serial number is not displayed Enabled The board serial number is displayed LCD Custom Serial Number Allows the customer specific serial number to be displayed on the status display Disabled The customer specific serial number is not displayed Enabled The customer specific serial number is displayed LCD Custom String Allows a customer specific text to be displayed ...

Page 38: ...ery should be replaced if Fail is displayed OK The voltage of the CMOS battery is sufficient Fail The CMOS battery should be replaced SM Fan Control Controls the speed of the fan Depending on the system configuration and applications used you can change the preset mode If the system is fully configured with all available expansions upgrades then silent mode is not recommended Enhanced Cooling The ...

Page 39: ...f OK is displayed then the temperature sensor supports the function and is running If None is displayed then the temperature sensor is not recognised by the BIOS If Fail is displayed the BIOS has detected a faulty temperature sensor or the temperature sensor has been removed The Fail status is reset when the BIOS Setup is exited If the temperature sensor does not support the function None is displ...

Page 40: ... ME system is not active AMT The ME system is set to AMT mode ASF The ME system is set to ASF mode Not Active The ME system is deactivated ME FW Version Version of the ME firmware Disabled If the ME firmware status is deactivated Error If an error occurs when reading the firmware version FW Version The version of the ME firmware AMT SKU Indicates which type of firmware is currently loaded Disabled...

Page 41: ...it Ethernet GbE LAN controller is activated Disabled Onboard GbE LAN is disabled Enabled Onboard GbE LAN is enabled Host MAC Address Indicates the MAC address of the integrated Gigabit Ethernet GbE LAN controller Disabled If the ME firmware status is set to disabled or platform manageability is not set to AMT Error If the MAC address is not valid MAC Address The LAN MAC address Dedicated MAC Addre...

Page 42: ...n C R SOL Console Redirection uses SOL COMA Console Redirection uses COMA Continue C R after POST Defines the behaviour of Console Redirection C R after completion of BIOS POST Off Cancel Console Redirection connection after POST On Retain Console Redirection connection after POST 38 Fujitsu Technology Solutions ...

Page 43: ...User Password Not Installed Press Enter Key to set Supervisor Password to enable any password features Then password entry is required to enter BIOS Setup TPM Security Chip Setting Virus Warning Disabled ATA Vulnerability Protection Standard Diskette Write Enabled Flash Write Enabled Assigning and cancelling passwords Supervisor Password Indicates the current status of the supervisor password Not ...

Page 44: ... appear Set User Password To be able to assign the user password a supervisor password must already be assigned The user password prevents unauthorized access to your system Press Enter to set up the user password If you call up the BIOS setup with the user password you cannot change most menu options Password On Boot Defines if the supervisor or user password must be entered before the boot proce...

Page 45: ...l be asked to enter it Enter Current Password You are asked to enter the new password Confirm New Password Enter the password again and press the Enter key The new password is saved Changes have been saved Continue For the supervisor password You can now choose whether you want the supervisor password just to prevent BIOS Setup being opened or if you also want to block access to the settings for a...

Page 46: ...ice From the Exit menu choose the option Save Changes Exit The device is rebooted and the supervisor user password is cancelled Supervisor Password Lock Supervisorpassword Password Requirement The supervisor password is installed This field defines the effect of the supervisor password see also Assigning and cancelling passwords Page 39 Standard The supervisor password prevents unauthorized openin...

Page 47: ...N Personal Identification Number and PUK Personal Unblocking Key On SICRYPT and CardOS SmartCards PIN and PUK are preset to 12345678 On Fujitsu cards the PIN is preset to 0000 and the PUK is preset to administrator We recommend that you change both PIN and PUK for security reasons Additional software e g Smarty is required in order to allow the system to also check that the correct SmartCard is in...

Page 48: ...up system make changes in BIOS Setup change PIN uninstall SystemLock initialise SmartCards unblock SmartCards The following table shows an overview of the rights granted with each type of SmartCard type when a PIN or PUK is entered User SmartCard Super User SmartCard Service SmartCard Admin SmartCard PIN PUK PIN PUK PIN PUK PIN PUK Start up system x x x Open BIOS Setup x x x Change own PIN x x x x...

Page 49: ...FSC CardOS SmartCards SystemLock can be administered via the Windows program SystemLock Admin SystemLock Admin allows you to conveniently manage SystemLock at the operating system level create SystemLock Organisation Units and Groups generate SmartCards for these Organisation Units or Groups assign access authorisations for user cards at various levels and restore access authorisations using remot...

Page 50: ...user group or a standalone system for use with SystemLock Usergroups Start the PC and open BIOS Setup From the Security menu choose the option SmartCard SystemLock The following SmartCard SystemLock menu will be displayed Security SmartCard SystemLock Item Specific Help SmartCard SystemLock Not Installed Install Single PC Enter Install Group PC Enter Install the security f r this PC and creates a ...

Page 51: ... new PUK 4 to 8 digit numbers are acceptable For security reasons we recommend that you change the PUK for every SmartCard and use an 8 digit number each time Re enter the new PIN to confirm The following message will be displayed PIN PUK do not match You have confirmed the PIN incorrectly You will be requested to re enter the new PIN and reconfirm Please wait a few seconds after confirming the ne...

Page 52: ...PUK New SmartCards have a preset PUK see above You will need to know the PUK assigned to the SmartCard if you want to re initialise a previously initialised SmartCard Enter the PUK The following message will be displayed ACCESS DENIED You have entered the wrong PUK After six failed attempts the SmartCard will be blocked and can no longer be used Next enter the new PUK Enter new PUK Confirm new PUK...

Page 53: ...Lock Item Specific Help SmartCard SystemLock Not Installed Install Single PC Enter Install Group PC Enter Installs the security from a SystemLock Admin SmartCard into this PC without modifying any data on the SmartCard A correct SmartCard is required for a permanent installation Enter PIN Insert the Admin SmartCard for the user group Enter PIN Enter the PIN The following message will be displayed ...

Page 54: ...ed Uninstall Enter BIOS Recovery Allowed SmartCard and Pin Always required SmartCard Initialization Admin SmartCard Enter SuperUser SmartCard Enter User SmartCard Enter Service SmartCard Enter SmartCard Configuration Change PIN Enter Change PUK Enter Unblock SmartCard Enter Allows to deactivate The smartcard security ATTENTION Always check the BIOS password settings after uninstalling SystemLock N...

Page 55: ...quired SmartCard Initialization Admin SmartCard Enter SuperUser SmartCard Enter User SmartCard Enter Service SmartCard Enter SmartCard Configuration Change PIN Enter Change PUK Enter Unblock SmartCard Enter Allows to deactivate The smartcard security ATTENTION Always check the BIOS password settings after uninstalling SystemLock NOTICE Reinstalling a SinglePC implies re initializing all of your sm...

Page 56: ... be displayed Remove the SmartCard Always change the PIN and PUK for each additional SmartCard The PUK is used to reactivate a blocked SmartCard via the Unblock SmartCard function Remove the user SmartCard and label it e g with the name of the user Never write the PIN on the SmartCard 52 Fujitsu Technology Solutions ...

Page 57: ...vice access The user has one time access to the BIOS for service purposes without access to the SystemLock functions Admin access The user has access to the BIOS and the SystemLock functions e g for activating the PC when the relevant SmartCard has been lost An activation code will be generated that depends on the access rights granted this will be given to the user by the Hotline The user must no...

Page 58: ...hange PIN If your SmartCard has the appropriate rights you can F2 functionkey F3 functionkey F2 Open BIOS Setup F3 Change the PIN If you do not select a function the system will boot up Start BIOS Setup F2 A SmartCard with the appropriate rights must be inserted SuperUser Service or Admin Change PIN Available for every initialised SmartCard Press function key F3 PIN changing F3 functionkey Enter t...

Page 59: ...t PC SystemLock installation FAILED An error occurred while installing SystemLock Do not switch the PCC off but insert the Flash BIOS diskette execute a BIOS update and retry the installation The SmartCard is blocked Enter the PUK You have exceeded the maximum allowed number of incorrect PIN entries The SmartCard is blocked Enter the administrator PUK to re activate the SmartCard You must then ent...

Page 60: ...was requested to State Enabled and Activated Note This action will switch on the TPM Reject Execute Reject Physical Presence operations and exit Possible settings Enable Activate Deactivate Disable Clear Virus Warning Viruswarning Bootsector Computerviruses Checks the boot sectors of the hard disk drive to see if any changes have been made since the previous system start up If the boot sectors hav...

Page 61: ...ection This field is used to enable and disable floppy disk write protection Enabled Diskettes can be read written to or deleted if the appropriate option see manual for the mainboard is set accordingly Disabled Diskettes can only be read Flash Write System BIOS write protection SystemBIOS writeprotection Writeprotection FlashBIOSupdate This field can assign write protection to the system BIOS Ena...

Page 62: ...or ACPI operating systems are managed by the BIOS or the operating system BIOS Controlled The switch on sources are managed by the BIOS ACPI Controlled The switch on sources are managed by the ACPI operating system Power On Source LAN Switch on via LAN controller Systempower on Determines whether the system can be switched on via a LAN controller on the mainboard or additional board Enabled The sy...

Page 63: ... on 00 00 00 Power On Source Wake Up Mode WakeUpMode Specifies the switch on period Daily The system is switched on daily Monthly The system is switched on monthly Power Failure Recovery System status after a power failure Powerfailure systemreaction Specifies the system behaviour after a restart caused by a power failure Always Off The system switches on briefly performs a status check initialisa...

Page 64: ...hanged Disabled System deep sleep is off Enabled System deep sleep is on USB At Power Off Activates deactivates the power supply for the USB ports Always off The USB ports are not provided with power when the PC is switched off Always on The USB ports continue to be powered when the PC is switched off USB Keyboard Keyboard Activates deactivates the ON OFF switch for the USB keyboard Enabled The PC...

Page 65: ...g Up to eight drives can include USB ports for example can be listed here Boot Priority Order Displays the current Boot Order Use the up and down arrow keys to select the device for which you want change the boot order Use the key to increase the priority and the key to decrease the priority for the selected device Press x to remove the selected device from the boot order The device removed from t...

Page 66: ...he changes you have made The settings that were in use when the BIOS Setup was opened will remain effective BIOS Setup will be closed and the device rebooted The restart happens automatically on some systems Get Default Values Restoring standard default settings GetDefaultValues To reset all BIOS Setup menus to use default values select Get Default Values followed byYes If you want to exit BIOS Se...

Page 67: ... ESPRIMO P7935 with Windows 7 x64 Select Flash BIOS and your mainboard e g Flash BIOS for D2812 A1x To find out how to identify your mainboard version refer to the FAQs on the same website Download the file Flash BIOS Update USB Stick or Flash BIOS Update Floppy Boot Disk Insert a floppy disk or bootable USB stick and start the program The data medium is formatted when you install the BIOS update ...

Page 68: ... SYSTEM BIOS WILL BE DESTROYED Flash memory AMD 29F002T Erasing 1 BLOCK 64K Erasing 2 BLOCK 64K Erasing 3 BLOCK 64K Erasing 4 BLOCK 32K Erasing 5 BLOCK 8K Programming 1 BLOCK 64K Programming 2 BLOCK 64K Programming 3 BLOCK 64K Programming 4 BLOCK 32K Programming 5 BLOCK 8K CMOS Configuration updated Flash memory programmed When the BIOS update is completed the following message appears on the scre...

Page 69: ...ties CD Normally no screen output is possible in Recovery mode Note the signals issued from the loudspeaker The system has been successfully restored when you hear the signal sequence short short long long long and the floppy disk access indicator is no longer lit up The recovery update may take a few minutes It is only possible to follow the recovery update on screen if a separate VGA board is fi...

Page 70: ...an be performed directly from Windows using the DeskFlash utility included on the Drivers Utilities CD Installation instructions for DeskFlash can be found in the Readme file in the DeskFlash subdirectory Further information on DeskFlash can be found in the file DeskView PDF and in the DeskView online help 66 Fujitsu Technology Solutions ...

Page 71: ...y 48 50 F7 function key 48 F8 function key 48 50 F9 function key 48 50 Fan speed 24 Flash BIOS update 57 Flash Memory Recovery Mode 65 Flash BIOS update Error message 65 Floppy disk drive type 12 write protection 57 G Get Default Values 62 H Hard disk transfer speed 15 Hard disk capacity 14 Hard disk parameters 14 I Installing SystemLock 46 K Keyboard ON OFF switch 60 L Load Previous Values 62 M M...

Page 72: ...on the system 43 System BIOS write protection 57 System boot 17 18 malfunction 10 System Password deactivating 40 System power on LAN controller 58 System settings additional 23 SystemLock switching on 54 SystemLock 2 installation 49 T Time 12 U USB controller 21 User groups installation 46 User password 41 V Virus warning 56 W Wake On LAN system password 40 Wake Up Mode 59 Wake Up Time 59 Write p...